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Speaking to thousands of fans in a convention
hall at San Diego Comic-Con, Pine said he hoped the Paramount
Pictures big-screen imagining of the game, due in theaters next
March, would help "spread the gospel of D & D." It's a game, he
said, that everyone should play in high school.
"You can get the bully, the jock... all in a room and I
guarantee you in 20 minutes no one will remember what kind of
class they came from, or who their best friends are, or who the
dork is," he said. "They just want to laugh."
The "Wonder Woman" actor helped kick off the return of Comic-Con
for the first time since 2019. The annual, celebrity-studded
celebration of superheroes and pop culture was canceled for two
years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers said they
expect a full crowd of 130,000 guests through Sunday.
"Dungeons & Dragons" co-writer and director John Francis Daley
said he aimed for the film to capture the feeling of camaraderie
and "family coming together to face obstacles" that he
experiences when playing the game.
Called "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," the film also
stars "Fast & Furious" actor Michelle Rodriguez, "Bridgerton"
star Rege-Jean Page and British actor Hugh Grant, who said the
movie "had a real Monty Python vibe."
It was Grant's first appearance at Comic-Con.
"We did try to come with 'Sense and Sensibility' but were turned
away," Grant joked.
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)
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