There are millions around the world that play the game, Dungeons & Dragons. It looks like there is a chance the game may be coming to the big screen. Joe Manganiello stated in a recent interview with MTV that he was shopping around a pitch for a possible Dungeons and Dragons film.
“Last year with a playwright I went to Carnegie Mellon with, I actually made a draft of a film, and now we’re talking to all the right parties. I had a two-day creative summit with the Wizards of the Coast…we had like a two-day summit about where the movie could go or TV series, products, synergy, the whole deal. Obviously there’s a spectacle. There’s dragons, breathing fire and lightning. That’s the biggest draw in Game of Thrones…[but] what makes a great fantasy or superhero movie is the human aspect. It’s gotta be about something. We root for those characters in Game of Thrones. Fellowship of the Ring was about friendship and this undying love for your friends and doing anything for your friends, and I think that’s something people can identify with. I think when a movie is about something human and real emotionally, people are wanna go see it. And then if you get some dragons and breathing fire, I mean, hey.”
With the popularity of the game, all Manganiello needs is one studio to back him up as there is a good chance that fans of the game will line up for opening night screenings across the country.
