Finally, after years of delays, a new Dungeons & Dragons movie has a release date, a full title, and a trailer. Official announcements on Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves have been a long time coming and finally fans have some of the information they have been waiting for. For fans of the classic tabletop role-playing game and fans of fantasy in general this has been a great year, with a great deal of information, fun, as well as interactive events relating to the film shown at San Diego Comic-Con.
Following a ten-year hiatus in the franchise, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is due to hit theaters next March, and a sneak preview of the trailer was screened at last month’s Comic-Con. After the cartoon in the 1980s and three films in the early 2000s, what can we expect from this latest film? We’ve got you covered.
The film follows an adventuring party made up (obviously) of thieves, who “helped the wrong person steal the wrong thing.” Now in order to save the world the merry band of misfits must steal the item back and right their wrongs on the adventure of a lifetime. Writer and director John Francis Daley has confirmed that Honor Among Thieves will be filled to the brim with D&D spells, tropes, and fun easter eggs. Meanwhile, star Chris Pine has described the movie as a cross between Game of Thrones, Princess Bride, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and everyone’s favorite 80’s classic, The Goonies — which is a combination I personally can’t wait to see.
The Trailer
A new teaser for Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves came along in early December. Aside from showing off even more of the fearsome foes that our heroes will take on in the film,
After a short title reveal trailer was released back in April, fans have been impatiently awaiting a proper trailer. On July 21st their wishes were granted and the first full trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves was released. The trailer does a great job showing off the characters and world of the film. Set to Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love,” the trailer shows off both the action and comedy that the film promises to bring. And yes, someone did turn into an owlbear, and we’re pretty sure we spotted a mimic disguised as a chest as well.
What is Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves About?
A plot summary from Paramount Pictures released alongside the trailer (more on that later) reads:
“A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.”
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves follows a team of thieves (unsurprising given the title) who, “helped the wrong person steal the wrong thing,” and now have to fix their mistakes and save the world. They might be thieves, but that doesn’t mean they’re going to let the ultimate evil take over their world.
The team includes Elgin, a bard, who is also the planner of the group, Holga a barbarian, Xenk, a paladin, Simon, a sorcerer, and Doric, a tiefling druid.
The official synopsis from Paramount reads:
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Cast
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves stars some of the biggest names in Hollywood, with Chris Pine playing Elgin, bard, in one of the leading roles. Pine is best known as Captain James Kirk in the recent Star Trek films. He also played Steve Trevor in Wonder Woman.
Michelle Rodriguez also stars, playing a barbarian character named Holga. Rodriguez’s film and TV career include playing Ana on Lost and of course playing Letty in the Fast and Furious franchise.
Playing an aristocratic but antagonistic rogue named Forge Fletcher is the perfectly cast Hugh Grant. Grant has played roguishly charming men in everything from Bridget Jones’s Diary to Paddington 2. He was recently in The Undoing, where he played a darker, but still charismatic character. We’re looking forward to seeing his turn as Forge Fletcher in Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves. Grant noted that he was excited by the script because it was one of the few he had been offered recently that made him laugh, and he found aspects of it reminiscent of Monty Python.
Michelle Rodriguez also stars, playing a barbarian character named Holga. Rodriguez’s film and TV career include playing Ana on Lost and of course playing Letty in the Fast and Furious franchise.
Playing an aristocratic but antagonistic rogue named Forge Fletcher is the perfectly cast Hugh Grant. Grant has played roguishly charming men in everything from Bridget Jones’s Diary to Paddington 2. He was recently in The Undoing, where he played a darker, but still charismatic character. We’re looking forward to seeing his turn as Forge Fletcher in Dungeons & Dragons Honor Among Thieves. Grant noted that he was excited by the script because it was one of the few he had been offered recently that made him laugh, and he found aspects of it reminiscent of Monty Python.
Justice Smith, who audiences may recognize from Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom or Detective Pikachu, will be playing a sorcerer named Simon. Smith has also played roles including Zeke in The Get Down, and Radar in Paper Towns.
Regé-Jean Page, yes, Simon Basset from Bridgerton, will play a paladin named Xenk. We can’t wait to find out what led a paladin to become a thief. Page was also in the film The Gray Man which came out in 2022.
Playing a tiefling druid named Doric is Sophia Lillis. Lillis was in Sharp Objects, It Chapter Two, and played Nancy Drew in 2019’s Nancy Drew and Hidden Staircase.
Jason Wong, known for his role in Jarhead 2 and ITV’s Strangers, plays Dralas. Daisy Head from the Netflix series Shadow and Bone and The horror film Wrong Turn also have a role, as does Chloe Coleman of Little Big Lies.
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: Release Date
In recent years, it almost feels as though shifting release dates is a given for many Hollywood films, and Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves has slipped more than most. An initial premiere of July 2021 in time for the summer blockbuster season was nixed by the Covid pandemic. The second date of November 2021 also got bumped, with Paramount’s Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One and Top Gun: Maverick receiving a higher priority. Honor Among Thieves was one of ten Paramount films affected.
The third date May 27, 2022, was then shifted to March 3, 2023. Producers will be hoping for big draws, especially in the light of reports that a television series made by eOne — who co-produced the film with Paramount — featuring a Dungeons and Dragons extended universe is in the works.
