Actor Chris Pine mentioned he had by no means immersed himself within the in style role-playing sport Dungeons & Dragons till just a few years in the past when he was requested about starring in a film in regards to the fantasy world of swords and sorcery. Now, he is a convert.
Speaking to hundreds of followers in a conference corridor at San Diego Comic-Con, Pine mentioned he hoped the Paramount Pictures big-screen imagining of the sport, due in theaters subsequent March, would assist “unfold the gospel of D & D.” It’s a sport, he mentioned, that everybody ought to play in highschool.
“You can get the bully, the jock… all in a room and I assure you in 20 minutes nobody will bear in mind what sort of class they got here from, or who their finest buddies are, or who the dork is,” he mentioned. “They simply need to snigger.”
The Wonder Woman actor helped kick off the return of Comic-Con for the primary time since 2019. The annual, celebrity-studded celebration of superheroes and popular culture was cancelled for 2 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Organisers mentioned they count on a full crowd of 130,000 friends by Sunday.
Dungeons & Dragons co-writer and director John Francis Daley mentioned he aimed for the film to seize the sensation of camaraderie and “household coming collectively to face obstacles” that he experiences when taking part in the sport.
Called Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, the film additionally stars Fast & Furious actor Michelle Rodriguez, Bridgerton star Rege-Jean Page and British actor Hugh Grant, who mentioned the film “had an actual Monty Python vibe.”
It was Grant’s first look at Comic-Con.
“We did attempt to include Sense and Sensibility however have been turned away,” Grant joked. – Reuters
