Ansel Elgort, who delighted in the superb adaptation of John Green’s The Fault In Our Stars, is set to star in Warner Brothers’ new Dungeons & Dragons movie. Deadline is reporting that the young actor is in early negotiations for the project, which is based on the popular role-playing game which is being directed by Rob Letterman.
David Leslie Johnson (The Conjuring 2) has written the screenplay for the movie. Dungeons and Dragons was first conceived in 1974, and has grown in popularity over recent years, Vin Diesel being one of its biggest fans. Here’s a little more info about the game from the superb Wizards.com.
The first Dungeons & Dragons game was played back when Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson chose to personalize the massive battles of their fantasy wargames with the exploits of individual heroes. This inspiration became the first fantasy roleplaying game, in which players are characters in an ongoing fantasy story. This new kind of game has become immensely popular over the years, and D&D has grown to include many new ways to vividly experience worlds of heroic fantasy.
The core of D&D is storytelling. You and your friends tell a story together, guiding your heroes through quests for treasure, battles with deadly foes, daring rescues, courtly intrigue, and much more.
No news on when the film version is set for the screen, or when it will go into production, but we’ll being you more as we get it.
