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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[R_J_K75]

There's no tv role in recent years in her IMDB listing other than a recurring one in Backdoor, one appearance on a sketch show, and before that Lost. The rest is movies and shorts.

I looked there too before I posted that and searched a little more but I cant find anything on it. If it comes to me I'll post it. Really bugging me now though.

 

[Emirikol Prime]

Unfortunately this movie seems to have C-grade casting written all over it. I mean, that’s no different to the other D&D movies, but I did have higher hopes initially.

You just lost all credibility in judging actors.

 

[bedir than]

Lead actress (Rodriguez - F&F) and lead actor (Pine - WW/DCU) are both consistent parts of multi-billion dollar franchises. These are hires targeting [commercial] greatness, not some two-bit [monetary successes] actor like Irons.

 

[Dire Bare]

Unfortunately this movie seems to have C-grade casting written all over it. I mean, that’s no different to the other D&D movies, but I did have higher hopes initially.

Chris Pine is definitely not "C-grade", and as for the others: it's not often that a movie's main cast is entirely A-list actors - you'll have one or two, and the rest of the casting (the supporting roles) will be actors who generally don't carry their own movies. Michelle Rodriguez in particular is a really solid, proven, go-to supporting role actor.

None of the actors listed so far are "C-grade" . . . a pretty insulting and nonsensical term, that Hollywood itself uses way too often. C-grade implies low talent, or talent past it's prime . . . and that doesn't apply to any of these folks. Pine is the only box-office big star listed so far, "A-list" so-to-speak . . . but they are all good actors. I'm very pleased with the casting so far.

Given how many ways there are to kill PCs, and how Michelle Rodriguez has a Sean Bean-esque way of dying in most of her film appearances, I'm suddenly wondering if the film will adhere to D&D tradition by ending with a TPK.

Just wait until we hear Sean Bean is in the movie!

 

[CubicsRube]

An actress with a solid career history, recognisable name and a $25 million net worth? Oh yeah definitely c-grade /s

It's fine to have an opinion, but it's not to conflate them with facts.

 

[CubicsRube]

Honestly I'm surprised vin diesels not carving out a spot. Or Joe Manginello.

 

[J-H]

I don't know Michelle Rodriguez at all, but you'd think her publicist or someone would have picked a photo that doesn't have a piece of gum in her mouth mid-chew.

Like...that's just a really strange choice for someone to make as a lead photo of an actress.

 

[Iry]

Rodriguez characters tend to die because she has a long and well-documented substance abuse problem which has landed her in jail and makes her difficult to work with.

I thought she tended to die because she absolutely loves the 'Badass Death' part of movies, and eagerly agrees to do them? Essentially the opposite of Sean Bean (who does not like dying).

 

[bedir than]

None of the actors listed so far are "C-grade" . . . a pretty insulting and nonsensical term, that Hollywood itself uses way too often. C-grade implies low talent, or talent past it's prime . . . and that doesn't apply to any of these folks. Pine is the only box-office big star listed so far, "A-list" so-to-speak . . . but they are all good actors. I'm very pleased with the casting so far.

Just wait until we hear Sean Bean is in the movie!

I don't know, she's been a lead actress in 6 Fast & Furious films, which is probably the third largest franchise in movies. Ahead of Chris Pine's Star Trek and Chris Pine's DCU/WW.
She was also third listed actress in Avatar, which if they ever film & release the sequels will be the fourth largest franchise in movies.

 

[Oofta]

I thought she tended to die because she absolutely loves the 'Badass Death' part of movies, and eagerly agrees to do them? Essentially the opposite of Sean Bean (who does not like dying).

At least if they kill her off, there will be a logical excuse for her to come back later in a D&D movie.

 

[R_J_K75]

"C-grade" . . . a pretty insulting and nonsensical term, that Hollywood itself uses way too often.

Danny, Billy & Stevie Baldwin, I rest my case.

 

[embee]

I thought she tended to die because she absolutely loves the 'Badass Death' part of movies, and eagerly agrees to do them? Essentially the opposite of Sean Bean (who does not like dying).

