{"id":3181,"date":"2021-06-29T15:38:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T19:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=3181"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:00:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:00:10","slug":"benedict-cumberbatch-reportedly-cast-in-dungeons-and-dragons-film-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=3181","title":{"rendered":"Benedict Cumberbatch Reportedly Cast in Dungeons and Dragons Film Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benedict Cumberbatch has been cast in the upcoming adventure film, <strong><em>Dungeons and Dragons<\/em><\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/15410568\/kylie-minogue-ed-sheeran-new-album\/\">The Sun<\/a> is reporting. The <em><strong>Doctor Strange<\/strong><\/em> star is returning to the fantasy genre with the new drama, which is the screen adaptation of the popular tabletop roleplaying game franchise of the same name.<\/p>\n<p>Cumberbatch will reunite with his <strong><em>Star Trek Into Darkness<\/em><\/strong> co-star, Chris Pine, and also star alongside Michelle Rodriguez, Hugh Grant and <strong><em>Bridgerton<\/em><\/strong> star Rege-Jean Page in <strong><em>Dungeons and Dragons<\/em><\/strong>. 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The short serves as an origin story of the Drizzt Do&#8217;Urden from the <strong><em>Dungeons and Dragons<\/em><\/strong> game&#8217;s Forgotten Realms campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming <strong><em>Dungeons and Dragons<\/em><\/strong> movie was written, and is being directed, by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Details about the plot of the drama, which is set to be released on March 3, 2023, are currently being kept under wraps.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/imed.isid.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/doxycycline.html\">doxycycline over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The new project will be the first <strong><em>Dungeons and Dragons<\/em><\/strong> live-action screen adaptation since the 2000 film of the same name. 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