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Dungeons & Dragons Is Getting a Film Franchise

Posted by Soulskill on from the hope-they-hit-the-saving-throw dept.

New submitter IT.luddite sends word that Hasbro and Warner Bros. have announced Dungeons & Dragons will be getting its own film franchise. They already have a script, and they'll be working with production company Sweetpea Entertainment, but they haven't picked a director, yet. They'll have at least some of the people on board who worked on the D&D movie from 2000, which was a flop. The deal between Hasbro and Warner Bros. comes after a prolonged legal battle about who owned the rights to a D&D movie. They note, "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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  1. Mazes and Monters by Stele · · Score: 4, Funny

    Still waiting for a proper sequel to Mazes and Monsters! Get to it JJ!

    1. Re:Mazes and Monters by Stele · · Score: 3, Funny

      Thanks for pointing out my spelling mistake.
      Might I suggest a soothing cream for that sand in your vagina?

  2. Roll Save Versus by Sir_Eptishous · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bad ScreenWriting.

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  3. A Flop? by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 5, Funny

    A flop is simply a movie that fails to attract an audience because it isn't good, Jupiter Ascending is a flop. The 2000 D&D movie was so god awful that it alone stands out in my mind as easily as something so bad I'd rather be in a meeting than attend. My girlfriend and I laughed so hard at the unintentionally funny parts of the movie that our judgement was so impaired, we got married. The damage was so severe, we have never recovered from this bad judgement and remain married.

    The movie was an unmitigated disaster, and honestly if this were my property I'd never again let someone try to make a movie based on it.

  4. Re:The one from 2000 was really terrible. by butchersong · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe we'll get lucky and Uwe Boll will be free.

  5. Re:The one from 2000 was really terrible. by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Uwe Boll gave up on video game movies because fans don't appreciate the brilliant genius that he brings to the big screen.

  6. Revive the animated series? by KatchooNJ · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, I wonder if they will go way back and mine the old animated TV show. Now THAT was some gritty fantasy! ;-)

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  7. Re:The one from 2000 was really terrible. by LynnwoodRooster · · Score: 4, Funny

    I will be very disappointed if they make the same armature mistakes they made with that movie.

    Armature mistakes? I think you want the DC vs. AC thread, not the D&D thread...

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  8. Re:The one from 2000 was really terrible. by geminidomino · · Score: 3, Funny

    You're welcome.

    If you like, I can also recommend some pretty brutal dommes, since that seems to be your thing. ;)