In addition to an upcoming live-action film in Hasbro, there are plans for a new Dungeons and Dragons TV show based on the popular fantasy RPG. It is now reported that John Wick Franchise creator and writer Derek Kolstad was hired to write and develop a pitch for a live action Dungeons Series. The details of the story are yet to be revealed, but if the series is going to be full of action, Kolstad is an excellent choice for the job.
Hasbro is developing these properties through its entertainment studio eOne. Kolstad’s series and the film with Pine are just two small parts of eOne’s overall plans to create a multi-project Dungeons & Dragons universe. The company is said to be working with several other writers to develop various stories in the fantasy universe, although it is not yet clear whether or how exactly their respective storylines will be linked.
Kolstad is best known for writing John Wick. Conceived by Kolstad, the film follows Keanu Reeves as a retired hit man who seeks deadly revenge on the men who killed his puppy. Kolstad also worked as a writer for both of them John Wick Sequels. He also wrote the script for Nobody, an upcoming action thriller starring Bob Odenkirk. Kolstad has recently been working as a writer on Marvel’s upcoming Disney + series The falcon and the winter soldier and writes the script for a movie based on that Just cause Video game series.
Last month it was reported that Chris Pine was in talks to play in one Dungeons Movie. Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley direct and write the script, which is based on a story by Michael Gilio. The project is a collaboration between eOne and Paramount. Jeremy Latcham will produce for eOne, Brian Goldner for Hasbro. A release date has been set for May 27, 2022.
Previous adjustments to Dungeons were also made. In the 1980s, an animated series based on the fantasy universe aired for three seasons, and the series has maintained cult status in recent years. What followed was a group of young friends from the real world who were taken to a dark realm on a magical roller coaster. Then they spend the rest of the series battling mythical monsters as they try to find their way back home.
In 2000 a Dungeons Film was released by New Line Cinema. Directed by Courtney Solomon and written by Carroll Cartwright and Topper Lilien, the film starred Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans, Thora Birch, Jeremy Irons and Zoe McLellan. The story follows an empress and two thieves who are searching for a mythical rod to help them fight an evil warlock. Unfortunately, the reviews have been mostly negative and the film was a box office hit that made the D & D. Franchise off the silver screen for more than 20 years.
It is not yet clear when Kolstad is Dungeons The series begins filming or when it is released. This message comes to us from The Hollywood Reporter.
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