This summer, Rhino Home Video, the leading purveyor of pop culture, and DKP Effects, Canada's largest 3-D animation, effects and compositing houses, proudly present a DUNGEONS & DRAGONS?premiere experience with the release of the medieval fantasy interactive movie Scourge Of Worlds ~ A DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Adventure. The innovative movie combines more than 20 decision points, four different endings and more than 900 possible story combinations allowing viewers and fans of the original role-playing game to choose their own adventure. Created using
computer-generated images and based on the popular billion-dollar game phenomenon DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, the multi-million dollar production of Scourge Of Worlds is a 3-D interactive movie debuting exclusively on DVD. The film has a street date of June 10, 2003, with a dealer order cut off date of May 13, 2003. It will be available for a suggested retail price of $24.95.
The Dungeon & Dragons Brand
Currently there are more than 5 million active players of the D&D?tabletop roleplaying game.
Over the years, D&D has expanded into rulebooks, board games, video games, movies, die-cast/PVC figures, comics, novels and a Saturday morning cartoon. More than 5 million rulebooks have been sold.
DKP Collaboration with Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro
DKP collaborated with Wizards of the Coast, a developer and publisher of game-based entertainment products, and Hasbro to make Scourge Of Worlds ~ A DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Adventure an authentic Dungeons & Dragons experience. During production, DKP sent designs and scripts to Wizards of the Coast for review and feedback, knowing that they would need to create this interactive movie in a way that would remain true to the D&D experience. Wizards of the Coast thoroughly analyzed the script to ensure that it honored all of the intricacies of D&D's rules. The collaborative effort amongst DKP, Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro proved vital to the process of readjusting the power levels of the heroes to facilitate their compatibility with the beasts in the story.
Special Collector's Edition DVD
A special Collectors Edition DVD of Scourge Of Worlds will be available in the Fall of 2003. It will include two additional endings, 15 minutes of extra footage, a "making of" featurette and an exclusive collectible Dungeons & Dragons pre-painted plastic miniature of Mialee, one of the iconic D&D characters to appear in the interactive movie.
About The Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game
The Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game (RPG) was
originally released in 1974 and is now in its third edition with another update (Version 3.5) set to release July 2003. Reflecting feedback from the vast community of players and decades of evolution in game design advances, the Dungeons & Dragons game provides the definitive adventure roleplaying experience for generations of game players. Dungeons & Dragons products have been the benchmark for RPG excellence for nearly 30 years, and these games appeal to the ever-increasing population of fans because the focus is not on competition, but on imagination and communal storytelling. The Dungeons & Dragons game continues to be played by millions of people worldwide and has led to the creation of the billion-dollar RPG industry. The game provides rules for interacting in a group-driven, storytelling experience in a fantasy world filled with magic, fierce dragons and brave knights.
Synopsis
Long ago, in a land ravaged by strife, an ancient race of images crafted the ultimate weapon to destroy their enemies and end all wars. They called it the Aryx Orthian, the Scourge Of the Worlds. Hidden safely for hundreds of years, the Scourge is now sought by a new swarm of darkness threatening to unleash its secrets. To save the world, three fearless heroes—Redgar the human warrior, Lidda the rogue halfling, and Mialee the elf wizard—must embark on a treacherous quest and choose between honor and evil, between life and death.
But the choice is not theirs. It is the viewers'…
Scourge
Of Worlds ~ A DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Adventure is in color, has a running time of 90 minutes and is not rated.
About Warner Strategic Marketing
Based in Burbank, California, Warner Music Group's Warner Strategic Marketing division serves as the central catalog development, licensing, soundtrack, and television marketing area for the corporation. Consisting of Rhino Entertainment, Warner Music Group Soundtracks, WSM Home Video, Warner Special Products, and WMG's Television Marketing department, WSM develops, markets, and promotes both
audio and video products from the vast WMG catalog. The division is also responsible for licensing WMG's music for film, television, and video game uses, and for creating custom premium products. Additionally, WSM develops soundtrack opportunities for release by WMG labels.
About DKP Effects
DKP Effects Inc., one of Canada's largest 3-D animation, effects and compositing houses, has gained a reputation for excellence in producing high-end digital visual images for feature films, commercials, television series and TV movies.
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