D&D Movie/TV Chris Pine To Star In D&D Movie

The long, slow process towards a modern take on D&D movies took a large step forward with the announcement of a huge star signed to the project. Considering that filming is set to start soon a cascade of announcements should be revealed in initiative order imminently. Filming begins in Q1 2021.

Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley will be directing the film which features "an ensemble cast and take a subversive approach to the game."

Chris Pine In Talks To Star In ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ For eOne And Paramount; Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley Direct

Chris Pine To Star In 'Dungeons & Dragons'

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Chris Pine has closed a deal to star in Dungeons & Dragons, the live action film based on Hasbro’s massively popular role-playing game from Wizards of the Coast. Hasbro/eOne and Paramount are jointly producing and financing, with eOne distributing in the UK and Canada, and Paramount the rest of the world.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

This. Subverting expectations can work but you want to do that later, not right out the gate.

Well, you have to do it well. That's the only real rule.

You can break any other "rule" you want, and get a successful story, as long as you do it well.

 

[Zardnaar]

Well, you have to do it well. That's the only real rule.

You can break any other "rule" you want, and get a successful story, as long as you do it well.

True. It can also blow up in your face or be overdone.

 

[Mallus]

Make it so!

(whoops wrong Star Trek reference)

Also... given that one of D&D's most iconic magic items is called a 'Bag of Holding', a movie that takes the piss out of fantasy would not exactly be off-brand...

 

[MarkB]

True. It can also blow up in your face or be overdone.

It can do that if you play it straight, too.

 

[OB1]

My first thought on what 'subversive' could mean here give the writers and Chris Pine:

Deadpool like 4th wall breaking, only instead of talking to the audience, Chris Pine's character (and maybe others) talk to the DM/the person playing his PC/Other Player's in the gaming group in the middle of the action.

Could be an interesting take if Pine's character hears a voice in his head telling him what to do and he doesn't agree with it but is compelled to follow, setting up conflict between what the character wants and what the player wants and allowing them to learn from each other.

 

[billd91]

lol no.

The idea that audiences don't want to see stories where good triumphs over evil is just ridiculous.

The first dnd movie didn't bomb because it was "straight", it bombed because it was poorly made and half of it didn't make any sense.

It may have been poorly made, but it also had no zing to it. Guardians of the Galaxy is definitely good triumphing over evil, but it's also definitely not straight either. And it worked far better than a straight rendition of Star-lord probably would have.

 

[Zardnaar]

It may have been poorly made, but it also had no zing to it. Guardians of the Galaxy is definitely good triumphing over evil, but it's also definitely not straight either. And it worked far better than a straight rendition of Star-lord probably would have.

It was part of the MCU though.

Probably want to play it straight for a bit first.

 

[Wishbone]

If it's anything like the movies John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein wrote like Horrible Bosses, Spider-Man: Homecoming, or Game Night (which they wrote and co-directed) it will definitely be entertaining. Game Night in particular was a lot of fun.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

Don't forget Star Wars, or the hordes of cartoons like the new She-Ra that flopped hard because they were about good being good and winning as a result.

Men, I'd kill...I mean KILL for a D&D cartoon by the same studio as She-ra!

 

[Mallus]

Men, I'd kill...I mean KILL for a D&D cartoon by the same studio as She-ra!

I believe Noelle Stevenson plays D&D...