D&D Movie/TV The D&D Movie Has Begun Filming!

Director Jonathan Goldstein tweeted "The campaign begins" with the following image!


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

The film stars Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, Hugh Grant, and Rege-Jean Page.

D&D Movie/TV - Hugh Grant To Play Villain in the D&D Movie

Hugh Grant will be playing the villain in the Chris Pine D&D movie, which also stars Fast & Furious' Michelle Rodriguez, Jurassic World's Justice Smith and Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page, according to Deadline. According to ComicBookMovie, his character name is Forge Fletcher, and the cast will...

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[Paul Farquhar]

The ones I have been reading and watching seem to think Abrams & co are more interested in race changing

????

Superman isn't Kryptonian?!

 

[Henadic Theologian]

The ones I have been reading and watching seem to think Abrams & co are more interested in race changing than actually creating something that would be worth watching.
It would be nice to discover whether this is the case or rather they're actually using Icon or Calvin Ellis or whoever he's called.

Calvin Ellis is still called Superman, he's just an alt universe version.

Personally I'd rather see a Vixen movie then a Superman movie. Superman is boring no matter what the race. Superman is only interesting on Robot Chicken.

 

[Mind of tempest]

Calvin Ellis is still called Superman, he's just an alt universe version.

Personally I'd rather see a Vixen movie then a Superman movie. Superman is boring no matter what the race. Superman is only interesting on Robot Chicken.

superman can be interesting but it takes a lot of good set up thus most films suck at it.
a vixen movie would be cool.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Black Superman doesn't mean black Clark Kent, Black Superman in DC comics is Calvin Ellis who is also President of the United States in an alternate universe, so Henry might get to keep his job after all.

Calvin Ellis

Calvin Ellis, Kryptonian name Kalel, also known as Superman, is a Kryptonian president of the United States on Earth-23. On his Earth, he became Superman in addition to being the president. It is likely he's native to Vathlo Island, due to his reference to the word Vathlo. He operates from the...

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Oh I know, but the announcement I saw states that they are doing a Black Kal-el.

 

[ART!]

Calvin Ellis is still called Superman, he's just an alt universe version.

And he has essentially the same origin as the Superman we all know. I think the main difference origin-wise is that his baby-ship crashes in an urban area and he's raised by a black couple.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Oh I know, but the announcement I saw states that they are doing a Black Kal-el.

But there is a black Superman already?

 

[ART!]

But there is a black Superman already?

Sort of, yeah: DC has a multiverse (or an omniverse or something, now), which includes other Earths, and on one of those Superman is black, and goes by the secret identity of Calvin Ellis - who is president of the U.S. He's been used in a few stories (at least) over the past several years.

 

[Rabulias]

Oh I know, but the announcement I saw states that they are doing a Black Kal-el.

Yes, he's Calvin Ellis.

Edit: To clarify, he's still Kal-el (or technically I think "Kalel" in this alternate universe), but he has a different experience on Earth than the original Kal-El, and so has a different alternate identity.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Yes, he's Calvin Ellis.

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I haven’t seen anyone reporting any hint of Calvin rather than Clark.

And again...so what? Does Clark need to be white for his story to make sense? No. There are Black farmers in the US. A Black farm kid turned reporter is...not a strange backstory.

 

[Rabulias]

I haven’t seen anyone reporting any hint of Calvin rather than Clark.

It may be mainstream news outlets getting geek stuff wrong, or making assumptions.

And again...so what? Does Clark need to be white for his story to make sense? No. There are Black farmers in the US. A Black farm kid turned reporter is...not a strange backstory.

True enough. This may become more of a re-imagining of the Superman story than an Elseworlds story. I think most audiences today can grok the idea of alternate/parallel universes, but they may decide to stick to the traditional Superman story. Personally, I would rather see an Elseworlds type story, but I am a big fan of alternate universe stories.