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Chris Pine is tipped to play the lead role in the next adaptation of the cult
Dungeons and Dragons
role-
playing game
.
Paramount has indeed launched the production of a new blockbuster based on the franchise, to be directed and written by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (
Game Night
).
The
Wonder Woman
actor
is already in negotiations with the studio, according to
Variety
.
The project has long remained in the Hollywood drawers, first passed into the hands of Warner, who planned to give the lead role to Ansel Elgort.
A conflict over rights with Hasbro, which owns the license, brought production to a halt, ultimately coming into the fold of Paramount, which handed the reins to John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein last year.
A precedent in the form of a fiasco
It must be said that the studios are right to walk on eggshells with the
Dungeons and Dragons
license
.
In 2000, a film adapted from the "heroic fantasy" role-playing game was released in theaters, with Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans, Thora Birch and Jeremy Irons in the lead roles.
A total failure, both critical (he is today credited with a score of 10% positive opinions on the Rotten Tomatoes site) and commercial, with 33.8 million box office receipts against a budget of 45 million of dollars.
Since then,
The Lord of the Rings
and
Game of Thrones
have been there to revive the enthusiasm around the fantastic universes.
The
Dungeons and Dragons
license
has never been so successful, according to the boss of Hasbro.
It remains to be seen if screens aren't at risk of being saturated with dragons in the coming months or years, with a new
Lord of the Rings series
slated for Amazon Prime Video, as well as another
Game of Thrones
prequel
, in production at HBO.
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