D&D Movie/TV D&D Movie: Action Packed, Funny as Hell

According to Justice Smith, one of the stars of the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons movie, the film is "action-packed, thrilling, funny as hell".

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..."...

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In a conversation with Collider, Smith said:

[Goldstein and Daley are] incredible. They’re so funny and they have such clear vision. I loved Game Night. That movie is so good and so funny. And it’s such a clear, specific story. It doesn’t try and be anything that it’s not. I think they approached this the same way. I can’t spoil too much but it’s action-packed, thrilling, funny as hell… it’s all of the things and yet it has a clear idea. That specificity is key in storytelling and John and Jonathan do that so well, being like, "This is the story we’re telling but they’re making it enjoyable the entire time." This is me not trying to spoil the movie in any regards. I’ve given away no details.

The movie, which also stars Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Hugh Grant, and Sophia Lillis, is scheduled for March 3rd, 2023.

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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D&D Movie/TV - Check Out Hugh Grant's D&D Movie Costume!

Posted by the Daily Mail, Hugh Grant was pictured at Somerset's Wells Cathedral in full costume. Hugh Grant plays the villain in the movie, which also stars Chris Pine, Regé-Jean Page, Michelle Rodriguez, and Justice Smith. See the link for more photos...

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[MarkB]

My view of Merry is coloured by the fact that, when I first read the novels at a young age, I assumed it was a girl's name and read Merry as being female throughout all three books, despite all pronouns to the contrary.

Between that and Merry doing all the organisation of the move from Bag End to Crickhollow, I had this enduring image of Merry as the 'team Mom' that subsequent reads never entirely managed to overwrite in my head.

 

[ART!]

But The Hobbit - ugh! I knew when announced it that going to 3 movies meant it was going to be packed with filler. It was awful. I can handle the LotR trilogy and rewatch it. I really won't sit through The Hobbit trilogy again. I'd rather watch Meet the Feebles.

They were already well into production on a 2-film adaptation of The Hobbit when Warner decided they wanted 3 films instead. Once I heard that news, I knew the movies were going to have significant problems.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

I still think the movies are phenomenal, but stuff like this gets on my nerves more and more. Humor is fine. Humor that flies in the face of lore and the text itself is another thing entirely.

Yeah, absolutely. It's when he starts butchering the lore just to get in another "short" joke that I really get annoyed.

Steering back to the D&D movie, I found the following bit of information interesting:

Several Scenes Were Changed Due To Current Events​

In an intriguing development, Dungeons & Dragons (2023) might prove to be a more intimate movie due to COVID-19 restrictions. As John Francis Daley explained it, the movie was in the early stages of pre-production when lockdowns went into effect. During their time at home, the writers penned another draft of their screenplay that accounted for the lack of people that they could safely secure on their sets. In their original script, there were plans to include several extras and large crowds. But as Daley recounts, those sequences were recontextualized and reimagined, which might result in a different film than the one that Daley and Jonathan Goldstein originally had in mind.

I could be reading into things, but perhaps there's going to be some Realms-wide threat that caused people to disappear. And perhaps I'm really out on a limb now (and in serious danger of it snapping beneath the weight of my speculations), but perhaps it's something like the Death Curse amplified for the screen...maybe Cumberbatch is voicing Acererak?

 

[Parmandur]

I still think the movies are phenomenal, but stuff like this gets on my nerves more and more. Humor is fine. Humor that flies in the face of lore and the text itself is another thing entirely.



Steering back to the D&D movie, I found the following bit of information interesting:

Several Scenes Were Changed Due To Current Events​

In an intriguing development, Dungeons & Dragons (2023) might prove to be a more intimate movie due to COVID-19 restrictions. As John Francis Daley explained it, the movie was in the early stages of pre-production when lockdowns went into effect. During their time at home, the writers penned another draft of their screenplay that accounted for the lack of people that they could safely secure on their sets. In their original script, there were plans to include several extras and large crowds. But as Daley recounts, those sequences were recontextualized and reimagined, which might result in a different film than the one that Daley and Jonathan Goldstein originally had in mind.

I could be reading into things, but perhaps there's going to be some Realms-wide threat that caused people to disappear. And perhaps I'm really out on a limb now (and in serious danger of it snapping beneath the weight of my speculations), but perhaps it's something like the Death Curse amplified for the screen...maybe Cumberbatch is voicing Acererak?

I read that a bit more straightforwardly as more Dungeon crawling?

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

That's definitely way more likely than my speculation.

I read that a bit more straightforwardly as more Dungeon crawling?

 

[payn]

I still think the movies are phenomenal, but stuff like this gets on my nerves more and more. Humor is fine. Humor that flies in the face of lore and the text itself is another thing entirely.



Steering back to the D&D movie, I found the following bit of information interesting:

Several Scenes Were Changed Due To Current Events​

In an intriguing development, Dungeons & Dragons (2023) might prove to be a more intimate movie due to COVID-19 restrictions. As John Francis Daley explained it, the movie was in the early stages of pre-production when lockdowns went into effect. During their time at home, the writers penned another draft of their screenplay that accounted for the lack of people that they could safely secure on their sets. In their original script, there were plans to include several extras and large crowds. But as Daley recounts, those sequences were recontextualized and reimagined, which might result in a different film than the one that Daley and Jonathan Goldstein originally had in mind.

