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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storyteller Hero" data-source="post: 6818014" data-attributes="member: 6813635">Since the release of 5th edition, WotC has been pushing Forgotten Realms pretty hard. The Adventurers League has been FR-focused. The new DMGuild allows creators to use the FR setting in user-created content uploaded to the store. AL adventures are now going to be available through the Guild site from here on. The next movie for DnD is also apparently going to be set in the Realms, and this time it's going to be a theatrical release unlike the past couple of movies.I got it. Brand synergy. The more familiar they can get people with the Realms setting, the more they can have their products for FR work with each other for bigger profits.The big deal in the current edition is that before there's any substantial talk of a 6th edition, we are going to see another Hollywood attempt at bringing DnD to the BIG screen. The cultural environment of today is very different from the era in which the first DnD movie flopped. The term "shared cinematic universe" wasn't even a thing back then, and comic book movies were still in their relative infancy. With Warcraft and Assassin's Creed on the way, we may be entering the historical era of the "good" video game movie, which is not too far from how a DnD movie would likely be hyped.When the new DnD movie begins its marketing machine, it will most certainly attract attention to DnD, so WotC needs to solidify its FR identity within the DnD brand. New consumers attracted to DnD through the mainstream cinema will find a world that they are familiar with, fleshed out so that they can fill whatever gaps the movie's presentation does not cover.I think that at least up until the movie arrives, FR will remain the most supported setting in 5th edition. After the movie finishes its run however, and the new wave of consumers has hit its peak in growth, things may enter a new stage.If the DnD brand can somehow create a "shared cinematic universe" franchise, then other settings may also become the backdrop for new movies. (Movies set on Athas of Dark Sun, Krynn of Dragonlance, Oerth of Greyhawk, etc.)The span of movies across different settings could be unified through Spelljammer or Planescape, and we could end up seeing the biggest heroes of the various settings come together like Avengers: Infinity War in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.We could see a cinematic incarnation of the Wizards Three, or perhaps the movies will actually match the canon of the books.A very big litmus test imo will be the upcoming Warcraft movie, because it's not just a video game movie, it's also a high fantasy movie. If Warcraft does well, then it would be a good sign for the swords and sorcery genre in cinema. The DnD Realms movie could get some pre-generated momentum from the aftertaste of the Warcraft movie. This could all snowball into a huge rise in cultural popularity for DnD, or the movie could fall flat on its face like the terribly animated Dragonlance movie that never got a sequel.What do you think?</blockquote>

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