Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Pick up your sword with one deal and get your polyhedral dice ready in the other , because it appear like Warner Bros is plan to invest in the noble tradition of dungeon - delving , as one of the many contrive undertaking slated for growing over the next few years .
It ’s been account that Warner Bros has acquire the rights to a movie adaptation of the long - tolerate popular tabletop RPG gameDungeons and Dragons . Roy Lee ( The Lego Movie ) and Courtney Solomon ( who directed the 2000 adaption ofDungeons and Dragons ) are both attached as producers .
Deadlinehas expose that Warner Bros has n’t just optioned aDungeons and Dragonsmovie , but is actively pushing it into growth . The script that they will be act from , Chainmail , is free-base on a little - known fantasy game author by one of the original creators , Gary Gygax , before he and David Arneson properly launchedDungeons and Dragons . Now that the rights have been develop , Chainmailwill undergo rescript in parliamentary procedure to make it fit within the largerDungeons and Dragonsuniverse .
The dependable - knownDungeons and Dragonsadaptation so far is the infamously terrible 2000 film , which featured Jeremy Irons as villain Profion , and Justin Whalin and Marlon Wayans as the two underdog heroes . donjon and Dragonswas a boxful office flop that stay on just spoilt enough to be entertaining ( who does n’t know watching Ironschew the scenery ? ) , but despite the two other picture that have been made since then , the place has never really take off as a film franchise .
However , thanks to the popularity ofGame of Thronesand Tolkien ’s return to the big screen in Peter Jackson ’s ongoingHobbittrilogy , the average moviegoer is relatively open to swords - and - necromancy fantasy movies , which may be why Warner Bros has decided to invest inDungeons and Dragonsand is pushing to get it made before the current cultural style move on .
Before devotee of the game get too excited about this reboot , however , you should sleep together that the script forChainmailwas written by David Leslie Johnson , whose intimately - known works so far are the 2011 fairy story romanceRed Riding Hoodand last year’sWrath of the Titans . Johnson also wroteThe walk Deadepisodes " Chupacabra " and " Triggerfinger " , as well as evil - fry horror filmOrphan , and there are some who would argue that he ’s a perfectly up to film writer . With a reboot this risky , though , " up to " probably may not cut it when it follow to appeasing uneasy fans .
With the right Dungeon Master at the helm , the Warner Bros. reboot could be the moving picture thatDungeons and Dragonsplayers have been wait for . Until we find out more , though , it ’s credibly best to temper your agitation .
rootage : Deadline
