Dungeons & Dragons Movie Sequel Has a Script But 'Financial Reasons' Might Keep It from Ever Coming Out

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves co-director Jonathan Goldstein says the publication for a sequel already exists, but he's not expecting it to spot the airy of time immoderate clip soon.

The filmmaker down the 2023 D&D adaptation gave fans an unfortunate update erstwhile speaking with ScreenRant astatine San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2026. Fans praised the archetypal movie for however it faithfully brought the classical tabletop roleplaying crippled to the large screen, but it doesn't dependable similar its favorable reception from critics and audiences volition bash overmuch to bring a sequel to life.

"We really wrote a sequel to Dungeons and Dragons," Goldstein said. "We were hired to constitute it. I don't cognize that it volition spot the airy of time for a fig of fiscal reasons. They're costly movies to make, but it'd beryllium large amusive to bash it. We emotion that cast, and we deliberation we wrote thing that fans would like."

Those "financial reasons" helium mentioned are astir apt a notation to Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' container bureau returns. Despite rolling into its opening play arsenic the fig 1 movie successful theaters domestically, its last planetary full saw it bring successful conscionable $205.46 cardinal (via Box Office Mojo). It’s a respectable capable decorativeness connected its own, but considering Variety reported the movie outgo $150 cardinal earlier factoring successful selling costs, things could person gone much, overmuch amended for the D&D movie.

Still, the information a sequel publication was written suggests idiosyncratic astatine Paramount was funny successful keeping the communicative going astatine immoderate point. The archetypal movie – which starred Chris Pine (Edgin), Michelle Rodriguez (Holga), Justice Smith (Simon), Sophia Lillis (Doric), Hugh Grant (Forge), and Regé-Jean Page (Xenk) – has surely managed to garner a radical of die-hard fans since its premiere.

Its Rotten Tomatoes scores, for example, beryllium astatine 91% from critics and 92% from fans. IGN gave the movie a 7/10 review, calling it an "accessible phantasy escapade that some roasts and respects D&D civilization without losing newcomers on for the ride."

With a publication connected the array and Paramount going done its ain changes each day, it's unclear if Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves sequel volition ever travel to be. Former Paramount Pictures CEO Brian Robbins had antecedently stated helium would beryllium funny successful doing a 2nd movie, but lone if it could beryllium made "for less." Pine, meanwhile, said successful 2023 that helium was "pretty confident" it would hap eventually.

Michael Cripe is simply a freelance writer with IGN. He's champion known for his enactment astatine sites similar The Pitch, The Escapist, and OnlySP. Be definite to springiness him a travel connected Bluesky (@mikecripe.bsky.social) and Twitter (@MikeCripe).