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Journeyman Greytalker
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Tue May 05, 2026 9:27 am
Hypothetical Greyhawk Movie
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Well, would you all like to play in a thought experiment?
If someone were to produce a Greyhawk movie, and the producer came to you and asks where in the Flanaess would you want it set. How would you respond?
Note, that the actors haven't signed on or the script isn't written yet.
The idea of the movie is to inspire the young to buy and play Dungeons and Dragons.
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Tue May 05, 2026 11:58 am
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I would start in Hommlet, and run through Temple of Elemental Evil.
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Wed May 06, 2026 6:25 pm
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Castle Greyhawk. The entire movie is one big dungeon delve, not save the world or working through trauma. Literally let's get some treasure and be rich.
And then all the megadungeon classics: hireling linkboys, false doors, elevator rooms, faction play, slide to China.
I vote that the actual dungeon be designed by Allan Grohe (Grodog).
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Thu May 07, 2026 9:19 am
Re: Hypothetical Greyhawk Movie
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| EltonJ wrote: |
| ...If someone were to produce a Greyhawk movie, and the producer came to you and asks where in the Flanaess would you want it set... |
-Saga of Old City, with Gord arriving at Rookroost until the end of the Battle of Woodford. It has espionage, a break out, romance, and a battle, and could probably be done in less than 2 hours for those with ADHD.
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Journeyman Greytalker
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Thu May 07, 2026 1:36 pm
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Yep. I was wondering when someone was going to suggest a Gord the Rogue book. 
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Fri May 15, 2026 1:28 pm
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The World of Greyhawk is a setting so a movie could be set just about anywhere in Greyhawk and work. I think the City of Greyhawk and Castle Greyhawk are very inspirational places. Some of the inspiration has been from the breadcrumbs we've been given over the years about what the Castle is supposed to have. The City and the Castle were Gygax' starting point for the whole setting.
Any good story has to have a sympathetic character, a problem, and a resolution. I don't remember Gygax' novels to be good enough stories to make a movie out of though.
Manganiello's argument for a D&D movie based on the original Dragonlance books I think has a lot of merit because those books had more sympathetic characters, and a better resolution than the Gord the Rogue books.
But for Greyhawk stories, I'm sure a team of screen writers could write new characters that could be sympathetic and have a problem and have a resolution. The setting won't be the challenge. It's the story. ;)
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