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<blockquote data-quote="Werthead" data-source="post: 9382968" data-attributes="member: 7045643">Chris Pine says yes, but it would need to be a lot cheaper. He also noted the same thing about his Star Trek films, that the problem wasn't the money they made (which was okay) but that the budgets had been set far too high for the popularity of the franchise in the modern cinema landscape (which is challenging). If they, and D&amp;D, had been budgeted lower the profit margins would have improved and they could be making another one right now.I suspect they - Hasbro and Paramount at least - want to see how well the D&amp;D movie has done over a year or two in streaming and media numbers. I also suspect their calculations will shift again after Baldur's Gate III. If they do a sequel and it's reasonably budgeted, it having the name &quot;Baldur's Gate&quot; in the title and the city appearing as a major location I suspect would be a high probability.If it's any consolation, you were right the first time and they did get what was coming to them at the end. I'm also a bit worried about Cnaiur being the most sympathetic character even in just the first series, he was very much designed not to be, and I don't think is (that honour may go to Akka, or even Proyas, or even Esmenet).The second series definitely rolls back on the problems of the first and introduces a large number of considerably more interesting characters, but arguably all far too late in the day. If your most interesting female characters aren't entering the story until Book 5 of a 7-book series, something has gone wrong somewhere.The original idea - an SF-fantasy-horror hybrid which is basically a fantasy story about neuroscience ideas and philosophy of the self (variably executed, it has to be said) - is interesting and the worldbuilding is exceptional (which is much more rooted in Greek antiquity than traditional medievalism), some anime edgelordness excepted. The execution leaves much to be desired.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Werthead, post: 9382968, member: 7045643"] Chris Pine says yes, but it would need to be a lot cheaper. He also noted the same thing about his [I]Star Trek[/I] films, that the problem wasn't the money they made (which was okay) but that the budgets had been set far too high for the popularity of the franchise in the modern cinema landscape (which is challenging). If they, and D&D, had been budgeted lower the profit margins would have improved and they could be making another one right now. I suspect they - Hasbro and Paramount at least - want to see how well the D&D movie has done over a year or two in streaming and media numbers. I also suspect their calculations will shift again after [I]Baldur's Gate III[/I]. If they do a sequel and it's reasonably budgeted, it having the name "Baldur's Gate" in the title and the city appearing as a major location I suspect would be a high probability. If it's any consolation, you were right the first time and they did get what was coming to them at the end. I'm also a bit worried about Cnaiur being the most sympathetic character even in just the first series, he was very much designed not to be, and I don't think is (that honour may go to Akka, or even Proyas, or even Esmenet). The second series definitely rolls back on the problems of the first and introduces a large number of considerably more interesting characters, but arguably all far too late in the day. If your most interesting female characters aren't entering the story until Book 5 of a 7-book series, something has gone wrong somewhere. The original idea - an SF-fantasy-horror hybrid which is basically a fantasy story about neuroscience ideas and philosophy of the self (variably executed, it has to be said) - is interesting and the worldbuilding is exceptional (which is much more rooted in Greek antiquity than traditional medievalism), some anime edgelordness excepted. The execution leaves much to be desired. [/QUOTE]

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