Every time i watch one of the trailers i always think a movie or show in that style would be interesting, and theres plenty of canon events they could. What joe manganiellos possible dragonlance movie might. Its hard to know if the dragonlance tales books are the beginning of the end, or the beginning of the beginning. Im extremely proud of the creative team i brought together, rice said in an interview. It was a madefortv miniseries featured on nbc in 1998, but given its quality and following, it deserves a spot on the list. This list includes all available animated movies from 20002009. Quoteinfamousewillowi liked the movie but it did poorly critically and i am pretty sure financially as well. The animation was produced by toonz animation, and featured the voices of lucy lawless, kiefer sutherland, michael rosenbaum, and michelle trachtenberg. Not give away that fizban paladine so early in the movie. There were rumours of a dragonlance film from almost the start of it being published with many fans submitting their preffered cast list. Other dragonlance movie related sites introduction this document has grown from a large number of questions that are being posted by every second new user on alt. Fairly obscure, though it has a good voice cast kiefer sutherland, lucy lawless. Rent dragonlance 2007 starring kiefer sutherland and lucy lawless on dvd and bluray.
Whilst it is not part of the dungeons and dragons tv series it is still a cartoon and because of the authorship it has always been associated. Has anyone considered making a dragonlance motion picture. Rumor wtf possible new dragonlance movie coming in. Dragons of autumn twilight, an animated movie based on the first dragonlance book of the same name, was released directtovideo. Various animated errors appear all over this movie. The legendary journeys, the film was produced by toonz animation, commotion pictures and epic level entertainment. Dragons of autumn twilight is being distributed by paramount pictures and the original writers worked with screenwriter george strayton to create the fulllength feature. From that comment, you can tell i wasnt overly impressed. In this animated film based on the popular series of fantasy books, six friends a dwarf, a warrior, a halfelf, a mage, a knight and a kinder. What joe manganiellos possible dragonlance movie might contain.
Because of the dragonlance movie i no longer fear hell. Official dragonlance movie site news, gossip, views and rumours. Lucy lawless dragonlance goldmoon fan site dragons of. I was hoping to get at least a good voice performance or two out of it, but given the material they had to work with sutherland and lawless heck, even rosenbaum just really couldnt make this eyesore worth my while. With kiefer sutherland as raistlin and lucy lawless as goldmoon, the production team went for star power to draw in viewers while filling the. Dragonlance is a shared universe created by laura and tracy hickman, and expanded by tracy hickman and margaret weis under the direction of tsr, inc. I am a fan of the story and the book that this movie is based off of.
I think it is worth something much better than an animated movie. When hes saying his spells, it sounds like someone speaking spanish but with a 100% american accent. In the planescape, ravenloft, and spelljammer settings, the dragonlance setting is part of a larger universe that also includes the forgotten realms and greyhawk. The hickmans conceived dragonlance while driving in their car on the way to tsr for a job interview. It is based on the first novel written for the campaign setting, dragons of autumn twilight, cowritten by margaret weis and tracy hickman, both of whom gave assistance for the films screenplay adaptation by george strayton. The dragonlance novels do not cover goldmoons childhood, however through official timelines and biographies her birth date, february 5, 322 a. In 2008, paramount licensed the rights to make an animated dragonlance feature from wotc. The dragonlance movie or butchering my childhood memories. The interaction between the two is particularly jarring. The film an animated version of dragons of autumn twlight has been produced for a worldwide commercial release director the film was directed by will meugniot, whose credits include stargate. You guys are the ones that make this happen, thank you all so much.
It deserves better than its animated movie as i mentioned above, dragonlance has gotten one screen adaptation, the animated film dragons of autumn twilight. Dragons of autumn twilight animated was directed by will meugniot, adapted for the screen by george strayton whose credits include cleopatria 2525, xena. Raistlin doesnt sound at all like how the book makes him sound. The one attempt there has been at a dragonlance animated movie turned out to be a bit of a disaster despite it being a labor of love. They allowed horrible movies to be made with the licenses name included two horrible liveaction films and a god awful dragonlance animated movie. Fandom certainly clings to the chronicles and legends trilogy alone as marks of fantasy greatness and only the dragonlance diehards have time for anything else published under the banner, and yet the legacy is over 100 books that continued to sell for 20 years until the line was. Dragonlance, dragons of autumn twilight 2008 animated. Dragons of the highlord skies dragonlance lost chronicles, vol. Long ago in a land ravaged by strife, an ancient race of mages crafted the ultimate weapon to destroy their enemies, and end all wars. Jonathan goldstein, john francis daley in talks for.
