A little known movie, now you may prove me wrong here, called Mazes and Monsters starred a very young Tom Hanks and investigated the pastime of live action fantasy role players. People who play things like Dungeons and Dragons but act it out in real life. Actually, I used to play an online game called a Multi User Dungeon (MUD) called Realms of Discordia where you do a similar thing, excellent fun…I was the King…anyway!
Well they look set to visit this territory again, although the news story suggests this might be a documentary, I’m hoping it’s fiction and taken to some more interesting plot developments. The story from Movie Web:
According to Variety, Gotham-based banner Ovie Entertainment has unveiled a slate that includes the docu Darkon about a cult of “live action role-playing fantasy gamers” who battle each other in a modern day city.
In post-production, Darkon’s title refers to the fictitious medieval world that exists in Baltimore in the minds of a group of avid role players who wage intricate fantasy battles there.
No surprise they are looking to develop a game at the same time. Are there any role players (of any description, live, online, etc) that think are dreading this kind of movie for fear it labels them as too extreme? Or, and this is for anyone, are you interested in the material and think it could actually make a good movie?
