A red dragon roasting an adventuring party in Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen
With the future of Dungeons & Dragons media up in the air after Paramount abandoned plans for a live-action D&D show, we're all left wondering who will step up to the plate. Live-action D&D adaptations have a polarizing past. On the one hand, 2023's box office flop Honor Among Thieves has proven to be a streaming success, and on the other hand, there's the much-maligned 2000s live-action D&D movie many would rather forget.
Dragonlance Would Make A Perfect Starting Point For A Live-Action D&D Show Close ✕ Remove Ads Dragonlance originally consisted of a series of 14 adventure modules and two novel trilogies, released between 1984 and 1986. The adventures and first novel trilogy, the Dragonlance Chronicles, detail the events known as the War of the Lance, where Krynn descended into an all-out war between good and evil as its gods returned following three centuries of ignoring mortals.
✕ Remove Ads The original book trilogy could easily make for a three-season TV show on its own, with its twists and turns as the heroes, known as the Heroes of the Lance or the Companions, become entangled in the War of the Lance from its outset, going from reluctant adventurers to leaders and legends in their own time as they fight against the minions of Takhisis.
The complex villains and antiheroes of Dragonlance are what make the setting such fertile ground for storytellers, and a live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV show would be a phenomenal seed to plant in that soil. With a balance of massive spectacle and subtle character development, such a show would absolutely appeal to fantasy fans of all stripes.
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