The movie, based on dragons of autumn twilight, was to be the first of a trilogy based on the original chronicles. Speaking on the happy sad confused podcast, he said that hed even met with wizards of the coast to talk about the project. If you are a fan of the books do not see this movie. Rent dragonlance 2007 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Theres no breathing room in between dialog, the animation is bad, and the voice acting is even worse. The animated series did this all the time, particularly in any episode introducing a new villain. The dragonlance chronicles have also been adapted as an animated movie entitled dragons of autumn twilight, starring michelle trachtenberg, kiefer sutherland, michael rosenbaum, and lucy lawless, and directed by will meugniot.
So i hope there will be no animated dragons of winter night. I would rather see a properly done dragonlance movie not the pos animated monstrosity i have on my dvd shelf. Official dragonlance movie site news, gossip, views and. Dragons of autumn twilight is a 2008 american animated film, the first to be based on the dragonlance campaign setting of the dungeons. If the lord of the rings movies only showed us the destination they would have been able to fit the whole movie in two hours. However, the animation a mix of 2d and cgi is truly dreadful, and brings the epic scope of the story down to the. The dragonlance animated movie has very bad example of the type. The forgotten realms setting might work out better if that. At tsr tracy hickman met margaret weis, his future writing partner, and they gathered a group of associates to. Dragons of the dwarven depths dragonlance lost chronicles, vol. In this animated film based on the popular series of fantasy books, six friends a dwarf, a warrior, a halfelf, a mage, a knight and a kinder have come together once again after spending five.
Hopefully, the dragonlance story will follow the same path that the lord of the rings storey did. Hidden safely for hundreds of years, the scourge is now sought by a new swarm of darkness threatening to unleash its. After the horribleness that was the animated movie, i recall margret weiss posting about giving up on any further dragonlance movie projects. With dan hay, lester rosenthal, anna deas, caroline lesley. Dragons of autumn twilight you are looking for semi serious and cult film movies about with adventure, supernatural, friendship, heroes, friends, wizards and magicians and save the world themes of animation, action and adventure genre shot in usa or india. Dragonlance is a series of fantasy novels and an accompanying dungeons and dragons setting, devised by husbandandwife team tracy and laura hickman, and popularized via novels by margaret weis and tracy hickman. We would most likely get 1 movie that ends on a cliffhanger, that never gets a sequel. Some fans argue that the scene in the film where merlins love nimue is sacrificed to a dragon is the best scene in the miniseries. It would seem that there already is a dragonlance movie. Dragons of autumn twilight animated was directed by. Since 1995 dlms has been a forum for the discussion of all things relating to movies based on wizards of the coasts dragonlance fantasy gaming world, brought to life in the novels of margaret weis and tracy hickman, and other authors. The intention of this faq is to provide answers to these questions to free up the newsgroup from. Dragons of autumn twilight was released on 15 january 2008.
Dragonlance movie faq frequently asked questions about dragonlance movie. The chronicles are the first trilogy in the series of dragonlance novels and anthologies that now number. Rumor wtf possible new dragonlance movie coming in 2021. Having now seen the entire film not just the rushed out trailer i have to say even dragonlance fan that i was a little disappointed in the effort put into this. Most of the film is done in traditional bad 2d animation. My guess is most people dont know that the epic first dragonlance novel by weis and hickman had released as an animated movie just a couple of weeks ago. Dragons of the hourglass mage dragonlance lost chronicles, vol. I think there is also weirdness over who owns the rights to the original books and stories. If a movie poses a sequel hook only for no sequel to ultimately be forthcoming. Why dragonlance should be the next fantasy film franchise. Man, that dragonlance animated movie is just unrelentingly horrible, huh.
This is the animated feature film version of the first book in the chronicles series. The dragonlance books lack the depth of, say, forgotten realms, which feels more characterdriven. Cindi rice, coexecutive producer of the upcoming animated fantasy movie dragons of autumn twilight, told sci fi wire that the film will remain true to the book by margaret weis and tracy hickman, the first in their dragonlance chronicles series. That first novel even got its own animated film, featuring kiefer sutherland, lucy. Dragons of autumn twilight is being released direct to video and was created by south korean animation studio toonz. Wb rolls dice on new dungeons and dragons movie film. They called it the aryx orthian, the scourge of worlds. Works with their own pages on tv tropes include the legend of huma. Not yet confirmed but all signs point to a new and more importantly proper dragonlance movie. The dragonlance world has turned into a major setting with many authors writing stories for it in total, at time of writing there are more than 200 novels comprising it, not including anthologies, manuals and various other extras. The original dragonlance chronicles dragons of autumn twilight, dragons of winter night and dragons of spring dawning is a traditional tale of a band of heroes who come together and get embroiled in the ongoing war between the armies of dragons, led by the dark goddess takhisis, and the forces of light, represented by the god paladine.
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