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* CreatorKiller: Courtney Solomon's directing career took a critical hit with this movie. He did not get another screen credit for five years, and has only directed twice since.
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* CreatorKiller: Courtney Solomon's directing career took a critical hit with this movie. He did not get another screen credit for five years, and has only directed twice since.
since: with 2005's ''Film/AnAmericanHaunting'' and 2013's ''Film/{{Getaway}}''.
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* FranchiseKiller: Well, the tabletop game didn't suffer, but another film wouldn't come for another five years - years ... as a made for cable film.[[MadeForTVMovie made-for-cable film]]. A new theatrical release had seemed impossible, though that has [[Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves changed in recent years.]]
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* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/JeremyIrons rather famously took the role of Profion to pay for the refurbishment of a castle he had just bought (how appropriate). On the other hand he seems to be having a ''[[HamAndCheese wonderful]]'' time playing an ''EVILLLL'' wizard. Certainly more fun than the audience is having.
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* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/JeremyIrons rather famously took the role of Profion to pay for the refurbishment of a castle he had just bought (how appropriate). On the other hand he seems to be having a ''[[HamAndCheese wonderful]]'' time playing an ''EVILLLL'' wizard. Certainly more fun than the audience is most viewers are having.
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** The Mystara website Vaults of Pandius goes with the idea that Izmer is based on the TabletopGame/{{Mystara}} Empire of Alphatia, and has a custom setting for Izmer based on details from Alphatia, including [[http://pandius.com/izmrcamp.html Alphatia: The Izmer Campaign]], [[http://pandius.com/izmer.html The Empire of Izmer]], [[http://pandius.com/ridley_f.html Ridley Freeborn, Knight of Izmer]], and [[http://pandius.com/marinaop.html Marina of Pretensa, Royal Wizard of Sumdall, Head Mistress of the Magic School of Izmer]].
* ReferencedBy: ''Webvideo/SuburbanKnights'' features Webvideo/PawDugan doing a Profion impression.
* ReferencedBy: ''Webvideo/SuburbanKnights'' features Webvideo/PawDugan doing a Profion impression.
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** The Mystara website Vaults ''Vaults of Pandius Pandius'' goes with the idea that Izmer is based on the TabletopGame/{{Mystara}} Empire of Alphatia, and has a custom setting for Izmer based on details from Alphatia, including [[http://pandius.com/izmrcamp.html Alphatia: The Izmer Campaign]], [[http://pandius.com/izmer.html The Empire of Izmer]], [[http://pandius.com/ridley_f.html Ridley Freeborn, Knight of Izmer]], and [[http://pandius.com/marinaop.html Marina of Pretensa, Royal Wizard of Sumdall, Head Mistress of the Magic School of Izmer]].
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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The movie was made after several attempts at a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' movie, with multiple different scripts. Different versions of a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' movie were pitched by Gary Gygax and Lorraine Williams years earlier.
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* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The movie was made after several attempts at a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' movie, with multiple different scripts. Different versions of a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' movie were pitched by Gary Gygax Creator/GaryGygax and Lorraine Williams years earlier.
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** Creator/ThoraBirch became famous during TheNineties as a child actress with ''Film/PatriotGames'', ''Film/HocusPocus'', and ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger''. ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' seemingly marked her transition into a successful adult actress, only for ''Dungeons & Dragons'' to snuff that chance at once. On top of this, [[StageMom her father]], Jack, also contributed to her career's decline as he cost her roles with his on-set meddling, yet she refused to dismiss him. After the ''D&D'' film flopped, she starred in ''Film/GhostWorld'' and ''Film/TheHole''. The former was praised by critics and became a CultClassic, but audiences stayed away. The latter saw theatrical release in the UK but went straight-to-DVD in the US and garnered mixed reviews. Neither earned more than $10 million globally. She has since found a new manager (they are now married) but her acting career has stagnated, while her most significant work since was a recurring role on ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
** Creator/ZoeMcLellan had an unremarkable career in television before she was cast in this film in a botched attempt at a StarMakingRole. While her film career hit a dead end, she did find more success on television when she was cast in ''Series/{{JAG}}'' a year later. She remained on ''JAG'' all the way until it completed its run in 2005, transitioning quickly with ''Series/DirtySexyMoney'' two years later. However, that success was fleeting as her TV appearances after the latter ended where near exclusively guest parts. She did star in ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'', but abruptly departed after two seasons. After a season-long stint on ''Series/DesignatedSurvivor'' and some made-for-TV films, she hasn't appeared in any projects since 2019.
