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ardeay
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 posted January 13, 2014 06:45 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for ardeay Send a private message to ardeay Click to send ardeay an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
20th Century Fox has closed a deal to acquire the screen rights to the hugely popular fantasy card game from Hasbro and will develop the property with an eye to launch a massive franchise on the scale of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings.

The studio has enlisted Simon Kinberg, the Fox-based writer-producer who is also helping shepherd the X-Men and Fantastic Four universes at the studio, to produce the adaptation. Kinberg will also act as the franchise's engineer -- or supreme sorcerer, if you will -- overseeing the development of the movie series in concert with Hasbro execs....
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/fox-bring-magic-gathering-big-670529

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majicman
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 posted January 13, 2014 07:27 PM   Click Here to See the Profile for majicman Click Here to Email majicman Send a private message to majicman Click to send majicman an Instant Message Edit/Delete Message Reply With Quote 
OMG...If no one has heard about magic, they will after a movie.

[Edited 1 times, lastly by majicman on January 13, 2014]
 
skizzikmonger
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It's either going to be Doom bad or LotR good
 
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quote:
Originally posted by skizzikmonger:
It's either going to be Doom bad or LotR good

It's going to be terribad! See DnD movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190374/

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mattw
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i hope its doom good, or even house of the dead, imagine sweet cut scenes during an epic battle of lsv tapping land.
 
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just go all Battle Roayle on it.. After all isn't that what a tourney is like?
 
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I wonder if the Chinese will release a pirated version.
 
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quote:
Originally posted by isetfire:
I wonder if the Chinese will release a pirated version.

this.post.wins.

 
stab107
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quote:
Originally posted by isetfire:
I wonder if the Chinese will release a pirated version.

Yes sir. It will happen before the actual release.

I think a movie is a terrible idea. As big a fan I am of the game I don't ever plan to sit down and watch a film based on it.

 
mattw
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can you imagine a lethal weapon style movie based on goblins?

picture krenko angry,

Your off the case Squee!!!, be damned if you ever see action again!!

 
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First thing that came to mind when I saw the post was it isn't april yet. I really hope it is better than the DnD movies. Fingers crossed.
 
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I will enjoy this movie only if this is the plot:

A person spends 30 minutes in front of a computer, spending hundreds of dollars sniping ebay auctions. After half an hour, the person finally jumps up and exclaims 'IT'S FINISHED!' The camera zooms in: he has just sniped a NM tabernacle for a cool $360.

Cut scene. He is triple sleeping the tabernacle and adds it to his triple sleeved deck, which he bungles as he picks up. Cut scene. He's at his first legacy event and he's certain he's going to win ALL TEH MATCHES. It then shows the entire 10 hour tournament.

I won't spoil the ending for you, but it's definitely a movie I'd go see.

 
damoxx
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Just make the MtG book "Arena" into a movie. done.
 
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I like the few books I read and thought it could be a cool movie. It would need to have a ton of fancy effects though...how brutal would it be to see Chandra throw a huge fireball at Jace who, in response to her fireball, draws three cards and puts two back.

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James_Hetfield2
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Who is playing Jace?
 
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quote:
Originally posted by James_Hetfield2:
Who is playing Jace?

Samuel L. Jackson.

He's tired of all these mother--- walkers on these mother--- planes.

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Goaswerfraiejen
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...how could it possibly be any good? There's way too much magic and weird creatures floating around for a live-action film. It'll just end up looking ridiculous.

My expectation: a flop, just like Jon Carter of Mars.

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jbark
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If its done like harry potter or LOTR I doubt it will be bad. No it won't follow the card game. The books are fairly good and it would be cool to go back to the rath and urza cycles. Karn, squee...
 
JoshSherman
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quote:
Originally posted by damoxx:
Just make the MtG book "Arena" into a movie. done.

So true. What a kick ass book. I'd love to see it as a movie.

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paris
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"Arena" with a budget and crew on the scale of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings could be an awesome movie, and could draw even more players to the game.

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stab107
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quote:
Originally posted by fedorables:
Samuel L. Jackson.

He's tired of all these mother--- walkers on these mother--- planes.

Well placed, +1.

 
Heresy19
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I'm hoping for the brothers's war + Yawgmoth.

That's just the first 3 x 3hours movies

 
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quote:
Originally posted by Heresy19:
I'm hoping for the brothers's war + Yawgmoth.

That's just the first 3 x 3hours movies

edit: correction, that are 4 books in total, easily milked out to 6 movies.


Amen. Hardly any magic in that. The Brother's War make for an excellent movie series, and afterwards they can release a pre-quel (like The Hobbit) in 'The Thran'.

the Legends cycle would be a good movie, too I guess.

But one of the best movies would be, in STRONG contrast towards the involved sets, Kamigawa block.


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Mostly looking forward to the absurdly disappointed storyline fans after the movie comes out.

If it's better than half of the DnD movies, I think it'll be a victory.

 
majicman
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With all the different tribes/lords, we could call it "Game of Thrones"....damn that George R R Martin beat us to it first.
 

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