Dragonlance Movie

[Daos]

It's true. Weis officially announced it herself recently. It's an animated flick based on Autumns of Dragon Twilight.

www.dragonlance-movie.com/

It's being directed by Will Meugniot, who did X-Men and the Real Ghostbusters.

The script is being written by George Strayton, who has done a few episodes of Hercules: Legendary Journies and Xena: Warrior Princess.

Hickman and Weis are heavily involved. The following voice actors have been confirmed:

Michael Rosenbaum as Tanis Half-Elven
Lucy Lawless as Goldmoon
Jason Marsden as Tasslehoff Burrfoot

They're aiming for a PG-13 rating and is expected to be released in the fall of 2007.

[Biz]

That sounds like fun. It should be interesting.

[Daos]

They have cast the voice for Raistlin:

Kiefer Sutherland, better known for his role as Jack Bauer on that show I've never watched but everyone else has, 24.

[matt]

Never ever had an interest in Dragonlance until I heard Kiefer was doing the movie. Now I must see it.

[Airellian]

Agreed. Kiefer as Raistlin? I could see it. That deep, gravelly voice instilled with more gravitas than Stephen Colbert and Stone Phillips combined... Mm... Whoah, what?

On another note, James Marsden is the voice of Max Goof. Hmm.

Michael Rosenbaum plays Lex Luthor in Smallville, but he's also the voice of Wally West, aka the Flash, on Justice League.

And, I guess Lucy Lawless played Xena a couple of years ago... Whatever.

[Daos]

There are new developments! Click on the link in the first post to see them. There's some concept artwork up (the baaz looks pretty cool), and they have announced many additional voice actors. Most of them are fairly obscure, but guess who they got to the voice of Tika? Michelle Trachtenberg. Mmmm.

Also, a black guy is playing Gilthanas? Well...that's an interesting choice for a Qualinesti.

[Daos]

The first, rough trailer is now out:

www.dragonlance-movie.com/news/show_news.asp?id=20

[Airellian]

It looks like it belongs on Saturday morning cartoons.

[Keith]

It actually looks pretty good. I'm glad that they chose that style, it's old-school, like the Thundercats or something. Of which they are also making a movie I hear.

[Daos]

...it's old-school, like the Thundercats

Which is fitting, since Dragonlance first came out around the same time (early 80s).

Of which they are also making a movie I hear.

Yeah, but it'll be entirely CGI. And have a much, much bigger budget. And probably be tinkered with by Hollywood Execs. (How much you wanna bet Panthro will speak Ebonics?)

The Dragonlance movie may have a small budget, but one thing we can be assured of--it will be pure.

[Daos]

Confirmed release date by Hickman: January 15, 2008

[Daos]

The movie arrived in the mail the other day. Heather and I both enjoyed it.

[Daos]

For those of you curious, Margaret Weis claims that there are talks underway about making a movies now of Dragons of Winter Night.

[Keith]

Before seeing this movie I never knew dragons punched people. It was alright I think. Good and bad things.

[Daos]

I was hanging out at the Dragonlance forums and read this post by Margaret Weis herself.

Dragonlance Live Action Trailer Call for Help

Dragonlance Live Action Trailer is going ahead.

Celtic Storm Films are currently in the process of making a trailer lasting around 8 minutes for the Dragonlance Chronicles Vol: Dragons of Autumn Twilight. Although Celtic Storm Films is a commercial production company that makes short films with our first feature currently in development, we are making the trailer with no funding attached.

We have 2 short films going the Cannes Film Festival next year, accompanying this, will be the trailer for Dragonlance Chronicles Vol 1, with the intentions to impress, this will be a high quality film being done in High Def, but we’re going to film it, the way the story should be told.

So we are seeking global collaborations to help us out, if you’re based in the UK, then great, but it’s really not necessary, we’ll work with anyone who can help us bring this project together, the possibilities could be looking at a 6 movie deal if we do this right.

Right now, the casting calls have gone out for professional actors.

What I am looking for are Draconian costumes, masks or claws that look very life-like if possible, we’re also searching for costumes for the main characters of the Companions, again, these have to look lived in.

Most importantly, we are seeking anyone who might be able to create a short animation of a dragon rearing it’s head, the clip should ideally be about 5-15 seconds long, starting from the eye, zooming out to reveal the head and part of the neck just as the dragon rears the head to give off a mighty roar. The dragon does need to look very realistic, but we will be editing using high end software, so yep, we are asking a great deal, but it’ll be worth it.

Anyone interesting in volunteering to help on this can get in touch via e-mail direct to [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>