“Apparently, they repeated when it was time for the D&D movie guys. That was a very good way of grieving the brush off,” Greenwood added, delivering the anecdote with dry humor.
Setting the joke aside, he expressed genuine surprise that someone would study the world he invented so thoroughly — and even more astonishment that an accredited institution would confer a doctorate recognizing that expertise and fandom.
Today the Forgotten Realms — a universe Greenwood began sketching in the 1960s as a backdrop for his childhood tales — ranks among D&D’s most beloved campaign settings and has been adapted into numerous video games, from the Neverwinter Nights series to Baldur’s Gate 3.
Shawn Levy says producing Netflix’s Dungeons & Dragons series has been a “challenging process” because “you’re adapting a world and a lexicon and a spirit”
Source: gamesradar.com
