Variety introduced that legendary nerd Joe Manganiello can be directing an upcoming D&D Documentary, celebrating the sport’s fiftieth anniversary.
Joe Manganiello, DM on the “Gary Gygax memorial Dungeon” and one-time werewolf, will quickly be directing a documentary concerning the world’s oldest roleplaying sport: Dungeons & Dragons.
The information, which got here to us through Variety, ought to shock nobody. Manganiello is thought for a lot of issues; an impeccable jawline, portraying a werewolf on True Blood, and loving something and all the things to do with Dungeons & Dragons.
Now, with the sport’s fiftieth anniversary looming subsequent yr, Manganiello can be taking the reins on a documentary, “backed by Hasbro and eOne.” With the tabletop sport’s powerhouse mother or father firms behind it, WotC and Manganiello are positioning this documentary as “the definitive documentary feature about the world’s greatest roleplaying game.”
And from the sound of it, Manganiello goes to some extraordinary lengths to inform the twisting story of the origins of Dungeons & Dragons.
Joe Manganiello Digs Through More Than 400 Hours Of Archival Footage for D&D Documentary
Manganiello’s love of all issues D&D is on the coronary heart of this documentary. As Manganiello describes it, he lived via the rise and fall and rebirth of D&D, and desires to seize all the things that makes the sport particular:
“I couldn’t be more proud and excited to get back behind the camera for another documentary, this time with the D&D dream team of Jon, Kyle, and my brother and producing partner Nick. I lived through the rise and fall and rise again of this legacy brand that has not only meant so much to me but has served as the fountainhead of creativity for an entire generation of writers, artists, and creative minds, influencing so much of our culture.”
And this movie is an formidable one. Variety reviews that the upcoming documentary will incorporate greater than 400 hours of “archived, never-before-seen [D&D] footage from the game’s creation in the early 1970s.”
The story of early D&D is unusual certainly. From a sport that just about barely didn’t get made. To a boardroom massacre (metaphorical). To the creator of D&D residing up an LA Playboy way of life in mansions (all whereas making an attempt to get a film and cartoon made). And that’s not even touching the various, many lawsuits D&D participated in a technique or one other.
With the assist of D&D luminaries and historians like Jon Peterson, of Playing on the World, this documentary guarantees to go in-depth like no different documentary.
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