Cindi Rice, co-executive 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. "I'm extremely proud of the creative team I brought together," Rice said in an interview. "George Strayton has written a very cool script while staying true to Margaret's and Tracy's vision. Will Meugniot is simply an animation genius, and he's helping us create a very innovative and complex film. It is a joy to work with both of them."
Helmed by Meugniot (the animated X-Men TV series) and written by Strayton (Cleopatra 2525, Xena: Warrior Princess), the movie will feature the voices of Xena star Lucy Lawless and Michael Rosenbaum (TV's Smallville).
The Dragonlance saga was developed from the venerable Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game series and evolved into a series of books, originally created by Hickman.
Rice said that the Dragons movie is in the final stages of preproduction. "We've already recorded 90 percent of the voices, and we'll be finalizing the animatic [animated storyboard] next month," she said. She added that the movie would combine traditional 2-D animation and computer-generated 3-D elements.
It's taken 20 years to go from book to movie, and script development began in March 2005. "I've been waiting a long time to see Dragonlance made into a movie," Rice said. If the movie is successful, Rice said that she hopes to make other movies based on the books. Dragons of Autumn Twilight will be released worldwide by Paramount in the fall of 2007. —Carol Pinchefsky
A Dragonlance movie, animated or live action would be great. I was hoping that the success of Lord of the Rings would open the doors for original three Chronicles. The format that LotR was filmed in would work especially well for the Chronicles as well.
Dragonalnce Movie
Posted By: Fizban on
06/30/06 at 07:20 PM
DragonlanceMovie..
Posted By: Fizban on
06/30/06 at 07:21 PM
*Drool* Yes....I am drooling on myself at the thought of a Dragonlance move..I've been waiting for this to happen since I read Dragons of Autumn Twilight when i was 8.
It's nice to see..
Posted By: Serielle on
06/30/06 at 10:45 PM
more fantasy movies being developed after the sucess of LOTR. Let me be even more specific...it's good to see GOOD fantasy movies being developed.
*shudders with repressed cheezy flick memories*
Dragonlance Movie
Posted By: Vanquish on
07/08/06 at 12:54 PM
Hopefully I can keep my expectations high, and this movie will still amaze. I've seen some pretty cheesy attempts at making a good Dragon movie, let's hope this one surpasses the rest and they continue to do good work.
Posted By: Skol on
07/11/06 at 09:45 AM
Yep yep, we can only hope they pull it off in a manner that befits it.
I too was one of the 'Please God let them make it like LoTR' crowd heh. It's epic, I'm not sure how well animation can pull it off.
Either way though, I'll be watching it. I've read DL books since they were released, own a DL mud... if I didn't see the movie, I think it'd be a little bit of hypocracy ;).
*snicker*
Posted By: Aerick on
07/13/06 at 05:20 PM
Heck, at this point, I could care less if it's good or not. anything's better than that moronic "Dungeons and Dragon's" movie they made up a few years ago. Least scifi channel did a good D&D movie recently.
Scifi D&D movie?
Posted By: Vanquish on
07/17/06 at 02:00 AM
SciFi did a D&D movie? Around when and do you remember the name of it? If was any good, I might have to visit their website and order the movie. I want to start collecting good fantasy movies and have a huge collection, but it's hard to have a huge collection when their aren't but a handful of good fantasy movies out there. d
That's final, one of us needs to become a producer/director/screenplay writer and have a huge bank account to spend for budget and go make all the great fantasy and Dragonlance movies so I can add to my collection and watch great movies in the comfort of my home.
Posted By: Jindrak on
07/17/06 at 08:09 AM
Sci-Fi didn't do the movie last I knew, they just own the rights to it; I may be incorrect though.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406728/
doh
Posted By: Aerick on
07/17/06 at 12:58 PM
Yep. Thought scifi channel did that one. LOL Though it was a heck of a lot better than that original one that totally flopped.
