A new Dungeons & Dragons movie was announced last year as part of a deal between Hasbro and Warner Bros, and now we've got an update from the film's producer Roy Lee on how the studio plans to shape the film.
“This new Dungeons & Dragons will be a Guardians of the Galaxy-tone movie in a Tolkien-like universe," he tells Collider. "Because when you think of all the Hobbit movies and The Lord of the Rings, they have an earnestness to them, and to see something fun, a Raiders romp inside that world, I feel is something the audience has not seen before.”
So, when might production begin? “I think it will really be moving forward quickly," he explains, "and I don’t anticipate it not getting greenlit this year, mostly because Warner Bros. has DC now, and LEGO, and the Harry Potter universe that’s being cultivated as their franchises. I believe they see Dungeons & Dragons as something that could be cultivated as a multi-universe movie where there will be spinoffs from the first movie being in Forgotten Realms and subsequent movies being in different worlds.”
Crafting a larger cinematic universe around the game isn't a major surprise. Given that most studios are keen to develop movies with built-in sequel and spin-off possibilities, the whole premise of Dungeons & Dragons is a perfect fit for that model.
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