I could be reading into things, but perhaps there's going to be some Realms-wide threat that caused people to disappear. And perhaps I'm really out on a limb now (and in serious danger of it snapping beneath the weight of my speculations), but perhaps it's something like the Death Curse amplified for the screen...maybe Cumberbatch is voicing Acererak?

Im guessing they are talking about something more mundane like scenes with crowded streets to make it feel like a city. Maybe some type of fair or event in the city was part of the storyboard and that had to be axed. Which of course, caused certain parts of the plot to be shifted slightly.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Yeah, I would assume it's much more boring than my speculation would indicate.

It's been interesting, seeing how shows and movies shot during the pandemic had to change. The Walking Dead, as awful as this final season has been so far, has some really clear examples of how storytelling and filming have been altered by the pandemic.

Im guessing they are talking about something more mundane like scenes with crowded streets to make it feel like a city. Maybe some type of fair or event in the city was part of the storyboard and that had to be axed. Which of course, caused certain parts of the plot to be shifted slightly.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Pippin is Bertie Wooster.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Im guessing they are talking about something more mundane like scenes with crowded streets to make it feel like a city. Maybe some type of fair or event in the city was part of the storyboard and that had to be axed. Which of course, caused certain parts of the plot to be shifted slightly.

Some of the shots of Alnwick looked like a fair/tourney. Maybe it was originally due to be shot inside rather than outside?

 

[ART!]

Some of the shots of Alnwick looked like a fair/tourney. Maybe it was originally due to be shot inside rather than outside?

Alnwick looks much less "medieval" on the inside, but then D&D mixes eras pretty liberally, so...?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Alnwick looks much less "medieval" on the inside, but then D&D mixes eras pretty liberally, so...?

True, the castle has been lived in continuously, and hence has been regularly updated. It mostly looks "Victorian" on the inside. I suspect the Wells locations where used for interiors. I'm not familiar with the Irish castle. But if they where filming an indoor feast they would have used a different location, such as one of the Oxford Colleges.

 

[Kaodi]

There are two scenes that I rewatch quite often for the feels and they are the scene that begins with Hela with her hands around the throat of a defeated Thor and ends a banging AC/DC battle montage; and the "Will you follow me one last time?" scene. Those two movies are drastically different but they both manage to capture something real feeling at a critical moment. I can only hope that the D&D movie manages something in that vein too regardless of how much humour is otherwise in the film.

 

[Kaodi]

On a related note I really hope they have put together a good soundtrack. Wait, what was that? mumbling offscreen It was a Led Zeppelin song? Whoops. Music is really important though but we do not talk about it much because it is a lot harder for us, the viewers, to imagine the right music than the depicted action. Like, Holding Out For A Hero was an inspired choice for the Masters of the Universe: Revelation trailer. When they say they are taking notes from GotG hopefully that extends to its use of music because it could make a big difference.

Edit: I was at the bank in person a couple of weeks ago and Holding Out For A Hero was playing while I was waiting in line. I do not think it was a coincidence that it has made a comeback outside of the TV show.

 

[ART!]

On a related note I really hope they have put together a good soundtrack. Wait, what was that? mumbling offscreen It was a Led Zeppelin song? Whoops. Music is really important though but we do not talk about it much because it is a lot harder for us, the viewers, to imagine the right music than the depicted action. Like, Holding Out For A Hero was an inspired choice for the Masters of the Universe: Revelation trailer. When they say they are taking notes from GotG hopefully that extends to its use of music because it could make a big difference.

Edit: I was at the bank in person a couple of weeks ago and Holding Out For A Hero was playing while I was waiting in line. I do not think it was a coincidence that it has made a comeback outside of the TV show.

I will go on record as not wanting this, but won't be surprised if they do this and will have to just deal with it. I just don't care for pop music in my pseudo-medieval fantasy.

 

[Kaodi]

I can appreciate the disconnect that might create for you and others (including me at times). I wonder whether psuedo-medieval covers could evoke the same feelings.

 

[payn]

I can appreciate the disconnect that might create for you and others (including me at times). I wonder whether psuedo-medieval covers could evoke the same feelings.

That worked well for Westworld. Not sure it would work for D&D.

 

[Enevhar Aldarion]

Some people loved it, but I hated having modern music in A Knight's Tale.

 

[MarkB]

Personally, a little contemporary music wouldn't bother me. A Knight's Tale is still one of my favourite movies.

 

[ART!]

Personally, a little contemporary music wouldn't bother me. A Knight's Tale is still one of my favourite movies.

It would definitely be a way to help distinguish the movie from other, more "serious" fantasy movies and tv series.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Personally, a little contemporary music wouldn't bother me. A Knight's Tale is still one of my favourite movies.

Actually yeah, that movie is a great example of how to do that well.