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Dungeons & Dragons Movie Officially Announced
Posted on 8/4/15 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 8/4/15 at 3:11 pm
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The popular role-playing fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons is finally getting the big-budget feature film adaptation that it deserves. WB and Hasbro have put out an announcement to make the news official.
Press release follows:
Warner Bros. Pictures, Hasbro’s Allspark Pictures and Sweetpea Entertainment are moving forward on a feature film franchise based on Dungeons & Dragons, the world’s most popular role playing game. Hasbro’s Brian Goldner and Stephen Davis, Courtney Solomon and Allan Zeman of Sweetpea Entertainment, and Roy Lee (“The LEGO Movie,” “How to Train Your Dragon”) are attached as producers.
Highlighting the priority being given to the project, Warner Bros. Pictures already has a script, written by David Leslie Johnson (“The Conjuring 2,” “Wrath of the Titans”).
“We are so excited about bringing the world of Dungeons & Dragons to life on the big screen,” said Greg Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, Warner Bros. Pictures. “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.”
“This is such an enormous opportunity to bring the rich fantasy setting of the Forgotten Realms to life and, together with the creative powerhouse of Warner Bros., use movies to tell the stories that have enchanted passionate D&D fans for decades,” said Stephen Davis, Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer of Hasbro, Inc. “D&D is the role-playing game that started it all and now we have the opportunity to ignite a franchise for its legions of avid fans in a way never done before.”
Dungeons & Dragons first became popular in 1974, and since then has amassed millions of players and fans worldwide. The hugely popular property has also influenced numerous writers, directors, game designers, and other creative professionals throughout its four decades.
“We are thrilled that this beloved property can finally make its way to the big screen after 20 years, and that it can be realized by Warner Bros., which has been responsible for the biggest fantasy franchises over the past two decades,” said Courtney Solomon of Sweetpea Entertainment.
Today’s announcement reflects the resolution of Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast LLC’s complaint against Sweetpea Entertainment, Inc. and Sweetpea BVI, Ltd. and the counterclaims filed by Sweetpea against Hasbro in May 2013 related to the Dungeons & Dragon brand. Solomon and Zeman will be attached to produce all Warner Bros.-produced Dungeons & Dragons film and television productions. All rights for future Dungeons & Dragons productions have been unified and returned to Wizards of the Coast, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hasbro.
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Jay Jayson @ComicBook
Set in the Forgotten Realms, I look forward to see what they do with this.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 4:10 pm to NCrawler
I hope they get it right...it could be fricking awesome. But, being a pessimistic a-hole, I'm just going to assume it is going to get butchered and be horrible.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 4:34 pm to Doldil
My guess is that it will be epic, beautiful, soulless, and boring.
Posted on 8/4/15 at 4:47 pm to NCrawler
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Dungeons & Dragons Movie Officially Announced
A LARPer's wet dream
Posted on 8/4/15 at 7:02 pm to drewnbrla
They have already made two of these disasters. I guess three huge steaming piles of fertilizer should end this.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:47 am to offshoretigerfan
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They have already made two of these disasters. I guess three huge steaming piles of fertilizer should end this
This. I thought I remembered a Wayans and Jimmy from Lois and Clark in a D&D movie.
Posted on 8/5/15 at 8:52 am to NCrawler
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I look forward to see what they do with this.
This is what they can do:
Posted on 8/5/15 at 9:08 am to NCrawler
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think it may be good if they treat it a little like Jumanji where its a few people playing the game and it becomes real around them.
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