Hugh Grant will play the role of a villain in Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley’s untitled “Dungeons & Dragons” film adaptation.
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Grant will play the main villain in the movie, which
is being jointly produced and financed by eOne and Paramount. Sophia Lillis,
best known for her work in “Uncle Frank,” the “It” films and Netflix’s “I Am
Not Okay with This,” is also joining the project.
Both Grant and Lillis already join an already
star-studded cast including Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, and
Regé-Jean Page.
The movie is based off of Hasbro’s wildly popular game
franchise from Wizards of the Coast, the “Dungeons & Dragons” adaptation
will dive into the game’s magical world of elves, humans, bards, orcs and of
course, dragons. Moreover, it remains to be seen if the film’s storyline will
take place entirely in the game’s fantasy world or involve the game-playing aspect.
“Dungeons & Dragons” game have been played by more
than 50 million fans since it was first released 46 years ago and the franchise
has evolved to include video games, virtual gameplay, and livestreams on Twitch
and YouTube respectively.
Hugh Grant recently starred in HBO’s hit show “The
Undoing” and is currently in production on Guy Ritchie’s latest project, the
action thriller “Five Eyes,” which marks their third project working together.
“Dungeons & Dragons” script is also written by
both directors Goldstein and Daley with Jeremy Latcham who will be producing
this film with studio eOne, and Hasbro’s Brian Goldner as co-producer.