Manganiello wants to make movie on Dungeons and Dragons

Los Angeles April 8 (IANS) Actor Joe Manganiello says he wants to make a movie based on fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.

During an interview with MTV the Smurfs: The Lost Village actor opened up about his efforts to make Dungeons & Dragons movie a reality reports aceshowbiz.com.

Last year with a playwright I went to Carnegie Mellon I actually made a draft of a film and now we re talking to all the right parties said Manganiello.

I had a two-day creative summit with the Wizards of the Coast... We had like a two-day summit about where the movie could go or TV series products synergy the whole deal he added.

Manganiello explained what it might take to make a great fantastical movie adaptation of the popular game.

He suggested that fantasy movies had to have a human aspect in it.

Obviously there s a spectacle. There s dragons breathing fire and lightning. That s the biggest draw in Game of Thrones ...(but) what makes a great fantasy or superhero movie is the human aspect. It s gotta be about something he said.

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