Kiefer Sutherland Headlines Dragonlance Movie

Pre-production on the animated Dragonlance film is continuing apace, and the voice casting for the Companions has been completed. Kiefer Sutherland will be headlining as the voice of Raistlin Majere. Other case members will include Michael Rosenbaum (Justice League's Flash) as Tanis Half-Elven, Lucy Lawless as Goldmoon, Michelle Trachtenberg at Tika Waylan, and Jason Marsden as Tasslehoff Burrfoot. From the site: "The film is based on the first book in the Chronicles series, "Dragons of Autumn Twilight". The director is comics and TV animation veteran, Will Meugniot, and the screenplay has been adapted by George Strayton with plenty of involvement from Margaret and Tracy."

Oh great

[0racle]

How am I supposed to ogle an animated Lucy Lawless?

This article is a clumsy fake

[Rogerborg]

Not one of those names is replete with the required f'antasy punc'tuation.

I read that in High School

[Asahi Super Dry]

It's my understanding that the book was basically an edited transcript of a Dungeons and Dragons game run by the authors. Is that in fact the case? Regardless (and this is of course just my opinion) it made me never want to read a book based on a game ever again. I can't think of a single thing I liked about it. If D&D really was the instrument of Satan then the guy has remarkably questionable taste.

You know what I like about Slashdot?

[Canthros]

It's that, every so often, you guys make me feel like less of a dork, if only by comparison.

I wonder

[skribe]

I wonder if we'll see a ring of dwarves thrusting hauberks at the heroes.
Or whether the 'good' priest will disappear for a while just like in the books, where even the authors found him so dull that they forgot to include him for several chapters.

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Keifer Sutherland? Great...

[rob1980]

His lines are all going to be:

1) Dammit!
2) We are running out of time!
3) Dammit, we are running out of time!
4) DAMMIT!

I'd be worried if it is like the books

[IndustrialComplex]

If making this movie is anything like the books, I would half expect the recording studio to explode after the actors leave the building.

It drove me nuts in Margaret Weiss' books. Every friggen place blows up the instant the heroes leave. Even if they win it blows up. "Yahoo, we just defeated the 'more baddest creature yet', for good measure, lets set it on fire, taking out everything in a 30 mile radius as well. Also, I peed in the well. Before we go, lets stab this guy trying to build a road."

Don't use the latrine, it is rigged with C-4. Maybe thats why they needed Jack Bauer?

Re:Kiefer is a horrible choice.

[chuck]

You must be thinking of Samuel L. Jackson.

Re:Kiefer is a horrible choice.

[DarthVain]

Do you SEE the hourglasses in my muther fuckin' eyes muther fucker! I'm Raistlin Majere Bitch!