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DETECTIVE PIKACHU Adds Bill Nighy And Chris Geere

Photos: Maarten de Boer Do enough searching online and you’re likely to spot some set pictorals from the London shoot of Rob Letterman’s Detective Pikachu from Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures. Further stills await more casting news coming and production officially underway as of last week based on the latest game which hits North American shores this Spring on Nintendo 3DS. Those updates continue as of Thursday with actors Golden Globe® winning actor Bill Nighy and British actor Chris Geere set to star as a father and son duo in the new film next to Ryan Reynolds, Ken Watanabe, Justice Smith and Kathryn Newton. Plot details remain pending from a script by Letterman and co-scribe Nicole Perlman with Eric Pearson and Tom McCarthy having completed the production polishes that ultimately welcome Detective Pikachu, a new character in the highly popular Pokémon universe. Nighy won a Golden Globe award for his […]

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Looks To Ansel Elgort To Star

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It was last August that details were finally ironed out and finalized for the involvement of Warner Bros. Hasbro Inc. and Sweetpea Entertainment in lieu of the upcoming production, Dungeons And Dragons. This week, news appears to be moving forward now with Deadline reporting Divergent film series co-star Ansel Elgort as the first one up for a role in the film with Rob Letterman directing as of March. The Conjuring 2 scribe David Leslie Johnson wrote the script inspired by the globally popular 1974 role-playing game from TSR, inc., which, if all looks up for actor Vin Diesel (or an actor similar to his caliber as specualted earlier this year), will join him with Elgort and a cast for a story centered on a warrior and a band of creatures in search of a mythical treasure. Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment will produce with Stephen Davis and Brian Goldner of […]

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Warner Bros.'s DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS Gets Rob Letterman To Direct

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It was last year in August that Warner Bros. announced it would finally move forward with a return to the big screen for popular RPG franchise, Dungeons & Dragons for Warner Bros. and Hasbro. Now, word from The Tracking Board Writes that the studio has found a director in Rob Letterman who has since proven himself in raking in close to $160 million dollars for last year’s childrens’ fantasy novel franchise adaptation, Goosebumps. The report states that a Vin Diesel-like actor is currently being cast to lead the film which joins a warrior and a band of mystical creatures on a dangerous quest for a mythical treasure. Wrath Of The Titans scribe David Leslie Jones wrote the script based on the popular tabletop 1974 game from TSR, Inc. Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment will produce with Stephen Davis and Brian Goldner of Hasbro and Courtney Solomon via Sweetpea Entertainment, with Vertigo’s John Middelton and Sweetpea’s […]