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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[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I know this is going to freak some people out, but between owlbear wildshaping and the earthen grasp interaction, it's possible that Hollywood may be going with the Rule of Cool, rather than RAW.

 

[cbwjm]

I know this is going to freak some people out, but between owlbear wildshaping and the earthen grasp interaction, it's possible that Hollywood may be going with the Rule of Cool, rather than RAW.

Which sounds like it's staying true to the game as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Only if Realmslore had a spell SPECIFICALLY made to counter them Hand spells...but then can't expect anyone involved with the movie to know any Realmslore.

Or to give a crap.

This is not supposed to be a Forgotten Realms Ken Burns documentary.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Nobody's gonna be counting spell slots in this movie.

Oh, I think we know there's at least one person on this thread who will be.

 

[OB1]

Yeah, I guess it's not a big blockbuster, so it doesn't need to have simultaneous worldwide release.

Well, more that it's not an established blockbuster franchise (yet). But even then, it's not unusual to not get simultaneous worldwide release. They weigh the possibility of pirate copies flooding the market against the benefit of being able to focus on marketing in each territory as well as the release schedule of competing films.

 

[FrozenNorth]

The Bigys hand is more of a spell effect then an object.

Bigby’s spell description LITERALLY specifies that the hand is an object.

 

[FrozenNorth]

Or to give a crap.

This is not supposed to be a Forgotten Realms Ken Burns documentary.

Damn you! Now I want a Ken Burns Forgotten Realms documentary.

 

[cbwjm]

I just rewatched the trailer and now that I've seen it for a second time and picked up more details, I do think that I'm still gonna love this movie, it looks awesome and a lot of fun and I don't know why so many people seem to be against it.

 

[Rabulias]

Or remember that time in the 90s where, after the success of Tim Burton's Batman, studios decided to adapt characters like Dick Tracy, the Shadow, or the Phantom and how well that went?

Hey! I kinda liked The Phantom movie...

All three of those films had great soundtracks, though!

 

[OB1]

Bigby’s spell description LITERALLY specifies that the hand is an object.

And counterspelling a 5th level spell with a 3rd level counterspell is a DC15 Spell Ability check, a 50/50 chance for a 5th level character with an 18 in their Spellcasting ability. Heck, a 5th level character could counterspell Meteor Storm 30% of the time. So what's the issue?