Warner Bros. Pictures, Hasbro’s Allspark Pictures, and Sweetpea Entertainment are launching a feature film franchise based on Dungeons & Dragons, the world’s most popular role-playing game. Hasbro’s Brian Goldner and Stephen Davis, Courtney Solomon and Allan Zeman of Sweetpea Entertainment, as well as Roy Lee (The LEGO Movie, How to Train Your Dragon) are attached as producers.
“This is such an enormous opportunity to bring the rich fantasy setting of the Forgotten Realms to life, and, together with the creative powerhouse of Warner Bros., use movies to tell the stories that have enchanted passionate D&D fans for decades,” says Stephen Davis, executive vice president and chief content officer of Hasbro Inc. “D&D is the role-playing game that started it all, and now we have the opportunity to ignite a franchise for its legions of avid fans in a way never done before.”
Dungeons & Dragons first became popular in 1974, and since then has amassed millions of players and fans worldwide. Over the past four decades, the property has also influenced numerous writers, directors, game designers, and other creative professionals.
Solomon and Zeman will be attached to produce all Warner Bros.-produced Dungeons & Dragons film and television productions, while future Dungeons & Dragons productions will be unified under Wizards of the Coast, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hasbro.
