D&D Movie/TV Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves sequel script finished, looking for studio

On an appearance on the Discourse Podcast from Playlist, writer/directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein stated they have finished he script to a sequel to Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.

“I think Hasbro is a big believer in it, and if they can figure out a studio partner to make it work, they’ll want to proceed,” Goldstein said.

The pair also addressed the underperformance of the film, which made $208 million global box office against a $150 million budget.

“It was very much a product of not-so-great timing when the first movie came out. It came out four days before the Super Mario movie, which broke records,” Daley said. “It came out a month after Wizards of the Coast changed the official gaming license, prompting many D&D fans to boycott the game, and I don’t think the marketing did enough to tell people who weren’t already fans that this movie might be for them. Yeah, so it was a perfect storm of all of those elements, and we’ll see.

“I mean, look, it’s something that is near and dear to our hearts in that we loved making the first one. We fell in love with the characters, and there’s so much potential in a sequel because the first act isn’t filled with exposition or introduction to this family that we’ve already become accustomed to. So you can kind of launch right into the story, which is really nice.”

As we all know, there always seems to be some mitigating situation making it difficult to get together for a second session.

This comes following news of a Ravenloft television series from Netflix earlier this week.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Yeah, the comedy landed, which is the big difference from MotU!

 

[VashVet]

Yeah, the comedy landed, which is the big difference from MotU!

You have got a massive hate-on for that movie, man.

 

[GM Lent]

The first few scenes of the first movie left a bad taste in my mouth - I am so freaking sick of sexual assault being used as a motivation for female characters - but the rest of the movie was very enjoyable. I'm definitely interested in a sequel if they can pull of the same hat trick twice, less the SA.

 

[EthanSental]

I watched it again today on Netflix…I think it’s a type of movie that if k ever see it on, I stop and end up watching it…those types of movies are few and far between for me.

 

[Scribe]

I watched it again today on Netflix…I think it’s a type of movie that if k ever see it on, I stop and end up watching it…those types of movies are few and far between for me.

I've only seen some clips, and it seemed better than people made it out to be, but I also enjoyed Thor Love and Thunder, so what do I know, I'm a movie casual.

 

[Remathilis]

I hope they green light the sequels: We still need a fighter, wizard, and cleric movie to round out the party.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

I hope they green light the sequels: We still need a fighter, wizard, and cleric movie to round out the party.

I see what you did there...
Or maybe not... In that case, we also need a bard...

 

[VashVet]

I watched it again today on Netflix…I think it’s a type of movie that if k ever see it on, I stop and end up watching it…those types of movies are few and far between for me.

Yeah, I’ve rewatched that movie a lot - it’s on a rotation like only a few movies have been, and it’s probably the only recent movie to get that kind of traction in my household.

 

[LordLothar]

1- Master of the Universe was great

2- You all are forgeting the time when Honor amoung Thieves were launch, early pos-pandemic, all the movies were trying to understand the new moment and the Paramount moment.

 

[Zardnaar]

1- Master of the Universe was great

2- You all are forgeting the time when Honor amoung Thieves were launch, early pos-pandemic, all the movies were trying to understand the new moment and the Paramount moment.

2. Other movies did a lot better same time frame. It wasn't launched 2020.