Call it fate or destiny, Henry Cavill’s favorite game, Dungeons and Dragons, brought Joe Manganiello to the sets of the 2018 movie, Rampage. The actor wrote a film roughly based on the world-famous game and was in search of a director thus, spoke to the filmmaker Brad Peyton about the matter. He was then offered a role instantly on the spot. The film starring Manganiello and Dwayne Johnson was a huge hit and was believed to break the ‘video game to movie’ curse, Hollywood was going through.
Thus, one can say that, the game manifested the other video game-based movie, more than the people involved with the project did. Although there has been no such update about the D&D movie, a TV series is in the works as an adaptation under the leadership of the Dungeons and Dragons maniac, Manganiello.
How did Joe Manganiello score his role on Rampage?
The loyal Dungeons and Dragons trouper, Joe Manganiello was rightfully paid back by his favorite game. As he landed his role in the 2018 movie Rampage, alongside Dwayne Johnson again all thanks to the fantasy roleplaying game Henry Cavill is insane about. The actor who is a super fan of the aforementioned game, wrote a screenplay loosely based on D&D and therefore was in search of a director who be interested in such a project. Luckily he heard, the director of the movie, Rampage Brad Peyton was looking for an opportunity similar to that, he contacted him immediately he said,
“I wrote a version of a Dungeons and Dragons film when it was at Warner Bros. I found out that Brad was also a big fan of the property and was looking to direct a Dungeons and Dragons film, and they were talking to [Dwayne] about it, as well. So, I got my agents to connect me to Brad. I said, “I wanna talk to Brad. I wanna see what his idea is. I have this script and I wanna talk to him.””
But ended up being offered a role in the movie, by the director himself, he narrated,
“So, we got on a Skype call and, after a couple of minutes, Brad was like, “Hey, man, listen, I’m down in Atlanta. I’m getting ready to shoot this movie Rampage. I’ve got this great role, if you wanna play it. Why don’t you come down and shoot this movie, we’ll talk about Dungeons and Dragons, and we’ll go from there?” That’s how I ended up in Rampage.”
The film was huge, even after releasing merely two weeks before Avengers: Infinity War, the film is believed to be the spell that broke the ‘video game to movie’ curse in Hollywood.
Joe Manganiello Is Developing a Dungeons & Dragons Television Show
It seems like the actor Joe Manganiello has decided to dedicate his whole life to the fantasy role-playing game. He recently announced his involvement in an upcoming television show related to Dungeons & Dragons back in January. A recent video shared by Black Forest Wood Company featured the installation of a substantial 12-foot-long gaming table in his new home. He stated,
“I am part of the Dungeons & Dragons team.—So, I’m actually shooting a documentary right now and I’m developing a TV show for them.”
He then also discussed his weekly D&D games, which include his buddies, Tom Morello, Vince Vaughn, and Paul Wight. All in all, people are pretty excited to see what the D&D maniac has in store for them in the future.
Source: Collider
