Joe Magianello talking about D&D, Movie, T-shirts etc at Collider Movie Talk

[Havard]

(Link to the time stamp when Magianello is introduced)

I love his story about how he responded to his friend's girlfriend when she was dismissive about D&D. The game clearly meant alot to both Magianello and his friends when they grew up, just like it did for many of us.

Dragonlance isn't mentioned specifically, but I think those are the characters he is referring to.

-Havard

[Big Mac]

I love his story about how he responded to his friend's girlfriend when she was dismissive about D&D. The game clearly meant alot to both Magianello and his friends when they grew up, just like it did for many of us.

That was a pretty good story.

Dragonlance isn't mentioned specifically, but I think those are the characters he is referring to.

I'm not so sure.

I did hear that the script he wrote was a Dragonlance script, but he was very careful to avoid mentioning a campaign setting in that interview. And he stressed that there was a different movie company in charge now and that he had to be careful about what he said.

It's possible that they have asked him to make a Forgotten Realms movie, to tie into the setting that WotC is supporting most.

I did notice that he mentioned Death Knights. But then the clothing he brought out had a picture of the original Death Knight. I'm not sure that is a Dragonlance character. I didn't quite catch the name (but it definitely was not Lord Soth).

[Cthulhudrew]

I did notice that he mentioned Death Knights. But then the clothing he brought out had a picture of the original Death Knight. I'm not sure that is a Dragonlance character. I didn't quite catch the name (but it definitely was not Lord Soth).

Saint Kargoth the Undying. He is not a Dragonlance character, but is associated with Greyhawk (as a Death Knight of Demogorgon). He is- at least as far as I am aware- considered to be the first Death Knight.

(The first "named" death knight, in any event. Originating from Dragon #79. Death Knights had originally appeared before that, in the Fiend Folio. Lord Soth wasn't introduced until 1985.)

It sounds like he wasn't considering a Dragonlance movie, but something more D&D generic, but based on (at least what he says) "some characters that nobody was looking at." I am guessing he might have been thinking of Greyhawk, and a lot of those characters (Mordenkainen, etc.) But that's just a guess.

EDIT: NM. I see some articles and a tweet from him back in 2017 that strongly suggests it was Dragonlance.

[Havard]

Dragonlance isn't mentioned specifically, but I think those are the characters he is referring to.

I'm not so sure.

I did hear that the script he wrote was a Dragonlance script, but he was very careful to avoid mentioning a campaign setting in that interview. And he stressed that there was a different movie company in charge now and that he had to be careful about what he said.

It's possible that they have asked him to make a Forgotten Realms movie, to tie into the setting that WotC is supporting most.

I agree. I think that Magianello really was a genuine D&D fan back in the days and really fell in love with the game again when he came back to the hobby many years later. I think that he really saw the potential for a Dragonlance movie. I believe he saw the potential of himself playing Caramon.

But I think you are right that he specifically did not mention Dragonlance now, probably because he has talked to WotC and they would prefer a Forgotten Realms movie.

In any case, I really like hearing the video of Magianello talking about how he saw D&D back then and how he sees it now.

-Havard

[Big Mac]

Dragonlance isn't mentioned specifically, but I think those are the characters he is referring to.

I'm not so sure.

I did hear that the script he wrote was a Dragonlance script, but he was very careful to avoid mentioning a campaign setting in that interview. And he stressed that there was a different movie company in charge now and that he had to be careful about what he said.

It's possible that they have asked him to make a Forgotten Realms movie, to tie into the setting that WotC is supporting most.

I agree. I think that Magianello really was a genuine D&D fan back in the days and really fell in love with the game again when he came back to the hobby many years later. I think that he really saw the potential for a Dragonlance movie. I believe he saw the potential of himself playing Caramon.

But I think you are right that he specifically did not mention Dragonlance now, probably because he has talked to WotC and they would prefer a Forgotten Realms movie.

In any case, I really like hearing the video of Magianello talking about how he saw D&D back then and how he sees it now.

It was a great video. He does seem like a nice guy.

Right now, I would rather see a D&D movie that feature any published D&D campaign setting over another generic fantasy movie with the name D&D thrown on it.

I actually think that Dragonlance is an excellent thing to turn into a movie, as the War of the Lance is a great story, but Forgotten Realms has some reasonable stories too.

If TSR had not fallen out with Gary Gygax, I think that a series of Gord the Rogue movies would have been the best option.

I don't think there is any chance that they would do a Spelljammer movie. I don't think it would pull in as large an audience as Forgotten Realms, and the environment of Wildspace would probably push the budget up. But I'd rather have a movie for that or even a fairly obscure D&D setting that had some sort of story to tell.

Maybe, just maybe, if they do one Dungeons & Dragons movie based on a campaign setting, and it works, they might make movies for other campaign settings too.

[Havard]

It was a great video. He does seem like a nice guy.

Agreed. He seems like a really cool guy. I really like his enthusiasm when talking about D&D and the idea of him taking part in a D&D movie.

Right now, I would rather see a D&D movie that feature any published D&D campaign setting over another generic fantasy movie with the name D&D thrown on it.

As I mentioned in the Buck Rogers thread, I think finding a good story is the most important thing. Name checking things from the rules or other published material is more often than not a detriment to good storytelling on the big screen. However, Peter Jackson showed with the Lord of the Rings movies how attention to the source material can be a great resource when developing a film. That could also help a D&D movie if they make use of an existing setting.

I actually think that Dragonlance is an excellent thing to turn into a movie, as the War of the Lance is a great story, but Forgotten Realms has some reasonable stories too.

Agreed. Take the best stories from the novels and adapt those. You could even look at the MCU movies where they dont really just adapt a single comic book story line, but incorporate many different story elements into orignal stories.

If TSR had not fallen out with Gary Gygax, I think that a series of Gord the Rogue movies would have been the best option.

Yes, many things would have been different if he had not been forced out of the company.

I don't think there is any chance that they would do a Spelljammer movie. I don't think it would pull in as large an audience as Forgotten Realms, and the environment of Wildspace would probably push the budget up. But I'd rather have a movie for that or even a fairly obscure D&D setting that had some sort of story to tell.

You know what, I am not really sure that is true anymore. With the way CGI works these days, special effects aren't really that expensive. Add to that, audiences today are much more accepting of supernatural elements in movies as long as it is done right. Perhaps not a Spelljammer movie as such, but having Spelljammer ships in the movie might just add some additional fun to the movie.

-Havard