‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Recruits Michelle Rodriguez and Justice Smith
Dungeons & Dragons is starting to gear up for adventure, and its roster keeps growing in size…
Back in December, we reported that Chris Pine was set to headline Paramount and eOne’s big-budget Dungeons & Dragons adaptation. Now, directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein are adding two other recognizable faces to its cast.
THR has the exclusive: Michelle Rodriguez, who most people know from the Fast & Furious and Resident Evil franchises, is joining the party alongside Justice Smith (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Detective Pikachu).
The report states that “it is not known whether the story is a straight up fantasy or incorporates the storytelling and game-playing aspects,” so it’s hard to think about the type of role they might be playing. However, some sources are saying that, much like in Game Night, Daley and Goldstein’s script is subversive in nature. This lines up with previous rumors which pointed out the project wanted to be like Guardians of the Galaxy but set in the famous fantasy world of D&D. Then again, we don’t know for sure how much the film has changed since it jumped from Warner Bros. to Paramount.
Last month we also found out John Wick creator Derek Kolstad, who is one of the busiest men in Hollywood right now, was developing a pitch for a live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV series for Hasbro and eOne. The report also stated that Kolstad wasn’t the only writer working with the IP besides Daley and Goldstein. Will that potential TV project be connected to the film? We don’t know for sure, but the D&D universe is big enough to house plenty of different takes on the material. Hell, I’m surprised they haven’t announced a new animated series for Netflix already.
For now, Dungeons & Dragons is getting closer and closer to finally kicking off production and striding towards its tentative May 27, 2022, release date.
Francisco J. Ruiz is that guy who has watched Jurassic Park a thousand times and loves Star Wars. His hunger for movies is only matched by his love for video games. He graduated in English Studies from the University of Malaga, in Spain. As he keeps writing about what he enjoys (and doesn’t) for websites all over, he’s continuing his studies.
