D&D 5E (2024) When are we getting announcements for 2026 books?

[Henadic Theologian]

I too think that we will see Dark Sun next year. A couple of years ago, Ajit George (I think it was) threw his hat in the ring with his ideas on how to make it work in a modern market. Even if he isn't one of the contributors, (and he probably will be), I could see how his interest (or his pitch) could convince WotC to take another look at it with fresh eyes.

It certainly CAN be done.

What were his ideas on how it should be done?

 

[FitzTheRuke]

What were his ideas on how it should be done?

I don't know. AFAIK he only shared that he had a pitch in mind. It actually makes sense that if he pitched it successfully, it then would become a secret until officially announced.

I'm not trying to say that no news is good news, but... actually, that is what I am saying! (Maybe).

 

[Parmandur]

This is the first I'm hearing about a Waterdeep film. This was in production concurrent with honor among thieves? Where can I read more about this

Previous to it, at Warner Bros. before Paramount picked up the rights. It was in development for years after Hasbro cleared up the rights issues with the old rights holders. All we know about it was that it was going to be set in Waterdeep with the Yawning Portal as a major set piece, and have a Guardians of the Galaxy vibe. WotC worked in lots of planned Easter eggs into early 5E products, but...it fell through.

 

[bedir than]

What were his ideas on how it should be done?

He and Teos (Alphastream) had discussions about leaning into environmental dystopia and iirc having the PCs be heroes rather than an everyone is awful, including the PCs tone.

 

[Remathilis]

I hope they don't soften the setting any. The Dark Sun is portrayed as an awful place in need of heroes and it needs to stay that way.

I don't think they will soften it, but they may change how the particular evils are portrayed. Personally, my original issue with Dark Sun was that it was sold to me as "make the most tripped out powerful character you can imagine. It won't matter because your going to die of thirst in the desert having changed nothing. Have a nice day." I am hopeful that it becomes a setting geared more towards characters of reasonable power able to survive and affect change on the world.

 

[Misanthrope Prime]

I'm

Previous to it, at Warner Bros. before Paramount picked up the rights. It was in development for years after Hasbro cleared up the rights issues with the old rights holders. All we know about it was that it was going to be set in Waterdeep with the Yawning Portal as a major set piece, and have a Guardians of the Galaxy vibe. WotC worked in lots of planned Easter eggs into early 5E products, but...it fell through.

Is there an article I can read about this?

I'm not being rude because I myself am the source of some "just trust me bro" rumors but... I unfortunately don't know you well enough to trust you.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

If my memory doesn't fail the future action-live production will be by Netflix.

* There is an easy way to explain the reboot of Dark Sun. A faction starts to send shardminds toward the past (there was an official psionic power for time-travel) to avoid the cleasing war. They try to kill Rajaat and the future champions but they fail miserably and then they alter the timeline. Before the start of the cleasing war Rajaat and the champions "mind-read" the shardminds sent from the future and here they discover the mutual betray. The cleasing war didn't start because Rajaat and his champions were too busy fighting each other.. Rajaat is sealed but he is chosen by the dark powers to become a dark lord. His domain is like Athas in the blue age but with the no-haflings. These aren't wellcome and Rajaat would want to terminate them but these are tolerated because they discovered a way to to stop the "brown-tide" and to heal waters affected by this.

Then we have two "Athaspaces", the updated and softer version, more hopepunk, and the original postapocaliptic, like if the sorcerer-kings created their own dark domains.

And we add a demiplane, a reboot of the island of Jackandor.

 

[bedir than]

If my memory doesn't fail the future action-live production will be by Netflix.

Yes, Shawn Levy has taken over the former P+ project but now at Netflix.

Related, the Duffer Brothers (the other part of Stranger Things leadership) are exiting Netflix for Paramount+ (which still holds the movie rights and has said that they going to nearly double the amount of movies they put out a year).

 

[mamba]

Is there an article I can read about this?

try Google, this was one of the top results but does not go into much detail about that movie

DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS movie switches studios, gets a 2021 release date

The long-running saga of the Dungeons and Dragons movie has taken another twist . After a lengthy and curious legal battle between Uni...

thewertzone.blogspot.com

also

Thread 'D&D Movie Takes Cues From GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY'

Feb 23, 2016

We already know that the new Dungeons & Dragon movie, being produced by the producer of the LEGO movie, is going to be set in the Forgotten Realms. Producer Roy Lee said, while at DICE 2016, that it will have a tone akin to Guardians of the Galaxy. "This new Dungeons & Dragons will be a Guardians of the Galaxy-tone movie in a Tolkien-like universe. Because when you think of all the Hobbit movies and The Lord of the Rings, they have an earnestness to them, and to see something fun, a Raiders romp inside that world, I feel is...

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