The main author of the newer TES series is Bruce Nesmith, the D&D author. I think his main inspiration for his TES work were both the Ithkar series (Morrowind borrows, like, a lot from it, including the trinity of gods), and, for Oblivion, and Skyrim, he draws pretty deep into concepts that are somewhat reminding me of Dragonlance. (I started out as a Taladas DM, so "Weirdlance" is about straight up my alley, and the Dragons of Skyrim and the Dragonlords of Krynn do bear some similarities.)
As to the Dwemer culture being a good model for BM, I completely agree. Especially the vampire quests and the Thieves Guild in Skyrim quests are pretty much how I would bring Blackmoor to the screen. - As to this trailer, in particular, I'm a bit skeptical, because Morrowind is so much weirder than Blackmoor.
That island in the last Skyrim expansion, Solsteinsomethingsomething, I have to confess that this one was pretty much Blackmoor come to life, for me. From the glowing stones in the ground, to the wild people, to the Ash goblins. I'm not much of a gamer, any more, but I was pretty sad that the expansion was so short, because that was straight up the game I wanted to play.
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