DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Adds Hugh Grant As The Villain; IT Star Sophia Lillis Also On Board

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Adds Hugh Grant As The Villain; IT Star Sophia Lillis Also On Board

Paramount and eOne's upcoming big-budget adaptation of Dungeons and Dragons has found its villian in the form of The Gentlemen and Paddington 2 star Hugh Grant. Sophia Lillis has also joined the cast...

By MarkCassidy - Mar 02, 2021 02:03 PM EST
Filed Under: Fantasy
Source: Deadline

Hugh Grant has joined the cast of Paramount and eOne's big-budget Dungeons and Dragons adaptation as the main villain, with It and I Am Not Okay With This actress Sophia Lillis also on board in a supporting role.

Grant, who played one of the greatest cinematic baddies of all time in Paddington 2, will not be donning the cape of the demonic Venger from the D&D animated series (mores the pity), however, as his character is named Forge Fletcher. Lillis is playing Doric.

They join previously announced cast members Michelle Rodriguez (Avatar, Fast 9), Justice Smith (Detective Pikachu, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) and Rege-Jean Page (Bridgerton), but we have no details whatsoever on their characters.

Wonder Woman 1984's Chris Pine is set to play the lead.

Game Night directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are set to helm the project, and also wrote the latest version of the script based on a previous draft by Michael Gilio.

Derek Kolstad (John Wick; The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) has also been hired to write and develop a separate live-action Dungeons & Dragons television series, but again, details are few and far between.

Just a wild guess, but we're going to assume this take on the best-selling fantasy RPG won't be taking itself too seriously.

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Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 3/2/2021, 2:48 PM
Forge Fletcher is the second most Dungeons & Dragony name I've ever read.

Second to Sir Bearington.
Origame
Origame - 3/2/2021, 3:52 PM
@Reeds2Much - wait, forge fletcher is the second most dungeons and dragony name and sir bearington is second?
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 3/2/2021, 4:01 PM
@Origame - Second to. Forge Fletcher is second to Sir Bearington.

OT: Just found out Bunny Wailer died today. Time to overload on reggae.
Origame
Origame - 3/2/2021, 4:18 PM
@Reeds2Much - wow. That's pretty shocking. Yeah I've gotta jam out too after hearing that.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 3/2/2021, 2:57 PM
I don’t know shit about D&D but I’m in on this one
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 3/2/2021, 3:00 PM
(Kind of) OT:

The Undoing from last year. Not a great show but I had fun watching it. And Hugh was pretty damn good in it.

Anyone else see it?
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 3/2/2021, 3:02 PM
@regularmovieguy - nope, but I believe you right away Hugh was great in it
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 3/2/2021, 3:03 PM
It’s a great cast, I just hope it’s more Lord of the Rings and less Jumanji or it will be another disappointing D&D movie.
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 3/2/2021, 3:04 PM
All the names involved really make me hyped for this. I know jack shit about D&D, but the more big names join, the more I'm stoked for this
Repian
Repian - 3/2/2021, 3:04 PM
I can also imagine Stanley Tucci playing a wizard.

MasterMix
MasterMix - 3/2/2021, 3:18 PM
Apart from paddington 2, I haven't seen Hugh Grant as a villain in anything other than Cloud Atlas. For those who have seen it, what's your opinion of Cloud Atlas? It's a mixed bag for me.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 3/2/2021, 3:22 PM
@MasterMix -
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/2/2021, 3:31 PM
Hugh Grant was excellent in The Gentleman.
Kman
Kman - 3/2/2021, 4:01 PM
the Hugh Grant renaissance has begun
BassMan
BassMan - 3/2/2021, 6:23 PM
Fan of the fantasy genre and this cast so far, so trying to stay optimistic. Hopefully movie magic and nerd magic will, successfully, come together again
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