Joe Manganiello Has a Script Ready For His Dungeons and Dragons Movie

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Bonafide nerd Joe Manganiello keeps hitting us with good news. His role in the upcoming Batman movie may be in trouble but he’s not one to idly sit around, oh no. While talking on the Happy, Sad Confused podcast with Josh Horowitz, he talked about how he had a script in the works. He’s hoping to bring Dungeons & Dragons to the big screen, possibly franchising it.

Co-written with a playwright friend, Manganiello is very serious about this. So serious in fact that he held a creative summit with Wizards of the Coast, the actual wizards behind Dungeons & Dragons. They talked about “where [the film] could go, what it should look like, and what it should be.” And while there have been attempts at taking game franchises and bringing them to the big screen (with lots of failure), Manganiello has a plan for that.

“Obviously, there’s a spectacle. There’s dragons breathing fire and lightning. But what makes a great superhero or fantasy movie is the human aspect. It’s got to be about something. We root for those characters in Game of Thrones. Fellowship of the Ring was about friendship, this undying love for your friends. That’s something everyone can identify with. When a movie is about something human and real emotionally people are going to want to see. Then you get some dragons breathing fire, and hey, I’m in.”

I’m also in. What do you think of this news? Are you hesitant or excited? Let us know and be sure to come back to Geek Girl Authority for more D&D news!