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.Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley will direct a script they’ve written, based on a draft by Michael Gilio.Goldstein & Daley had been set in 2019 to direct a film that will feature an ensemble cast and take a subversive approach to the game.
Landing Pine, who has been the linchpin of the Star Trek film series for Paramount, is a strong start for what the studios hope will be a new franchise launch.
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