** Creator/ZoeMcLellan had an unremarkable career in television before she was cast in this film in a botched attempt at a StarMakingRole. While her film career hit a dead end, she did find more success on television when she was cast in ''Series/{{JAG}}'' a year later. She remained on ''JAG'' all the way until it completed its run in 2005, transitioning quickly with ''Series/DirtySexyMoney'' two years later. However, that success was fleeting as her TV appearances after the latter ended where near exclusively guest parts. She did star in ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'', but abruptly departed after two seasons. After a season-long stint on ''Series/DesignatedSurvivor'' and some made-for-TV films, she hasn't appeared in any projects since 2019.
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** Creator/ThoraBirch became famous during TheNineties as a child actress with ''Film/PatriotGames'', ''Film/HocusPocus'', and ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger''. ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' seemingly marked her transition into a successful adult actress, only for ''Dungeons & Dragons'' to snuff that chance at once. On top of this, [[StageMom her father]], Jack, also contributed to her career's decline as he cost her roles with his on-set meddling, yet she refused to dismiss him. After the ''D&D'' film flopped, she starred in ''Film/GhostWorld'' and ''Film/TheHole''. The former was praised by critics and became a CultClassic, but audiences stayed away. The latter saw theatrical release in the UK but went straight-to-DVD straight to DVD in the US and garnered mixed reviews. Neither earned more than $10 million globally. She has since found a new manager (they are (to whom she is now married) but her acting career has stagnated, while stagnated: her most significant work since was is a recurring role on ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
** Creator/ZoeMcLellan had an unremarkable career in television before she was cast in this film in a botched attempt at a StarMakingRole. While her film career hit a dead end, she did find more success on television when she was cast in ''Series/{{JAG}}'' a year later. She remained on ''JAG'' all the way until it completed its run in 2005, transitioning quickly with ''Series/DirtySexyMoney'' two years later. However, that success was fleeting as her TV appearances after the latter endedwhere were near exclusively guest parts. She did star in ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'', but abruptly departed after two seasons. After a season-long stint on ''Series/DesignatedSurvivor'' and some made-for-TV films, she hasn't appeared in any projects since 2019.
** Creator/ZoeMcLellan had an unremarkable career in television before she was cast in this film in a botched attempt at a StarMakingRole. While her film career hit a dead end, she did find more success on television when she was cast in ''Series/{{JAG}}'' a year later. She remained on ''JAG'' all the way until it completed its run in 2005, transitioning quickly with ''Series/DirtySexyMoney'' two years later. However, that success was fleeting as her TV appearances after the latter ended
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** Creator/MarlonWayans seemingly suffered from this film's failure the least, having in that same year starred in the critically acclaimed ''Film/RequiemForADream'' and the commercially successful ''Film/ScaryMovie''. He also co-wrote the latter film's script. However, his career soon died when he starred in and co-wrote ''Film/WhiteChicks'' and ''Film/LittleMan'' with his brother Shawn. Most of his releases afterwards (''Film/{{Norbit}}'', ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', ''Film/AHauntedHouse'', ''Fifty Shades of Black'', etc.) were also skewered too.
* ThrowItIn: Creator/RichardOBrien improvised lines, such as "oh, what a romantic notion" in a scene after Ridley goes through the Thieve's Maze. The line was scripted as "honor is for fools, my friend," but the actor dismissed it as "cliched swords-and-sworcery kind of dialog."
* ThrowItIn: Creator/RichardOBrien improvised lines, such as "oh, what a romantic notion" in a scene after Ridley goes through the Thieve's Maze. The line was scripted as "honor is for fools, my friend," but the actor dismissed it as "cliched swords-and-sworcery kind of dialog."
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** Creator/MarlonWayans seemingly suffered from this film's failure the least, having in that same year starred in the critically acclaimed ''Film/RequiemForADream'' and the commercially successful ''Film/ScaryMovie''. He also co-wrote the latter film's script. However, his career soon died when he starred in and co-wrote ''Film/WhiteChicks'' and ''Film/LittleMan'' with his brother Shawn. Most of his later releases afterwards (''Film/{{Norbit}}'', (e.g., ''Film/{{Norbit}}'', ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', ''Film/AHauntedHouse'', ''Fifty Shades of Black'', etc.) Black'') were also skewered too.
