DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Film Rights Land at Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to the epic role playing fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons! Apparently, the studio is already far along in the development process. According to the report, they will be using a script written by David Leslie Johnson. That script is called Chainmail, and was acquired last year "as a free-standing project, based on an obscure game that was also hatched by D&D designer Gary Gygax before he and Dave Arneson launched D&D." That script will be "retro-fitted to fit the much bigger game creation."

There's no word on if Johnson will be developing the film any further, but I hope not. The fact that they are using one of his scripts is a little concerning though because he's the guy that wrote the films Wrath of the Titans and Red Hiding Hood -- both of which had terrible scripts. So it's hard to think that what he does for Dungeons & Dragons could be any better. There was a D&D film made back in 2000 that starred Jeremy Irons. I never saw it though because it looked like crap. Hopefully this one doesn't turn out as bad.

This is a priority for the studio, and they are already going out to filmmakers. Hopefully they get a good one on board to steer this thing in the right direction. There's a ton of potential here, and if done right it could be incredible. Fantasy adventure films are popular right now, and they are only going to get bigger if the studios let them. Some of the big fantasy franchises right now include the Hobbit films, HBO's Game of Thrones series, and then there's a World of Warcraft being made by Duncan Jones.

Are you excited to hear that Warner Bros. will be the studio bringing you a Dungeons & Dragons movie?