Ansel Elgort is in early talks to headline Warner Bros. Pictures’ Dungeons and Dragons movie Warner Bros. Pictures‘ Dungeons and Dragons movie may have found its first star. Deadline today reports that Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars, The Divergent Series) is in early negotiations to play a leading role in the Rob Letterman film. Dungeons and Dragons, the quintessential role playing game, first became popular in 1974, and since then has amassed millions of players and fans worldwide.