Dungeons & Dragons: Film directors and producer talk about the importance of RPGs to the film franchise

Talk about legacy Dungeons and Dragons this is pretty much a challenge in itself. The RPG has opened the door to many other projects, providing space for several different products to emerge over the years. In view of this, work with a universe that is almost 50 years of history regarded as “great responsibility” directed by Jonathan Goldstein.

So, to continue that legacy, the director said the idea was to respect the D&D trajectory and at the same time get the public, who had no contact with the games until now, interested in the universe. He said:

“We tried to make a film that captures the scope, fun and adventure of the game, and to make a film that appeals to people unfamiliar with RPGs.”

Producer Jeremy Latcham concluded Goldstein’s speech by saying that it’s important to treat the franchise with understanding. “Respect and Love”but do “Something new with it, making sure you keep pushing it forward and expanding its legacy so it doesn’t stagnate but instead becomes something that keeps growing and evolving”????????

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Rebels promises to expand on the legacy left by the role-playing game.

Regarding the challenges of adapting an RPG for film, director John Francis Daly noted that the team considered the game’s universe and atmosphere as there is no pre-established plot as a basis:

“Because there is no established story or real characters to draw inspiration from, we tried to adapt the universe itself and the unique tone of D&D. The world is so big and unlike anything else in the fantasy genre – it has creatures that you will never see. [em outros lugares]like Mimic. And also the humor, which I think is really special to D&D, because anyone who’s done a good D&D campaign knows there’s a lot of laughs in the process. So that’s what we wanted to do, never downplaying the stakes and the story.”

Another important point in the manufacture Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among the Rebels concerns the creatures used in the film. According to Daley, the idea was to introduce the most famous monsters in the game, such as the aforementioned Mimicand rely on the diff that they are creatures “other in fantasy universe”????????

Creatures like the Mimic relied on a combination of practical effects and CGI.

For this, an alliance was created between CGI and practical effects, the latter being an important aspect to give the monsters more liveliness. Director Goldstein recalled that they were inspired from the very beginning by films of the 80s, because “You feel it when they used these real creatures on set”???????? With the help of prosthetics in the production, practical effects were preferred, using computer graphics only when necessary. According to Goldstein, it even improved the performance of the actors, who were able to handle “the real deal” on set.

Directed by John Francis Daly and Jonathan Goldstein, official synopsis Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among the Rebels He says:

A former harpist-turned-thief escapes prison with his partner, a barbarian, and reunites with a mediocre mage and a new druid for the team. The big goal is to rob the cunning rogue who stole all the loot from the last mission that put them behind bars, and use him to establish himself as Lord of Neverwinter. It turns out the traitor has allied himself with the powerful Red Wizard, who has something even more sinister in the works.”

The cast of the film has Michelle Rodriguez ????????fast and furious), Chris Pine (amazing woman???????? Justice Smith ????????Detective Pikachu???????? Rege-Jean Page ????????bridgerton???????? Sophia Lillis ????????IT is a thing) as well as Hugh grant ????????Cancel) in the list.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among the Rebels premiere on this day April 13, 2023 to the cinema.

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