The way everyone (Hasbro and Larian) frantically went on denial makes me thing something is going on there after all and someone just rolled 1 on communication.
If Larian really would own a license for making D&D games, not investing in proper modding tools would be a crime. But it would also mean, BG4 and NWN3 will come at some point.
As for franchise as a hole, let them sell it to someone. It can''t be much worse, can it? Everything after 3.5 is a joke to me.