Casting for a *good* Dungeons and Dragons movie

[Dirigible]

Cleric: Samuel L. Jackson

"Positive energy, mother. Do you channel it?"

 

[Animus]

This is one of those topics that gets brought up over and over again, but is still cool to talk about. Here's my list:

The party
Knight: Russel Crowe
Warrior: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson or Vin Diesel
Rogue/Bard: Adam Sandler
Wizard: Morgan Freeman
Cleric: Jane Seymour

Other cast:
Sean Connery (king of a nation)
Patrick Stewart (king of rival nation)
Paul "Triple H" Levesque (blackguard/main villian) (He just looks the part ok? Didn't say he could act)
Monica Belluci (love interest of the knight)
Tina Turner (mystic/oracle)

 

[WayneLigon]

"Positive energy, mother. Do you channel it?"

There's MF Yuan-Ti on this MF Outer Plane!

 

[Klaus]

And this is where I point to this great article by Monte Cook:

http://www.montecook.com/cgi-bin/page.cgi?otherd20_Snakesonaplane

Iuz (growing from old man to demon form): "Do you know who MY FATHER IS?"

Sam, the paladin: "No. Do you?"

 

[sniffles]

Meh. Don't like to recycle actors from LOTR.

That includes Liv Tyler.

But I like to see movies with people in them who can act!

 

[Ranger REG]

But I like to see movies with people in them who can act!

And Samuel L. Jackson can't?



Fine. For you, we'll add Dolly Parton. We need a wench.

 

[Kaodi]

Two Things

First, I really liked that suggestion for Jane Seymour as the cleric. Even if she wasn't part of the party, she'd be really great for some character in this movie, good or bad.

Second, don't flame me out here, but if we were to make a D&D movie, does that necessarily mean we have to market it as D&D? Why not just market it as a fantasy movie with an ensemble cast? We'd probably be more likely to *get* that ensemble cast if we weren't connecting it to the other two movies. Of course, we leave in all the stuff that gamers would recognize, and we just tell everyone else after they spend their mulah going to see it.

Also, Wil Wheaton would be cool, but would he want to do it? I mean, would he do it even if he wanted to?

 

[Ranger REG]

Also, Wil Wheaton would be cool, but would he want to do it? I mean, would he do it even if he wanted to?

That depends. How much are we paying him and how many vocal DUNG readers are not going to watch the film and heckle him?

 

[trancejeremy]

But I like to see movies with people in them who can act!

Heh, then you should have named casts from movies that actually had acting in it, instead of tons and tons of CGI.

The cast from the A-team didn't need CGI. Gary Coleman didn't need CGI. Tom Baker didn't need CGI (okay, a little claymation in his Sinbad movie)

 

[Ranger REG]

The cast from the A-team didn't need CGI.

I pity the fools who think that Mr. T's mohawk is not hair transplant.

Gary Coleman didn't need CGI.

Nah, they used forced perspective. The dude's actually 6' 9" and taller than Todd Bridges.