D&D Movie/TV Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith Join D&D Movie

From Comic Book Movies -- "Michelle Rodriguez (Avatar) and Justice Smith (Detective Pikachu) have joined Wonder Woman 1984's Chris Pine in Paramount and eOne's upcoming big-budget board game adaptation, Dungeons & Dragons..."

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Michelle Rodriguez And Justice Smith Join Chris Pine In Fantasy Adaptation

Michelle Rodriguez (Avatar) and Justice Smith (Detective Pikachu) have joined Wonder Woman 1984's Chris Pine in Paramount and eOne's upcoming big-budget board game adaptation, Dungeons & Dragons...

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We learned in December about Chris Pine's involvement, along with directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley.

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...

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[ART!]

I just realized we can probably expect action figures!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

How about a nice new starter box to go along with that movie? While I know "we" have enough starter boxes, a rollout of a new one to coincide with the movie seems like an easy tie in. Especially if they don't do any more novelty one between now and then.

A starter set is an excellent idea. If you're going to cast gorgeous stars -- and presumably get them to agree you can use their likenesses -- it makes sense to splash them on the cover of as many game products as possible.

 

[Mind of tempest]

A starter set is an excellent idea. If you're going to cast gorgeous stars -- and presumably get them to agree you can use their likenesses -- it makes sense to splash them on the cover of as many game products as possible.

marketing logic would agree with you.

 

[ART!]

A starter set is an excellent idea. If you're going to cast gorgeous stars -- and presumably get them to agree you can use their likenesses -- it makes sense to splash them on the cover of as many game products as possible.

Heck, they could do D&D movie branded editions of D&D Clue, Monopoly D&D, etc. I mean, I assume Hasbro is on top of this?

 

[Mind of tempest]

Heck, they could do D&D movie branded editions of D&D Clue, Monopoly D&D, etc. I mean, I assume Hasbro is on top of this?

Monopoly D&D would be terrible because monopoly is a game that should not be.

 

[ART!]

Monopoly D&D would be terrible because monopoly is a game that should not be.

It was announced back in November, so that which should not be has come to pass! I assume that instead of attaining locations you're gathering treasures, but it's probably stupider even than that.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I would love to see a refreshed edition of Dungeon! with the movie characters.

 

[Azzy]

Monopoly D&D would be terrible because monopoly is a game that should not be.

In its more modern incarnation, yes. Originally, it was intended as an educational tool about the perils of monopolies and to advocate Henry George's economic theories.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Also, Monopoly is considerably better if people play by the actual rules. (Almost no one does; they just think they do.) When played by the RAW, games take about 30 minutes, are actually strategic and fun.

 

[AbdulAlhazred]

The writer/director, John Francis Daley, is a huge D&D nerd. I think we're good on that. He recently said in an interview, "Daley: I also play a weekly game of Dungeons & Dragons which has now become Zoom games. That is also a fun way to keep your foot in that world as you are writing a movie about it."

The other partner, Goldstein, also said, "We are working with the Wizards of the Coast, the brand holders of D&D. They are the experts. We have people there that we work with and it's pretty helpful, because as much as we know about D&D, it's a drop in the bucket compared to the 45 years of lore that's out there, so these guys are such a resource. If we need a particular spell that a [high]-level wizard could do, they could give us a list. It's a lot of fun.

Well, I hope everyone is serious about making it good, because every previous movie was pathetic. The cartoon at least captured a sort of crazy early-teen D&D game vibe, probably thanks to Gary being involved. I was rather past the target age for that, but as cartoons go there's not too much to criticize there...

But Hollywood and D&D? What you say sounds good, but we shall see. Hollywood basically seems to manage to butcher 99.9% of all sci-fi horribly, even when the people making the material have good consultants and scripts, so we know what is TYPICAL!