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* ThrowItIn: Creator/RichardOBrien improvised lines, such as"oh, "Oh, what a romantic notion" in a scene after Ridley goes through the Thieve's Thieves' Maze. The line was scripted as "honor "Honor is for fools, my friend," but the actor O'Brien dismissed it as "cliched swords-and-sworcery "clichéd swords-and-sorcery kind of dialog."
* ThrowItIn: Creator/RichardOBrien improvised lines, such as
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* FranchiseKiller: Well, the tabletop game didn't suffer, but another film wouldn't come for another five years - as a made for cable film. A new theatrical release has seemed impossible, though that has [[Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves changed in recent years.]]
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* FranchiseKiller: Well, the tabletop game didn't suffer, but another film wouldn't come for another five years - as a made for cable film. A new theatrical release has had seemed impossible, though that has [[Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves changed in recent years.]]
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* RunningTheAsylum: Courtney Solomon's credentials consisted of being a D&D fanboy and [[{{Determinator}} spending ten years trying to get a D&D movie made]].
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* RunningTheAsylum: Courtney Solomon's credentials consisted of being a D&D ''D&D'' fanboy and [[{{Determinator}} spending ten years trying to get a D&D movie made]].made]]. [[CanonForeigner The entirely new setting of Izmer]] was originally a setting Solomon created when he played ''D&D'', though he claims the ''main'' reason why it was used instead of more popular settings like the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' or ''TabletopGame/{{Greyhawk}}'' was to avoid [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks complaints of not including enough characters or lore from the source material]] (a decision that was directly endorsed by {{Creator/TSR}} and Creator/WizardsOfTheCoast), meaning it was mostly ''incidental'' self-indulgence.
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* FranchiseKiller: Well, the tabletop game didn't suffer, but another film wouldn't come for another five years - as a made for cable film. A new theatrical release has seemed impossible, though that has [[http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1528189/dungeons--dragons-may-have-found-its-first-lead changed in recent years.]]
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* FranchiseKiller: Well, the tabletop game didn't suffer, but another film wouldn't come for another five years - as a made for cable film. A new theatrical release has seemed impossible, though that has [[http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1528189/dungeons--dragons-may-have-found-its-first-lead [[Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves changed in recent years.]]
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** Creator/ZoeMcLellan had an unremarkable career in television before she was cast in this film in a botched attempt at a StarMakingRole. While her film career hit a dead end, she did find more success on television when she was cast in ''Series/{{JAG}}'' a year later. She remained on ''JAG'' all the way until it completed its run in 2005, transitioning quickly with ''Series/DirtySexyMoney'' two years later. However, that success was fleeting as her TV appearances after the latter ended where near exclusively guest parts. She did star in ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'', but abruptly departed after two seasons. After a season-long stint on ''Series/DesignatedSurvivor'' and some made-for-TV films, she hasn't appeared in any projects since 2019. Not helping matters was the legal battle she got embroiled in with her ex-husband regarding custody of their son, a scandal which further developed after her ex was arrested on alleged charges of child abuse. As of July 2021, [=McLellan=] is currently wanted for kidnapping and has virtually vanished from the public eye.
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** Creator/ZoeMcLellan had an unremarkable career in television before she was cast in this film in a botched attempt at a StarMakingRole. While her film career hit a dead end, she did find more success on television when she was cast in ''Series/{{JAG}}'' a year later. She remained on ''JAG'' all the way until it completed its run in 2005, transitioning quickly with ''Series/DirtySexyMoney'' two years later. However, that success was fleeting as her TV appearances after the latter ended where near exclusively guest parts. She did star in ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'', but abruptly departed after two seasons. After a season-long stint on ''Series/DesignatedSurvivor'' and some made-for-TV films, she hasn't appeared in any projects since 2019. Not helping matters was the legal battle she got embroiled in with her ex-husband regarding custody of their son, a scandal which further developed after her ex was arrested on alleged charges of child abuse. As of July 2021, [=McLellan=] is currently wanted for kidnapping and has virtually vanished from the public eye.
