Fantasy Dungeons & dragons movie discussion

[Octoberist]

BTW, I was listening to the Flophouse podcast, and one of the hosts used to work as a manager for Game Workshop, a chain of stores dedicated to D&D, and other RPG tabletop games, mentioned his 'buddy', Algort.

The host (Stuart Wellington) mentioned that Elgort used to come in all the time to buy stuff for Warhammer and D&D, so he's a legit fan (if that matters).

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Well, I'm going to keep an eye on this project. I'll foolishly hope that we'll get another good fantasy movie not named LOTR.

 

[mclay18]

While it's nice that Elgort is a D&D fan, I want an unknown actor or someone else. He hasn't really impressed me.

 

[Abudefduf]

I won't believe in the existence of this movie until after I see it in theater with my own eyes. Not even trailers will be enough to convince me.
But seriously yes please, bring it on. I don't care for D&D and I don't know who the frick this Elgort guy is but if it means more fantasy films on the big screen then I'm all for it.

 

[NotSoLongAgo]

Think you might be confused about the film's cast, somehow - unless there's a different reference that I don't see?

The director was the director of goosebumps

 

[Kyle]

The director was the director of goosebumps

Ah. That's cool, the film definitely has that going for it then.

 

[Lencho01]

Dare I say that Elgort would've been a better choice than Liam Hemsworth in ID4: R.

I think Elgort has more charm and screen presence than Liam Hemsworth for sure.

LOTR style fantasy movies are almost impossible to get right. So good luck to all involved, they are going to need it.

There's a reason dude got a call for the Hana Solo film.

And Elgort's character's name should be Elgort.

 

[hopeless]

Any update on this?

 

[Peyton Westlake]

Definitely should be considered! They could beat Universal to the punch with a D&D Dracula universe, or at least a vampire fantasy/sorcery setting.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

PLEASE beat Universal to the punch and start another Dracula/vampire setting

 

[Consona]

I want a Planescape movie!

 

[Peyton Westlake]

I want a Planescape movie!

There are so many realms involved with that, would be to much to focus on all of them for 1 movie.

 

[Consona]

There are so many realms involved with that, would be to much to focus on all of them for 1 movie.

Why focus on all of them?

 

[Peyton Westlake]

Why focus on all of them?

Which one would you choose then to focus on?

 

[Consona]

Weeeeell, that's really hard to say. t:

 

[James.B]

‘Lego Batman’ & ‘Nightwing’ Director Eyed for ‘Dungeons & Dragons’

Chris McKay, who recently directed “The Lego Batman Movie” pic for Warner Bros., is in negotiations to direct “Dungeons & Dragons” for Paramount Pictures.

Michael Gillio will be penning the script. Hasbro’s Brian Goldner and Stephen Davis, Courtney Solomon and Allan Zeman of Sweetpea Entertainment and Roy Lee will produce. David Leslie Johnson has written a script for the pic.

The pic will be one of the first projects to go into production for the newly created AllSpark Pictures. Launched last October, production company aims to transform itself into an industry player to rival Marvel Studios.

McKay has been high on various studios’ lists since helming “The Lego Batman Movie” movie last year; he went on to land the coveted directing job for the Warner Bros. and DC movie “Nightwing.” McKay is also an exec producer on the “The Lego Sequel” which is currently filming.

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/nightwing-director-dungeons-and-dragons-at-paramount-1202706071/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

 

[terry78]

He's done most of his work on Robot Chicken, so he knows his geek ****.

 

[Fincher]

So who's playing Profion this time?

 

[Micromind]

The pic will be one of the first projects to go into production for the newly created AllSpark Pictures. Launched last October, production company aims to transform itself into an industry player to rival Marvel Studios.

wow.

 

[Deck Rickard]

They should try and adapt some of the Forgotten Realms characters like Drizzt and Entreri. At least they’d have some good stories to work with, rather than just trying to build a story from scratch like they did with that awful D&D movie from the early 2000s.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Is this still part of that Joe Mangianello movie?

 

[Thundarr]

They should try and adapt some of the Forgotten Realms characters like Drizzt and Entreri. At least they’d have some good stories to work with, rather than just trying to build a story from scratch like they did with that awful D&D movie from the early 2000s.

As awesome as that would be, it does pose its own set of problems. Like which stories to adapt? Where to start? What characters should be used? What characters should be cut? Then there are the copyright issues with the characters creators.

Getting the rights to use the D&D name and reference certain elements of the game in your movie is far easier. The problem with the 2000 D&D movie wasn’t so much that the movie was based on a homebrew campaign setting, but rather that most of the characters were poorly written. And the few scenes that gave the characters any real depth were conveniently the only ones left on the proverbial cutting room floor.

The direct to DVD sequel “Wrath of the Dragon God” maintained the setting from the first movie, but the characters were all far better written. It still wasn’t a great movie by any means, but given its much smaller budget it turned out much better than one would have expected.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

What exactly is D&D about? (apart from the obvious)

 

[marcvader]

As awesome as that would be, it does pose its own set of problems. Like which stories to adapt? Where to start? What characters should be used? What characters should be cut? Then there are the copyright issues with the characters creators.

Getting the rights to use the D&D name and reference certain elements of the game in your movie is far easier. The problem with the 2000 D&D movie wasn’t so much that the movie was based on a homebrew campaign setting, but rather that most of the characters were poorly written. And the few scenes that gave the characters any real depth were conveniently the only ones left on the proverbial cutting room floor.

The direct to DVD sequel “Wrath of the Dragon God” maintained the setting from the first movie, but the characters were all far better written. It still wasn’t a great movie by any means, but given its much smaller budget it turned out much better than one would have expected.

Isn't the film being produced by Hasbro who owns all things D&D?

 

[Thundarr]

Isn't the film being produced by Hasbro who owns all things D&D?

Hasbro owns the D&D game, and the rights to pretty much everything tied to the D&D name. However when it comes to certain characters and published campaign settings, I think things might be a little bit dicey. I don’t know 100% if this is the case, so don’t quote me as though it’s gospel, but I have heard that when TSR (who originally owned the rights to D&D) started publishing novels based on their campaign settings, they signed contracts with their authors granting them a certain level of creative control over their creations, as well as residuals every time a product featuring one of their creations is sold. When the game was purchased by Wizards of the Coast, and later Hasbro, those contracts remained in effect. Thus a Drizzt Do’Urden movie can’t be made without the approval of both Hasbro AND R.A. Salvatore.

Or, as another example, a live action adaptation of the D&D cartoon can’t happen without the cooperation of both Hasbro AND Disney (the cartoon was produced by Marvel Studios, which is now owned by Disney, thus all characters created specifically for the cartoon are the property of Disney while Hasbro owns everything from the show that’s related directly to the game).

Copyrights can be very confusing.