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New D&D/Forgotten Realms Movie
Topic Started: August 23, 2015, 2:19 pm (52 Views)
Dr Archeville
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Blue's mention of a D&D/FR movie (here) reminded me of something I'd read a few weeks ago:

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With word today that Warner Bros., Hasbro and Sweetpea Entertainment have resolved the long-disputed film rights to Dungeons & Dragons, the studio is moving ahead with its adaptation of the role-playing game.

According to Variety, David Leslie Johnson (The Conjuring 2) has already written a screenplay set in the D&D campaign “Forgotten Realms." Hasbro, Sweatpea and The LEGO Movie’s Roy Lee are set to produce.

“We are so excited about bringing the world of Dungeons & Dragons to life on the big screen,” Greg Silverman, Warner Bros.’ president of creative development and worldwide production, said in a statement. “This is far and away the most well-known brand in fantasy, which is the genre that drives the most passionate film followings. D&D has endless creative possibilities, giving our filmmakers immense opportunities to delight and thrill both fans and moviegoers new to the property.”

Hasbro filed a copyright- and trademark-infringement lawsuit in 2013 against Sweetpea, producer of the unsuccessful 2000 Dungeons & Dragons movie and two U.K. direct-to-DVD sequels, saying they didn’t meet the requirements to retain the film rights. The production company fired back, claiming the toymaker was merely trying to wrestle away the rights from Sweetpea and Warner Bros. to hand to Universal Pictures, with whom Hasbro was then partnered.

The lawsuit made its way to court last September.


So this new Dungeons & Dragons movie is being produced (in part) by the company that produced the other three Dungeons & Dragons movies? But with more direct input from Hasbro (of which Wizards of the Coast, the company that produces the D&D game, is a subsidiary) and some folks from The LEGO Movie, and set on Toril (Forgotten Realms, the default setting for D&D 5E) rather than a vaguely Oerth-y (Greyhawk, the default setting for D&D 3E/3.5) setting.
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I'm hoping they have a vaguely X-men approach, which would allow them to introduce more than just one or two main characters, if not for this, then for other movies. Nobody seems to know much about what's going to happen yet, though.
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I'm surprised they kept Sweetpea Studios involved, since Hasbro blamed them for the other D&D movies not doing well.

David Leslie Johnson also wrote 2011's Red Riding Hood, co-wrote 2012's Wrath of the Titans, and was a writer for season 2 of The Walking Dead (ep 5 "Chupacabra," and ep 9 "Triggerfinger"). I wonder if he'll be basing this movie on any existing FR storyline, or something entirely new?
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