Comments on: Why We Shouldn’t Want a Magic Movie

By: Joey

Joey — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:28:41 +0000

I don’t know, I kind of like the idea of a ‘Rocky’ movie set to Magic.

By: Jaelan

Jaelan — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:01:52 +0000

As mentioned above, I Came to Game is a MTG documentary currently in production. I’m a filmmaker myself, and I’ve long thought something like this would be worthwhile. I’m anticipating ICTG to see what they decide to focus most on.

As for a storyline movie, most MTG storyline buffs tend to favor the Brothers’ War storyline the best. I wholeheartedly agree. I think WotC should look into doing something straight to DVD, probably animated, like DC Comics has been doing lately. Doesn’t need a huge budget but will still attract current MTGers plus new fans if marketed well.

By: Scylant

Scylant — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:50:09 +0000

I think “I Came to Game” (http://icametogame.com) is a project that is exactly matching the last option you suggest. It’s 11 months into production now.

Scylant

By: James Gray

James Gray — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:30:57 +0000

I see no reason why a movie couldn’t be good, but you might be right that it wouldn’t make money. The Dungeons and Dragons movies were horrible, but some really bad B barbarian movies were a lot better with almost no budget. Those barbarian movies could have easily been dungeons and dragons movies.

I would like a more intimate small-scale story rather than a huge epic. Something like Unbreakable but in a fantasy world. Perhaps most people don’t know about magic, but someone starts to have magic powers. (Or he could be from our world as you pointed out.)

I generally want my movies with good personalities, correct timing, a lot of linearity, not too complex, without many things happening at the same time, and so on.

If the movie was made well (get a good director), then it could become a cult classic that makes money in the long run rather than being a box office smash.