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** Creator/MarlonWayans seemingly suffered from this film's failure the least, having in that same year starred in the critically acclaimed ''Film/RequiemForADream'' and the commercially successful ''Film/ScaryMovie''. He also co-wrote the latter film's script. However, his career soon died when he starred in and co-wrote ''Film/WhiteChicks'' and ''Film/LittleMan'' along with his brother Shawn. Most of his films afterwards (''Film/{{Norbit}}'', ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', ''Film/AHauntedHouse'', ''Fifty Shades of Black'', etc.) were also skewered too.
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** Creator/MarlonWayans seemingly suffered from this film's failure the least, having in that same year starred in the critically acclaimed ''Film/RequiemForADream'' and the commercially successful ''Film/ScaryMovie''. He also co-wrote the latter film's script. However, his career soon died when he starred in and co-wrote ''Film/WhiteChicks'' and ''Film/LittleMan'' along with his brother Shawn. Most of his films releases afterwards (''Film/{{Norbit}}'', ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', ''Film/AHauntedHouse'', ''Fifty Shades of Black'', etc.) were also skewered too.
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* FranchiseKiller: Well, the tabletop game didn't suffer, but another film wouldn't come for another five years - as a made for cable film. A new theatrical release has seemed impossible, though that has
[[http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1528189/dungeons--dragons-may-have-found-its-first-lead changed in recent years.]]
[[http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1528189/dungeons--dragons-may-have-found-its-first-lead changed in recent years.]]
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* FranchiseKiller: Well, the tabletop game didn't suffer, but another film wouldn't come for another five years - as a made for cable film. A new theatrical release has seemed impossible, though that has
has [[http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1528189/dungeons--dragons-may-have-found-its-first-lead changed in recent years.]]
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* StarDerailingRole: The failure of this film wrecked most of its younger stars' careers.
** Creator/ThoraBirch became famous during TheNineties as a child actress with ''Film/PatriotGames'', ''Film/HocusPocus'', and ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger''. ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' seemingly marked her transition into a successful adult actress, only for ''Dungeons & Dragons'' to snuff that chance at once. On top of this, [[StageMom her father]], Jack, also contributed to her career's decline as he cost her roles with his on-set meddling, yet she refused to dismiss him. After the ''D&D'' film flopped, she starred in ''Film/GhostWorld'' and ''Film/TheHole''. The former was praised by critics and became a CultClassic, but audiences stayed away. The latter saw theatrical release in the UK but went straight-to-DVD in the US and garnered mixed reviews. Neither earned more than $10 million globally. She has since found a new manager (they are now married) but her acting career has stagnated, while her most significant work since was a recurring role on ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
** Creator/ZoeMcLellan had an unremarkable career in television before she was cast in this film in a botched attempt at a StarMakingRole. While her film career hit a dead end, she did find more success on television when she was cast in ''Series/{{JAG}}'' a year later. She remained on ''JAG'' all the way until it completed its run in 2005, transitioning quickly with ''Series/DirtySexyMoney'' two years later. However, that success was fleeting as her TV appearances after the latter ended where near exclusively guest parts. She did star in ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'', but abruptly departed after two seasons. After a season-long stint on ''Series/DesignatedSurvivor'' and some made-for-TV films, she hasn't appeared in any projects since 2019. Not helping matters was the legal battle she got embroiled in with her ex-husband regarding custody of their son, a scandal which further developed after her ex was arrested on alleged charges of child abuse. As of July 2021, [=McLellan=] is currently wanted for kidnapping and has virtually vanished from the public eye.
** Creator/JustinWhalin was best known at the time for [[TimeShiftedActor replacing]] original actor Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay in ''Film/ChildsPlay3'' and his supporting role as Jimmy Olsen in ''Series/LoisAndClark''. After ''D&D'' tanked, he starred in films that never saw a general release or otherwise went DirectToVideo before he retired in 2009. Since then, he has become a social studies/drama teacher at a prep school in Los Angeles.
** Creator/MarlonWayans seemingly suffered from this film's failure the least, having in that same year starred in the critically acclaimed ''Film/RequiemForADream'' and the commercially successful ''Film/ScaryMovie''. He also co-wrote the latter film's script. However, his career soon died when he starred in and co-wrote ''Film/WhiteChicks'' and ''Film/LittleMan'' along with his brother Shawn. Most of his films afterwards (''Film/{{Norbit}}'', ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', ''Film/AHauntedHouse'', ''Fifty Shades of Black'', etc.) were also skewered too.
