07 I heard something about Jim Henson/Muppet DL? (Dragonlance Movie)
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This article is from the Dragonlance Movie FAQ, by Benjamin Craig benc@toaster.globalnet.NoSpam!.co.uk with numerous contributions by others.
07 I heard something about Jim Henson/Muppet DL? (Dragonlance Movie)
On 25 October 1996 Margaret Weis dropped in this lovely post to
AFDL:
"Yes, dear friends, it's another rumor, to wit: the Jim
Henson people have expressed an interest in DL. Which
leads to the question:
Which of your favorite Muppets should play which
companion? I say Kermit as Tanis is a given."
Of course this spurred AFDL casting gurus to plunge headlong into
a massive thread regarding which Muppets should play which
characters.
Some insider info has now come to light. Apparently Jim Henson
Productions were in talks with TSR over the possibility of some
kind of DL project. One of the initial concerns raised by Henson
was that they consider DL to be "too macho" for their audience
(as Margaret pointed out, what ever that means?).
One thing that is guaranteed to send a chill down many a
DL-friendly spine is TSR's alleged response to this criticism,
one simple sentence of perhaps Cataclysmic (sorry, couldn't
resist :) proportions........
"It could be revised."
This response is rather interesting really as the animated movie
that was supposed to be happening reportedly died because Nelvana
(the production company) wanted to do something "unDragonlance"
and TSR didn't want to play ball. Does this mean that TSR has
decided to sell out after all and "revise" DL to fit a Henson
mould? Or will they try to force Henson Productions into using
the material to do something entirely new?
TSR were reportedly negotiating with Henson, but nothing seams to
have come of this, and with TSR's cryptic "the deal for the DL
movie fell through" message; know knows.
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