re: What prevents movies and/or series being made from Forgotten Realms properties?

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Does TSR just hate money?

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It's a sad story...

--Wizards of the Coast bought TSR in 1997, and dropped the name off products starting with 3rd edition in 2000, so we can't blame a non-existent company for something that's not happening over 20 years later.

--WotC became a Hasbro subsidiary in 1999, and if Hasbro dictates something to WotC from on high, that's just the way business goes.

--Due to those Hasbro dictates, WotC shuttered the Forgotten Realms fiction line, and possibly D&D fiction as well. The last product offered is over a year old now (Salvatore's Hero). You can dig around on the interwebz for commentary by authors Evans, Greenwood and Salvatore and draw your own conclusions, but no one is expecting new fiction any time soon (if ever).

Speaking of Ed Greenwood, he does offer some advice on how to get a new Forgotten Realms novel published.