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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Urriak Uruk" data-source="post: 7846224" data-attributes="member: 7015558">My gut reaction to all of your posts LuisCarlos is to yell "NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN," but I've done it so many times now that I'm kind of tired, so instead I'll humor you (marginally).The ideas you've posted are pretty huge in scope and ambition so my gut reaction is always going to be, "Hasbro/Wizard's won't do this." But I do know (with my tiny piece of insider information) that a shred of this is true.Here's what we know Wizard's is working on for IPs;- The mysterious Texas office; little is known what is actually happening here beyond work on an IP that is neither Magic/D&D. The head of it, James Ohlen, has experience in both video games and RPGs.- The Rick and Morty projects; for some reason (I guess sales), collaboration with Rick and Morty continues apace. They're onto their second comic run now, and the boxed set will be released soon. I don't think much more collaboration can continue beyond this (although I can see fantasy is playing a role in the new season of the show), but sets an interesting precedent for third-party partnerships.- The last survey D&D ran asked questions about fantasy properties beyond Wizard's brands. This could mean little beyond general market research, but is potentially interesting if Wizard's is pursuing new partnerships in the same vein as the Rick and Morty one.- Wizard's purchased a small game studio. I actually find this not interesting at all because whether a game is made internally or externally with D&D has little difference and has no impact on whether the game is actually good.- Hasbro is pursuing the development of a Dungeons & Dragons film. Rumors say it's for Dragonlance, but the script has been rewritten multiple times so may be something else entirely.- Magic the Gathering will have a Netflix animated series based on Chandra, run by the Russo brothers.Take all that together, and what you see is Hasbro/Wizard's stretching their wingspan to entertainment and third-party partnerships. However, they're doing it selectively, strategically, and very carefully. They clearly don't want any missteps.They also appear to be relying on relationships they've already built, or one's that are already just a good fit. Paramount for the film for example already distributes the Transformers films. Rick & Morty creator Dan Harmon has a show where we plays a TTRPG.How much Hasbro pursues these endeavors is going to be tied directly to how successful these projects are; if their a dud, they'll stop. If they meet targets, they'll keep trying methodically and slowly. If there are surprise hits, full speed ahead.</blockquote>

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