Paramount Pictures is delving into the fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) world with the upcoming feature film adaptation of Hasbro’s incredibly popular Dungeons & Dragons. The studio released a short video announcement revealing the D&D film, which has already wrapped up production, is now officially titled Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. Paramount also confirmed they’re sticking with the March 3, 2023 theatrical release date.
Cast members include Chris Pine (All the Old Knives), Michelle Rodriguez (the Fast and Furious franchise), Regé-Jean Page (Bridgerton), Justice Smith (Detective Pikachu), Sophia Lillis (I Am Not Okay With This), Chloe Coleman (Upload), and Hugh Grant (The Undoing). Game Night filmmakers Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley directed and also wrote the screenplay with Michael Gilio (story by Gilio and Chris McKay).
Jeremy Latcham, Brian Goldner, and Nick Meyer produced, with Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Chris Pine, Zev Foreman, Greg Mooradian, and Denis L. Stewart executive producing.
Paramount’s title announcement didn’t include any specific information on the plot.
This isn’t the first time Hollywood’s attempted to adapt D&D into a feature film. Courtney Solomon directed 2000’s disastrous version of the RPG starring Jeremy Irons, Thora Birch, and Marlon Wayans. That film earned a rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with only 10% of the critics awarding it a positive review. The New Line Cinema release grossed just $33 million during its theatrical run and failed to recoup its $45 million budget.
