Don’t expect to see any d20s to get rolled in the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie. Next month, Paramount Pictures and Entertainment One will release Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, a movie set in the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting of the Forgotten Realms. However, while the movie is ostensibly based on the game, we shouldn’t expect to see any actual D&D gameplay in the movie itself. Speaking to IGN over the weekend, co-directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein spoke about the lack of Dungeons & Dragons (the game) in their movie. “This is notย Jumanji,” said Daley. There’s so much fun to be had just in the world of D&D that we didn’t have to bring it into our world and show kids playing.” ย
Goldstein also noted that it would “limit the absolute scope of this world if we were to sort of put it through the lens of a game being played.”ย
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However, while fans shouldn’t expect to see a Dungeon Master rolling dice behind a DM’s screen, the directors assured fans that the movie would still be an authentic D&D experience. “All the spells and monsters and creatures that they come across are authentic to the lore, but we definitely took some liberties to give you the most action-packed fun that we could,” Goldstein noted.ย
While some fans were hoping for more of a game-y element (given that Daley and Goldstein also directed Game Night), the call to focus on the D&D lore is probably a smart move. While the contrast between a meek player and a brash character can be fun, Dungeons & Dragons isn’t quite as ubiquitous as other franchises and the directors likely want to ease newcomers to the world of the game.ย
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves will be released on March 31st.ย
