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.

 

[Lidgar]

Ok, we got our Bard. Who wants to run the Fighter?

 

[doctorbadwolf]

A ‘straight’ D&D movie would be tripe. Like the others were ‘straight’. Making a movie about a party of adventurers defeating evil would bomb. The general public don’t want to see those stories, they too cliched, full of jargon, and formulaic. Of course it needs to be subversive, that’s how it plays on the game and the theme.

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.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Ok, we got our Bard. Who wants to run the Fighter?

My guess is that he will be a rogue or fighter type, and will use a sword.

Unless he is the Lancer to the main protagonist's Leader, or something, in which case he might use a bow or knives or something, but a sword is still more likely, possibly even in the same style as the Leader.

Oh, and I'm 90% sure the cast will mostly, but not perfectly, fit into the Five Man Band archetypes, and the leader will subvert expectations in some very noticeable way. For instance, in Guardians of the Galaxy, no one likes Quill or respects him all that much, at first, subverting his role as The Leader, until he (mostly) grows into it by the end.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Screw the live action, make me The Lego Dungeons & Dragons Movie!

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Making a movie about a party of adventurers defeating evil would bomb. The general public don’t want to see those stories, they too cliched, full of jargon, and formulaic.

I agree, just like those famous bombs, Lord of the Rings and the Avengers.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I agree, just like those famous bombs, Lord of the Rings and the Avengers.

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.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Making a movie about a party of adventurers defeating evil would bomb.

If it has a good villain, of course not. Everyone loves a bad guy, especially a good bad guy.

 

[MarkB]

How about "Let's just make a good movie" without trying to be subversive, shocking, statement-making, etc.? Just a good, fun story with engaging, 3-dimensional characters and no commentary on the real world.

That doesn't sound much like D&D.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I mean goodness sake the most popular movie franchises are mostly a group of people defeating evil.

 

[Zardnaar]

I mean goodness sake the most popular movie franchises are mostly a group of people defeating evil.

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