"Who needs heroes when you have thieves?" This is Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves. This fantasy heist action comedy film directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, written by Goldstein, Daley and Michael Gilio, and based on the tabletop role-playing game of the same title. 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.
In early May 2013, Warner Bros. Pictures and Courtney Solomon's Sweetpea Entertainment announced a film based on on the titular tabletop role-playing game with David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick penning the script. Two days later, Hasbro issued a lawsuit saying that they were co-producing a film at Universal Pictures with Chris Morgan directing and penning the script. In early August 2015, after U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee urged Sweetpea Entertainment and Hasbro to settle the film rights case, the Warner Bros. film was set for pre-production with Hasbro. In mid May 2016, Rob Letterman was hired to direct. In April 2017, actor Joe Manganiello, an avid fan of the game, revealed that he had penned a script with John Cassel for the project and was "talking to all the right parties" to make the film happen. In December, after varying degrees of progression, the film was moved by Hasbro to Paramount Pictures and was scheduled for a July 23, 2021 release date. In February 2018, Paramount was in talks with both Chris McKay and Michael Gilio to direct and pen the film. In March 2019, it was revealed that Gilio had completed a first draft and studio executives expressed excitement for the film. The studio began negotiations with various talent, as the casting process began. In late July, Goldstein and Daley were hired to replace McKay after the latter left to direct The Tomorrow War (2021). By January 2020, Goldstein and Daley announced that they had penned a new draft of the script. By mid April 2021, Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant, and Daisy Head were cast. At the same time, with a budget of $150 million, principal photography commenced and wrapped in late August. Filming took place in Iceland and Northern Ireland. The release date subsequently shifted to November 19, 2021 before being pushed back further to May 27, 2022. In April 2021, the release date was further delayed to March 3, 2023. In late April 2022, the film's official title was announced as Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. In November 2022, the film's release was once again pushed back to March 31, 2023.
The cast has great chemistry and if you grew up in a competitive family you will be able to relate to it like I did.
While the film obviously hasn't set out to redefine a genre, but it does succeed on its own modest terms, offering both an enthralling adventure and memorable characters.
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