Earlier this month, it was announced that a Dungeons & Dragons movie was in the works, and with such a beloved franchise and exciting news, fans were eagerly awaiting its release. However, it looks like they’ll have to wait a while longer. The directors behind the movie, Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, have revealed that the project was meant to be a Flash movie, but the studio scrapped the idea.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Goldstein and Daley opened up about the scrapped project. “We were on board to do a Flash movie before the #SnyderCut movement for Justice League began,” Daley said. With Warner Bros. beginning production on their in-house slate of DCEU films in 2017-2018, Goldstein added, “it seemed like a game of musical chairs, and we were like the last people standing when the music stopped.”
They also opened up about their vision for the Flash movie, which was in the works for several years with the studio. They wanted to bring the hero’s sense of humor to the forefront in the film, and were already at work on a script. “We wanted to make it a dramatic, funny movie and kind of like a Marvel version of the Flash,” Daley said. “It was going to be a departure from the underlying material in a great way and obviously it would’ve been nice to see that come to life but it wasn’t meant to be.”
Fortunately, the directors didn’t let the scrapped project bring them down and moved to Dungeons & Dragons as their next project instead. The film has now been fast-tracked by Hasbro and Paramount, with Chris McKay (The Lego Batman Movie) directing. The script has been passed to writers Michael Gilio and Chris McKenna to begin development on the film.
Although fans will have to wait longer for the Flash movie, Goldstein and Daley’s move to Dungeons & Dragons guarantees them a much more exciting viewing experience. With the great minds behind the production, it’s sure to be an adventure you won’t want to miss out on.