** Creator/ThoraBirch became famous during TheNineties as a child actress with ''Film/PatriotGames'', ''Film/HocusPocus'', and ''Film/ClearAndPresentDanger''. ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' seemingly marked her transition into a successful adult actress, only for ''Dungeons & Dragons'' to snuff that chance at once. On top of this, [[StageMom her father]], Jack, also contributed to her career's decline as he cost her roles with his on-set meddling, yet she refused to dismiss him. After the ''D&D'' film flopped, she starred in ''Film/GhostWorld'' and ''Film/TheHole''. The former was praised by critics and became a CultClassic, but audiences stayed away. The latter saw theatrical release in the UK but went straight-to-DVD in the US and garnered mixed reviews. Neither earned more than $10 million globally. She has since found a new manager (they are now married) but her acting career has stagnated, while her most significant work since was a recurring role on ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
** Creator/ZoeMcLellan had an unremarkable career in television before she was cast in this film in a botched attempt at a StarMakingRole. While her film career hit a dead end, she did find more success on television when she was cast in ''Series/{{JAG}}'' a year later. She remained on ''JAG'' all the way until it completed its run in 2005, transitioning quickly with ''Series/DirtySexyMoney'' two years later. However, that success was fleeting as her TV appearances after the latter ended where near exclusively guest parts. She did star in ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'', but abruptly departed after two seasons. After a season-long stint on ''Series/DesignatedSurvivor'' and some made-for-TV films, she hasn't appeared in any projects since 2019. Not helping matters was the legal battle she got embroiled in with her ex-husband regarding custody of their son, a scandal which further developed after her ex was arrested on alleged charges of child abuse. As of July 2021, [=McLellan=] is currently wanted for kidnapping and has virtually vanished from the public eye.
** Creator/JustinWhalin was best known at the time for [[TimeShiftedActor replacing]] original actor Alex Vincent as Andy Barclay in ''Film/ChildsPlay3'' and his supporting role as Jimmy Olsen in ''Series/LoisAndClark''. After ''D&D'' tanked, he starred in films that never saw a general release or otherwise went DirectToVideo before he retired in 2009. Since then, he has become a social studies/drama teacher at a prep school in Los Angeles.
** Creator/MarlonWayans seemingly suffered from this film's failure the least, having in that same year starred in the critically acclaimed ''Film/RequiemForADream'' and the commercially successful ''Film/ScaryMovie''. He also co-wrote the latter film's script. However, his career soon died when he starred in and co-wrote ''Film/WhiteChicks'' and ''Film/LittleMan'' along with his brother Shawn. Most of his films afterwards (''Film/{{Norbit}}'', ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'', ''Film/AHauntedHouse'', ''Fifty Shades of Black'', etc.) were also skewered too.
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** In a deleted scene, Ridley places the Eye of the Dragon on Snails' grave, activating the crystal. A voice says, "your friend awaits you," and the group is teleported away.
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* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Marlon Wayans did a lot of ad-libbing. It got to the point where Courtney Solomon offered him three ad-libs per scene if he said his lines as scripted.
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* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Marlon Wayans Creator/MarlonWayans did a lot of ad-libbing. It got to the point where Courtney Solomon offered him three ad-libs per scene if he said his lines as scripted.
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* FranchiseKiller: Well, the tabletop game didn't suffer, but another film wouldn't come for another five years - as a made for cable film. A new theatrical release has seemed impossible, though that has [[http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1528189/dungeons--dragons-may-have-found-its-first-lead changed in recent years.]]
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* FranchiseKiller: Well, the tabletop game didn't suffer, but another film wouldn't come for another five years - as a made for cable film. A new theatrical release has seemed impossible, though that has has
[[http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1528189/dungeons--dragons-may-have-found-its-first-lead changed in recent years.]]]]
* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Marlon Wayans did a lot of ad-libbing. It got to the point where Courtney Solomon offered him three ad-libs per scene if he said his lines as scripted.
[[http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1528189/dungeons--dragons-may-have-found-its-first-lead changed in recent years.
* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Marlon Wayans did a lot of ad-libbing. It got to the point where Courtney Solomon offered him three ad-libs per scene if he said his lines as scripted.
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* CastingGag: Richard O'Brien offering to give the heroes a precious stone (a ruby, in this case) if they can solve his booby-trapped maze seems like an obvious ShoutOut to his time as host of cult British game show The Crystal Maze, albeit a pretty esoteric one given it was a Czech-American production for an international audience.
