Chris Pine to Star in 'Dungeons & Dragons' Movie
by EG
Wonder Woman star Chris Pine is set to don armor and go adventurin'. Pine has been cast to star in a film version of the role-playing adventure game. It will be the first attempt to turn the game into a movie in 20 years. Read on for details.
Chris Pine is getting ready to roll some D20s.
The actor, who is gearing up to return to the world of superheroes with Wonder Woman 1984, is in talks to star in Paramount and eOne's long-gestating and big-budget Dungeons & Dragons movie.
Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley — the duo behind New Line's sleeper hit Game Night— are set to direct the feature that is based on the popular role-playing fantasy game. Goldstein and Daley also wrote the latest version of the script, based on a previous draft by Michael Gilio.
While plot details are being kept under the chainmail but the game is known for its wargames, treasure hunts, campaigns, camaraderie, and reversals of fortune, all in a setting that combines humans, elves, orcs, and wizards. The game famously uses multi-sided dice in gameplay and is overseen by a host known as the Dungeon Master.
The role-playing game from Hasbro was previously adapted in 2000 by New Line for a film starring Jeremy Irons. In recent years, the property has been at the center of a legal battle over its film rights, with a 2015 settlement appearing to have paved the way for Warner Bros. to make a movie that at one time had Ansel Elgort in early talks to star. However, the rights eventually hit the trail for Paramount, which has a production and distribution deal with Hasbro.
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