She was killed off in Lost because she was jailed for drunk driving. She also has a problem with completing her sentences.

 

[chuckdee]

I don't know Michelle Rodriguez at all, but you'd think her publicist or someone would have picked a photo that doesn't have a piece of gum in her mouth mid-chew.

Like...that's just a really strange choice for someone to make as a lead photo of an actress.

That was just a shot the writer of the article chose to put in there- it's not the publicist's shot from the announcement.

 

[R_J_K75]

She also has a problem with completing her sentences.

Tends to happen when youre drunk. Or incessant repeating of sentences.

 

[embee]

She was also third listed actress in Avatar, which if they ever film & release the sequels will be the fourth largest franchise in movies.

I always thought the the Avatar sequels were just a grift that James Cameron uses to stay a part of the conversation.

The movie came out 10 years ago. And it wasn't Return of the Jedi nor was it The Godfather: Part II. Meaning that a sequel a decade later likely wouldn't be all that good.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Lead actress (Rodriguez - F&F) and lead actor (Pine - WW/DCU) are both consistent parts of multi-billion dollar franchises. These are hires targeting [commercial] greatness, not some two-bit [monetary successes] actor like Irons.

Wait, what?

hahahahhaha.

For one, just because someone is in a big grossing movie doesn't make them great actors. Natalie Portman has been in two billion dollar franchises, and while she's a fine actor, she's not great. (It's also odd that you'd cite Pine as a secondary actor in DCU, and not his primary role in Star Trek)

Secondly, you apparently have no idea who Jeremy Irons is or work he's done. He's most definitely not "two bit". Not many actors who have won an academy award and multiple golden globes and emmy's are.

 

[bedir than]

Wait, what?

hahahahhaha.

For one, just because someone is in a big grossing movie doesn't make them great actors. Natalie Portman has been in two billion dollar franchises, and while she's a fine actor, she's not great. (It's also odd that you'd cite Pine as a secondary actor in DCU, and not his primary role in Star Trek)

Secondly, you apparently have no idea who Jeremy Irons is or work he's done. He's most definitely not "two bit". Not many actors who have won an academy award and multiple golden globes and emmy's are.

On a commercial basis the sum total of Irons work prior to his D&D movie appearance is basically one of either of Pine or Rodriguez's biggest projects.
Secondly, ignoring Portman's non-action roles to minimize her acting while complaining about my doing that for Irons is ironic.

I always thought the the Avatar sequels were just a grift that James Cameron uses to stay a part of the conversation.

The movie came out 10 years ago. And it wasn't Return of the Jedi nor was it The Godfather: Part II. Meaning that a sequel a decade later likely wouldn't be all that good.

Avatar's commercial success is easy to forget.

 

[Oofta]

I always thought the the Avatar sequels were just a grift that James Cameron uses to stay a part of the conversation.

The movie came out 10 years ago. And it wasn't Return of the Jedi nor was it The Godfather: Part II. Meaning that a sequel a decade later likely wouldn't be all that good.

Apparently there are going to be at least 2 more sequels. I can hardly wait ... ah who am I kidding. I can wait. I thought the first one was dumb, and I'm pretty lenient on movie logic. I was cheering for the guys in the mech suits at the end.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

If her character dies also she can reincarnate into other race, a tabaxi, for example, and she only would give the voice.

 

[Sacrosanct]

On a commercial basis the sum total of Irons work prior to his D&D movie appearance is basically one of either of Pine or Rodriguez's biggest projects.
Secondly, ignoring Portman's non-action roles to minimize her acting while complaining about my doing that for Irons is ironic.

I didn't ignore her other roles. I simply pointed the flaw in your statement about how using an actor who was in a billion dollar franchise somehow infers that using them means you'll have commercial greatness, using her as an analogy.

*I.e., Rodriquez and Pine probably had little to do with either of those franchises being commercially great (just like Portman's roles in SW and the MCU had little to do with those successes commercially), thus you seem to be engaging in a correlation/causation fallacy.