Fantasy Dungeons & dragons movie discussion

[Pink Ranger]

I demand this to be an Order Of The Stick adaptation with Chris Pine as Elan.

 

[Marvolo]

I hope they dont go the jumanji route with this. I dont want a movie about middle aged chrus pine getting pulled into one of his old tabletop games.

It has big shoes to fill after the 2000 film. Big shoes. I don't see much point in doing it again when you have scenes like this.

I'm crying at work I'm laughing so hard. Thank you. I needed a good laugh.

 

[DarkKnight88]

I hope they dont go the jumanji route with this. I dont want a movie about middle aged chrus pine getting pulled into one of his old tabletop games.

Yeeeeeah, I kind of have a feeling that's the route they're going to do.

 

[Deck Rickard]

This will finally bring together the basement dwelling, tabletop gamers and the thirsty teen smut novel fans.

 

[stormtrooper]

Rege is so hot, i approve this message.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

I fully expect filming to begin very soon.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Yeeeeeah, I kind of have a feeling that's the route they're going to do.

God I hope not. There’s so much potential to make an epic fantasy film here. I hope they aren’t thinking, “Yeah but it’s based on a board game so let’s make it ABOUT a magical board game that sucks people into it.” That was what the old cartoon was, and while I enjoyed it when I was five years old, I don’t think anyone wants to see a rehash of that.

 

[Weevils]

Agreed they should go the Warcraft rather than Jumanji route. Ignore that your source material is a game, just fully immerse the audience in the fictional world.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Yeah I mean, Clue was based on a board game but the movie wasn’t actually about a board game.


Damn it, now I’m really worried this is going to suck worse than the Jeremy Irons/D-List Wayans Brother/Guy With Blue Lips version! Arrrrghhhh!!!

 

[OutOfBoose]

Oh, this project is alive?

 

[Deck Rickard]

Oh, this project is alive?

Yeah. Casting is going on and some big names have signed on. But with the Game Night guys directing, this could go either way.

 

[Deck Rickard]

You know, I really want this movie to be great but I wonder why D&D so far has gotten the “all new, original story” treatment. There are a host of popular books out there that take place in the D&D world that could potentially make great movies. If movie studios will give fantasy crap like Eragon a chance and other stories with less name recognition, it makes me wonder why Dragonlance or Drizzt don’t get a shot. I guess I understand the reluctance to call a movie “Dungeons & Dragons,” but base it on Dragons of Autumn Twilight or the Dark Elf Trilogy but maybe there’s a way to work around that by giving the movie a subtitle that’s the title of the book.

I remember there being a rumor about a Dragonlance movie and Joe M. Supposedly wrote a script but I doubt that’s going anywhere. Would love to see it though.

 

[Weevils]

Paramount have leased Titanic Studios in Belfast (studio where Game of Thrones was filmed) and filming to commence "early this year".

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Paramount have leased Titanic Studios in Belfast (studio where Game of Thrones was filmed) and filming to commence "early this year".

Good news.

 

[terry78]

You know, I really want this movie to be great but I wonder why D&D so far has gotten the “all new, original story” treatment. There are a host of popular books out there that take place in the D&D world that could potentially make great movies. If movie studios will give fantasy crap like Eragon a chance and other stories with less name recognition, it makes me wonder why Dragonlance or Drizzt don’t get a shot. I guess I understand the reluctance to call a movie “Dungeons & Dragons,” but base it on Dragons of Autumn Twilight or the Dark Elf Trilogy but maybe there’s a way to work around that by giving the movie a subtitle that’s the title of the book.

I remember there being a rumor about a Dragonlance movie and Joe M. Supposedly wrote a script but I doubt that’s going anywhere. Would love to see it though.

They're trying to cash in on the roleplaying game aspect of it and not the stories with actual narratives I assume.

 

[Deck Rickard]

They're trying to cash in on the roleplaying game aspect of it and not the stories with actual narratives I assume.

Yeah, I get that; I guess I just feel like these studios are doing themselves a disservice by avoiding what has been proven to work (at least as a book) and are instead trying to start from scratch. But simply calling a movie “Dungeons & Dragons” allows you to cash in on the RPG name recognition; you could still base it on one of these beloved stories.

 

[Rocanrol]

I wonder if they are going for one of.the campaing stories ir they will make an adaptation of their own within the dnd universe.

 

[SwordOfMorning]

I demand this to be an Order Of The Stick adaptation with Chris Pine as Elan.

Oh my God, I haven't thought about Order of the Stick in over a decade. Is that still going??

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Agreed they should go the Warcraft rather than Jumanji route. Ignore that your source material is a game, just fully immerse the audience in the fictional world.

100% this.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Pro tip, guys. When you say “go the Warcraft route” it doesn’t help your cause. That movie was a critical bomb and a financial disappointment. I don’t want D&D Jumanji either but if we’re using movies that failed as examples of a D&D movie’s potential (especially when the movie we DON’T want it to emulate was a big hit), I feel like we’re shooting ourselves in the foot.

 

[Weevils]

Warcraft's failure and Jumanji's success didn't hinge on the fact one chose to envelop its story inside a game and the other decided to hide any gaming associations. There are a myriad of reasons why Warcraft disappointed at the box office and Jumanji was a success.
Sonic the Hedgehog and Detective Pikachu both adopted similar approaches to highlighting video game origins as Warcraft and both were ultimately successful.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Warcraft's failure and Jumanji's success didn't hinge on the fact one chose to envelop its story inside a game and the other decided to hide any gaming associations. There are a myriad of reasons why Warcraft disappointed at the box office and Jumanji was a success.
Sonic the Hedgehog and Detective Pikachu both adopted similar approaches to highlighting video game origins as Warcraft and both were ultimately successful.

I know that, I’m just saying that if we want to point to something as an example of why adapting a game’s story can work (as opposed to the old “normal people get sucked into a game” concept) then use an example that isn’t garbage. Actually, Clue would be a better example to cite than Warcraft, because it’s based on a board game, it adapts the (very loose) story of the game and it’s actually good.

 

[Pennywise]

Hugh Grant To Play Villain in Paramount And eOne’s Untitled ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Pic – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: Hugh Grant and Sophia Lillis are set to join the cast of Paramount and eOne’s untitled film adaptation of Dungeons & Dragons, Hasbro’s wildly-popular game franchise from Wizards of the Coast. The film also stars Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith and Bridgerton star Rege-Jean Page. Paramount and eOne are jointly producing and financing the pic, with eOne distributing in the UK and Canada and Paramount in the rest of world.

 

[DarkKnight88]

I don't know why this was my first thought reading that news!

 

[Doctor Jones]

He doesn't have anything on Irons!