* [[Main/{{Corpsing}} Corpsing]]: When Profion goes "My destiny!", you can see Bruce Payne (Damodar) desperately try to contain his laughter.
* [[Main/{{Corpsing}} Corpsing]]: When Profion goes "My destiny!", you can see Bruce Payne (Damodar) desperately try to contain his laughter.
* NoStuntDouble: Most of the principal actors did the stunts themselves, with choreographer Graeme Crowther recalling only "two or three" times a double was required. In fact, when shooting the Thief's Maze sequence on the film's last day of principal photography, Justin Whalin intentionally wanted the first 300-pound steel axe as close as possible to him in the frame, which Courtney Solomon agreed.
* ThrowItIn: Creator/RichardOBrien improvised lines, such as "oh, what a romantic notion" in a scene after Ridley goes through the Thieve's Maze. The line was scripted as "honor is for fools, my friend," but the actor dismissed it as "cliched swords-and-sworcery kind of dialog."
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* WordOfSaintPaul: A cancelled Blackmoor source book by Dave Arneson would have placed the Empire of Izmer beyond the Great Mountains to the West of the Afridhi as part of the shared TabletopGame/{{Mystara}} setting.
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* WordOfSaintPaul: A cancelled Blackmoor source book by Dave Arneson would have placed the Empire of Izmer beyond the Great Mountains to the West of the Afridhi as part of the shared TabletopGame/{{Mystara}} setting.setting.
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* RunningTheAsylum: Courtney Solomon's credentials consisted of being a D&D fanboy and [[{{Determinator}} spending ten years trying to get a D&D movie made]]. This does raise questions about why it has nothing to do with the source material.
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* RunningTheAsylum: Courtney Solomon's credentials consisted of being a D&D fanboy and [[{{Determinator}} spending ten years trying to get a D&D movie made]]. This does raise questions about why it has nothing to do with the source material.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $45 million. Box office, $33,807,409.
* CastingGag: Richard O'Brien offering to give the heroes a precious stone (a ruby, in this case) if they can solve his booby-trapped maze seems like an obvious ShoutOut to his time as host of cult British game show The Crystal Maze, albeit a pretty esoteric one given it was a Czech-American production for an international audience.
* [[Main/{{Corpsing}} Corpsing]]: When Profion goes "My destiny!", you can see Bruce Payne (Damodar) desperately try to contain his laughter.
* CreatorKiller: Courtney Solomon's directing career took a critical hit with this movie. He did not get another screen credit for five years, and has only directed twice since.
* DeletedScene: Found on the DVD, with commentary. Some were removed to stop plot-holes.
** Though there's also the scene of Ridley and Marina in the map, which was removed despite ''containing the setup for the entire story''. Some very awkward exposition was shoved in afterwards instead.
** In a deleted scene, Ridley places the Eye of the Dragon on Snails' grave, activating the crystal. A voice says, "your friend awaits you," and the group is teleported away.
* ExecutiveMeddling, ScrewedByTheLawyers: First-time filmmaker Courtney Solomon tells a harrowing tale of meddling by Creator/{{TSR}}'s owner (who rejected several famous directors, including Creator/JamesCameron and Creator/FrancisFordCoppola), by the threat of a lawsuit from Wizards of the Coast who were trying to reclaim the movie rights; the terms of the settlement required, among other things, that he use an old script that had been approved by TSR years ago instead of an updated version that he had wanted to use. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20110607011132/http:/www.chud.com/6592/INTERVIEW-COURTNEY-SOLOMON-AN-AMERICAN-HAUNTING/ Source.]]
* FollowTheLeader:
** This film is every ''Franchise/StarWars'' {{cliche}} in the book, and apes mostly from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', complete with its own [[EthnicScrappy Jar Jar Binks]].
** In the maze scene, it blatantly rips off the Franchise/IndianaJones films.
** Apparently, since elves have pointy ears, they're [[Franchise/StarTrek Vulcans]].
* FranchiseKiller: Well, the tabletop game didn't suffer, but another film wouldn't come for another five years - as a made for cable film. A new theatrical release has seemed impossible, though that has [[http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1528189/dungeons--dragons-may-have-found-its-first-lead changed in recent years.]]
* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/JeremyIrons rather famously took the role of Profion to pay for the refurbishment of a castle he had just bought (how appropriate). On the other hand he seems to be having a ''[[HamAndCheese wonderful]]'' time playing an ''EVILLLL'' wizard. Certainly more fun than the audience is having.
