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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[Xyxox]

This trailer alone is superior in every way to the last two D&D movies.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Re: Forgotten Realms lore

That floating Red Wizard is apparently who everyone thinks he must be, according to Polygon.

Jolly good. There's really only one super-memorable Red Wizard and it seems that it is he.

 

[Haplo781]

Worked fine in older Eds before everything had to be magical and super heroic.

Ah, the good old days, when only some classes got to do cool things.

 

[Xyxox]

Jolly good. There's really only one super-memorable Red Wizard and it seems that it is

That was the way I perceived things.

 

[Jaeger]

Everything from the dialogue, to actions shots, make this feel like a marvel avengers movie in a fantasy setting.

In the movies defense: Past the early levels Official D&D has been fantasy superheroes for a while now...

 

[DarkCrisis]

Ah, the good old days, when only some classes got to do cool things.

Ive played every class under the sun in every Ed since 2. All my characters did Cool Things. I didn't need some magical crutch to feel like I was having fun

 

[Clint_L]

They're saving the subtle brainteasers, deep philosophical musings and discussions of how violence dehumanizes both the perpetrator and the victim for the next trailer.

I feel like maybe there is a middle ground between that and lazy hack writing. There are action films, yes even action comedies, that are cleverly written, believe it or not.

 

[Haplo781]

I feel like maybe there is a middle ground between that and lazy hack writing. There are action films, yes even action comedies, that are cleverly written, believe it or not.

Guardians of the Galaxy is typing

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I feel like maybe there is a middle ground between that and lazy hack writing. There are action films, yes even action comedies, that are cleverly written, believe it or not.

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.

 

[Mistwell]

Tone feels right, effects are looking good and the actors are all charming. Still optimistic for the film to be good.

Interesting that the comments section is turned off on the YouTube page. (Edit: Comments were turned on after I posted this)

I imagine this released now rather than with Quantumania in a few weeks as either a way for WotC to try and change the conversation or as a way to gage if the OGL issue is effecting the brand as a whole.

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.