Or they could have gone with Dragonlance. I actually knew some dipshit that said he changed his name to Raistlin in high school. IDK whether he went to court to do it or just stopped using his real name though.

I haven't read those books since I was a kid, but I remember liking them. I've heard that they don't age well if you go back as an adult. Still, between the books themselves, the game modules, and all the artwork and sourcebooks, if they had gone that route for the film, they would have had a huge head start on the screenplay and costume/set design.

I read an article that talked about how Hasbro claims the D&D brand is "under monetized", so we can expect to see more shit like this movie in the future.