D&D Movie/TV There's A New Trailer For D&D: Honor Among Thieves

A brand new trailer for the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons movie has just been released! The movie comes out March 31st. This trailer very much highlights the tongue-in-cheek nature of the movie and is filled with one-liners. The trailer also gives us a good luck at the Red Wizards of Thay, along with the mimic, the owlbear, and other iconic D&D monsters.

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[Mistwell]

I'm going to have to disagree. Every post, message, tweet, comment, builds upon the rest.

If Wizards turns back from their flawed thinking, then the goal is accomplished.

All you're doing by trolling this thread with that stuff is make me and likely others want to stick you on ignore. Which will make your voice heard less often, even when it should be heard when the OGL is the topic. I mean, we have an entire forum section for OGL discussion and you're not in it. Are you just going to threadcrap every single thread at EnWorld and elsewhere for a decade?

 

[cbwjm]

It does, but that exact same gag also happens in a zillion movies every year. Particularly Marvel movies, which this thing is so trying to emulate. Not mention:

"I don't want to watch you die"
"So I'm going to look the other way." (or whatever the exact line was)

For me, these come off as lazy writing. As soon as Hugh Grant said the first line, we all knew what was coming. Just like as soon as one character says "Don't do that thing!" we all know what is going to happen.

I didn't feel like it was lazy writing, I thought it was all fun to see and listen to, Hugh's timing I thought was perfect, so to me it comes off as a fun script that doesn't take things too seriously.

 

[jerryrice4949]

I know we all, as hardcore D&D players and DMs, think this news is the most dominant and important news.

It's non-existent to the world at large for the most part. The people behind the movie, who are mostly in Northern Ireland, have almost entirely never even heard of the OGL. The people seeing the ads, almost entirely, have also never heard of it. Nothing which happens with the movie is motivated in any way by what's happening with the OGL and the people at WOTC working on the OGL have zero influence at this stage over anything with the movie and vice versa.

So right. People in these forums who want to see the movie but who are boycotting due to the OGL fiasco are only punishing themselves. Their numbers are not nearly sufficient enough to make or break this movie. It will succeed or fail based on appeal to a general audience.

 

[EthanSental]

I’ll see it, excited to see it like I was for the first Thor movie…as I obviously dont get that excited for movies but this one does.

Like a couple others have said, boycotting this or even the Baldurs gate game just seems off in my opinion. Don’t let the OGL anger spill over and be the thing that consumes a persons life, this movie may put a smile on your face

 

[This Effin’ GM]

I refuse to be a part of not seeing Chris Pine do fun things.

 

[sevenbastard]

I hear the end credits have stats for a spellless ranger variation. If you sit through the whole thing.

 

[OB1]

I know we all, as hardcore D&D players and DMs, think this news is the most dominant and important news.

It's non-existent to the world at large for the most part. The people behind the movie, who are mostly in Northern Ireland, have almost entirely never even heard of the OGL. The people seeing the ads, almost entirely, have also never heard of it. Nothing which happens with the movie is motivated in any way by what's happening with the OGL and the people at WOTC working on the OGL have zero influence at this stage over anything with the movie and vice versa.

I mean, of course most people haven't heard of the OGL controversy. And the trailer already has almost 4M views and is trending on YouTube at #9. But I also am certain that there were conversations about how the OGL controversy might effect the trailer drop between WotC brand managers and Paramount as well as within Paramount internally, they both have a vested interest in how the movie performs. Monday at 9a with no pre hype isn't the normal way that trailers for franchise films drop. So it's interesting (to me) to try and deduce the reason behind that. Again, I think the trailer looks amazing and I for one can't wait for the film.

 

[jerryrice4949]

I mean, of course most people haven't heard of the OGL controversy. And the trailer already has almost 4M views and is trending on YouTube at #9. But I also am certain that there were conversations about how the OGL controversy might effect the trailer drop between WotC brand managers and Paramount as well as within Paramount internally, they both have a vested interest in how the movie performs. Monday at 9a with no pre hype isn't the normal way that trailers for franchise films drop. So it's interesting (to me) to try and deduce the reason behind that. Again, I think the trailer looks amazing and I for one can't wait for the film.

Maybe but this is the 3rd trailer I have seen so it is not like the 1st trailer to drop.

 

[Clint_L]

Being mad that the D&D movie is trying to be a fun crowd-pleaser that appeals to the broadest possible audience is a weird complaint.

I love smart, fun action movies. They also get a smaller overall audience, especially internationally -- the smart stuff is literally harder to translate for an audience that now makes up the majority of action movie audiences. The studio just wants this to be Guardians of the Galaxy with Swords.

A) Who's mad?

B) I also didn't complain that "the D&D movie is trying to be a fun crowd-pleaser that appeals to the broadest possible audience." I complained that the writing in the scenes they chose to highlight is lazy. Which it patently is.

I enjoy crowd-pleasers. A film can be a "fun crowd-pleaser" with broad appeal and still be well-written. I consider Guardians of the Galaxy to be a "fun, smart action movie." Much of the MCU is fun, smart action movies, so I don't buy the argument that good writing doesn't sell.

It's obvious that they are trying to make a Guardians of the Galaxy knock-off. That's my point. The characters, the casting, the action beats and most especially the dialogue are all telling us that this will be a predictable action comedy. They are aiming for a nice, safe B. And if they make it, that will be fine. I'm sure I will eat my popcorn and enjoy it well enough. Based on what I've seen, I fear it will be more like a C, though. I'll still go, but my spouse will be annoyed with me for taking them.

If they are trying to build an entertainment empire it would be more inspiring if they started it by going for more than "good enough."

Also, and this is a personal issue, but that Bridgerton actor is terrible. Maybe he'll be more watchable in the actual film, but his performance in these trailers is pure cringe.

 

[This Effin’ GM]

It's obvious that they are trying to make a Guardians of the Galaxy knock-off. That's my point. The characters, the casting, the action beats and most especially the dialogue are all telling us that this will be a predictable action comedy.

I always forget that Guardians was the first movie in the “Action Comedy involving team of misfits” genre.