* RecursiveAdaptation:
** "The Sewers of Sumdall" adventure is included on the North American DVD as a printable PDF.
** Wizards has created three tie-in adventures for the ''Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game'' compatible with ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Third Edition: "The Antius Thieves’ Guild," "Damodar’s Refuge," and "Savrille’s Crypt," with a map for each adventure, and character sheets for Marina, Elwood, Ridley, and Snails.
** Dave Arneson's [[http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=movie/mx20001215b On Location: Society of Sumdall and Izmer]] adapts some of the social classes into game terms.
** Izmer was almost introduced as a tabletop game setting in a cancelled game module tie-in to the movie.
** A Blackmoor source book would have placed the Empire of Izmer beyond the Great Mountains to the West of the Afridhi.
** ''Magazine/{{Dungeon}}'' magazine published a few adventures in the Izmer setting.
** The Mystara website Vaults of Pandius goes with the idea that Izmer is based on the TabletopGame/{{Mystara}} Empire of Alphatia, and has a custom setting for Izmer based on details from Alphatia, including [[http://pandius.com/izmrcamp.html Alphatia: The Izmer Campaign]], [[http://pandius.com/izmer.html The Empire of Izmer]], [[http://pandius.com/ridley_f.html Ridley Freeborn, Knight of Izmer]], and [[http://pandius.com/marinaop.html Marina of Pretensa, Royal Wizard of Sumdall, Head Mistress of the Magic School of Izmer]].
* RunningTheAsylum: Courtney Solomon's credentials consisted of being a D&D fanboy and [[{{Determinator}} spending ten years trying to get a D&D movie made]]. This does raise questions about why it has nothing to do with the source material.
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The movie was made after several attempts at a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' movie, with multiple different scripts. Different versions of a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' movie were pitched by Gary Gygax and Lorraine Williams years earlier.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were a lot of things that had to be cut because they didn't have the money to pull them off. Some of these unfinished scenes are on the DVD. Also, see ExecutiveMeddling above.
** Note that the most expensive cut scene actually contained the entire set-up for the main plot! Solomon was then forced to shoehorn in some awkward expository dialogue in the scene directly afterward.
** Another cut scene featured a CreatorCameo by Dave Arneson (one of the original co-creators of D&D) playing one of a group of mages fighting a dragon.
** Izmer was almost introduced as a tabletop game setting in a cancelled game module tie-in to the movie.
** A Blackmoor source book would have placed the Empire of Izmer beyond the Great Mountains to the West of the Afridhi.
** In a particularly bad example, one of the characters ''even having a name at all'' ended up as a part of this. In the film itself, the team flees from their enemies into a sewer, and when they emerge they suddenly have a dwarf in the party. This dwarf is never named on camera. He did give his name in the sewer scene, when they met him... but that ended up on the cutting room floor.
* WordOfSaintPaul: A cancelled Blackmoor source book by Dave Arneson would have placed the Empire of Izmer beyond the Great Mountains to the West of the Afridhi as part of the shared TabletopGame/{{Mystara}} setting.
* CastingGag: Richard O'Brien offering to give the heroes a precious stone (a ruby, in this case) if they can solve his booby-trapped maze seems like an obvious ShoutOut to his time as host of cult British game show The Crystal Maze, albeit a pretty esoteric one given it was a Czech-American production for an international audience.
* [[Main/{{Corpsing}} Corpsing]]: When Profion goes "My destiny!", you can see Bruce Payne (Damodar) desperately try to contain his laughter.
* CreatorKiller: Courtney Solomon's directing career took a critical hit with this movie. He did not get another screen credit for five years, and has only directed twice since.
* DeletedScene: Found on the DVD, with commentary. Some were removed to stop plot-holes.
** Though there's also the scene of Ridley and Marina in the map, which was removed despite ''containing the setup for the entire story''. Some very awkward exposition was shoved in afterwards instead.
** In a deleted scene, Ridley places the Eye of the Dragon on Snails' grave, activating the crystal. A voice says, "your friend awaits you," and the group is teleported away.
