The Occasional Solipsist

I was browsing through imdb.com just now to see if it is Phil Lamarr that voices Green Lantern on Justice League Unlimited (it is). While there I noticed a link to another project he's involved in, an animated film called Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight.

That's when my mouth fell open. My colleague at work noticed and I just said that my cold was forcing me to breathe through my mouth (it wasn't).

How did I not know about this? I mean, I know that they've thrown the idea of a live action movie around since '95 or so, but that pretty much got buried for good by The Lord of the Rings movies. Guess there wasn't much point in trying to follow in those footsteps. But I completely missed any announcement about this new animated feature. I feel like I've totally fallen asleep at the switch on this one.

The Dragonlance saga is my favourite fantasy series ever, and if you know anything about it, you'll know that the name of this blog has to do with one of that story's main characters, Raistlin Majere (who will be voiced by fellow Canuck Kiefer Sutherland in the movie, btw).

Up until tonight, I thought that between the original books, the forthcoming Dragons of the Dwarven Depths, and then the comics, lovingly retold by Devil's Due Publishing, that would be the last we'd hear of the companions' early adventures.

But it turns out that, like me, fans of Krynn, D&D and fantasy in general can look forward to the movie Fall 2007.

Links:

• Official Movie Site FAQ and blog
• Wikipedia article
  
• imdb Cast list

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