* ExecutiveMeddling, ScrewedByTheLawyers: First-time filmmaker Courtney Solomon tells a harrowing tale of meddling by Creator/{{TSR}}'s owner (who rejected several famous directors, including Creator/JamesCameron and Creator/FrancisFordCoppola), by the threat of a lawsuit from Wizards of the Coast who were trying to reclaim the movie rights; the terms of the settlement required, among other things, that he use an old script that had been approved by TSR years ago instead of an updated version that he had wanted to use. [[http://web.archive.org/web/20110607011132/http:/www.chud.com/6592/INTERVIEW-COURTNEY-SOLOMON-AN-AMERICAN-HAUNTING/ Source.]]
* FollowTheLeader:
** This film is every ''Franchise/StarWars'' {{cliche}} in the book, and apes mostly from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', complete with its own [[EthnicScrappy Jar Jar Binks]].
** In the maze scene, it blatantly rips off the Franchise/IndianaJones films.
** Apparently, since elves have pointy ears, they're [[Franchise/StarTrek Vulcans]].
* FranchiseKiller: Well, the tabletop game didn't suffer, but another film wouldn't come for another five years - as a made for cable film. A new theatrical release has seemed impossible, though that has [[http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1528189/dungeons--dragons-may-have-found-its-first-lead changed in recent years.]]
* MoneyDearBoy: Creator/JeremyIrons rather famously took the role of Profion to pay for the refurbishment of a castle he had just bought (how appropriate). On the other hand he seems to be having a ''[[HamAndCheese wonderful]]'' time playing an ''EVILLLL'' wizard. Certainly more fun than the audience is having.
* RecursiveAdaptation:
** "The Sewers of Sumdall" adventure is included on the North American DVD as a printable PDF.
** Wizards has created three tie-in adventures for the ''Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game'' compatible with ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Third Edition: "The Antius Thieves’ Guild," "Damodar’s Refuge," and "Savrille’s Crypt," with a map for each adventure, and character sheets for Marina, Elwood, Ridley, and Snails.
** Dave Arneson's [[http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=movie/mx20001215b On Location: Society of Sumdall and Izmer]] adapts some of the social classes into game terms.
** Izmer was almost introduced as a tabletop game setting in a cancelled game module tie-in to the movie.
** A Blackmoor source book would have placed the Empire of Izmer beyond the Great Mountains to the West of the Afridhi.
** ''Magazine/{{Dungeon}}'' magazine published a few adventures in the Izmer setting.
** The Mystara website Vaults of Pandius goes with the idea that Izmer is based on the TabletopGame/{{Mystara}} Empire of Alphatia, and has a custom setting for Izmer based on details from Alphatia, including [[http://pandius.com/izmrcamp.html Alphatia: The Izmer Campaign]], [[http://pandius.com/izmer.html The Empire of Izmer]], [[http://pandius.com/ridley_f.html Ridley Freeborn, Knight of Izmer]], and [[http://pandius.com/marinaop.html Marina of Pretensa, Royal Wizard of Sumdall, Head Mistress of the Magic School of Izmer]].
* RunningTheAsylum: Courtney Solomon's credentials consisted of being a D&D fanboy and [[{{Determinator}} spending ten years trying to get a D&D movie made]]. This does raise questions about why it has nothing to do with the source material.
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: The movie was made after several attempts at a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' movie, with multiple different scripts. Different versions of a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' movie were pitched by Gary Gygax and Lorraine Williams years earlier.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were a lot of things that had to be cut because they didn't have the money to pull them off. Some of these unfinished scenes are on the DVD. Also, see ExecutiveMeddling above.
** Note that the most expensive cut scene actually contained the entire set-up for the main plot! Solomon was then forced to shoehorn in some awkward expository dialogue in the scene directly afterward.
** Another cut scene featured a CreatorCameo by Dave Arneson (one of the original co-creators of D&D) playing one of a group of mages fighting a dragon.
** Izmer was almost introduced as a tabletop game setting in a cancelled game module tie-in to the movie.
** A Blackmoor source book would have placed the Empire of Izmer beyond the Great Mountains to the West of the Afridhi.
** In a particularly bad example, one of the characters ''even having a name at all'' ended up as a part of this. In the film itself, the team flees from their enemies into a sewer, and when they emerge they suddenly have a dwarf in the party. This dwarf is never named on camera. He did give his name in the sewer scene, when they met him... but that ended up on the cutting room floor.
* WordOfSaintPaul: A cancelled Blackmoor source book by Dave Arneson would have placed the Empire of Izmer beyond the Great Mountains to the West of the Afridhi as part of the shared TabletopGame/{{Mystara}} setting.
