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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves · Verbal Diorama

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Hi,
2:07
everyone.
2:07
I'm
2:07
Em,
2:07
and
2:07
welcome
2:08
to
2:08
verbal
2:08
diorama,
2:09
episode
2:09
278,
2:11
Dungeons
2:12
&
2:12
Dragons,
2:13
Honor
2:13
Among
2:13
Thieves.
2:14
This
2:15
is
2:15
the
2:15
podcast
2:15
that's
2:15
all
2:15
about
2:16
the
2:16
history
2:16
and
2:16
legacy
2:16
of
2:17
movies
2:17
you
2:17
know
2:18
and
2:18
movies
2:18
you
2:18
don't.
2:19
That
2:19
does
2:19
very
2:20
much
2:20
traffic
2:20
in
2:21
colloquialisms.
2:22
As
2:23
always,
2:23
welcome
2:23
to
2:23
Verbal
2:24
Diorama.
2:24
Whether
2:24
you
2:24
are
2:25
a
2:25
brand
2:25
new
2:25
listener
2:25
to
2:26
this
2:26
podcast,
2:27
whether
2:27
you're
2:27
just
2:27
a
2:27
massive
2:28
fan
2:28
of
2:28
Dungeons
2:28
and
2:29
Dragons,
2:29
or
2:30
whether
2:30
you
2:30
are
2:31
a
2:31
regular
2:31
returning
2:32
listener,
2:33
thank
2:33
you
2:33
for
2:33
being
2:33
here.
2:33
Thank
2:34
you
2:34
for
2:34
choosing
2:34
to
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listen
2:35
to
2:35
this
2:35
podcast.
2:36
I
2:36
am
2:37
so
2:37
happy
2:37
to
2:37
be
2:38
back,
2:39
first
2:39
and
2:39
foremost,
2:40
but
2:40
also
2:40
so
2:41
happy
2:41
to
2:41
have
2:41
you
2:41
here
2:41
for
2:41
the
2:42
history
2:42
and
2:42
legacy
2:43
of
2:43
Dungeons
2:44
and
2:44
Dragons,
2:44
Honor
2:45
Among
2:45
Thieves.
2:46
So
2:47
where
2:47
have
2:48
I
2:48
been?
2:48
Well,
2:49
you'll
2:49
notice
2:49
that
2:50
the
2:50
podcast
2:50
has
2:50
recently
2:51
released
2:52
some
2:52
from
2:52
the
2:52
archive
2:53
episodes
2:54
which
2:54
were
2:54
some
2:55
slightly
2:55
older,
2:55
maybe
2:56
three,
2:56
four
2:56
year
2:57
old
2:57
episodes
2:57
that
2:58
obviously
2:58
came
2:58
out
2:59
a
2:59
long
2:59
time
2:59
ago,
2:59
and
3:00
maybe
3:00
people
3:00
haven't
3:01
listened.
3:01
And
3:02
so
3:02
I
3:02
thought,
3:02
I'm
3:02
taking
3:03
a
3:03
break
3:03
in
3:03
November,
3:04
so
3:04
I'll
3:04
just
3:05
do
3:05
a
3:05
month
3:05
of
3:06
those
3:06
episodes.
3:07
And
3:07
I
3:07
ended
3:07
up
3:08
taking
3:08
a
3:08
bit
3:08
of
3:08
an
3:09
extended
3:09
break.
3:10
I
3:10
had
3:10
a
3:10
couple
3:10
of
3:10
weeks
3:11
off,
3:11
and
3:11
then
3:12
the
3:12
other
3:12
couple
3:12
of
3:13
weeks
3:13
is
3:14
actually
3:14
now
3:15
as
3:15
I'm
3:15
recording
3:15
this
3:16
episode.
3:16
I'm
3:17
currently
3:17
recording
3:17
this
3:18
in
3:18
mid
3:18
November
3:19
to
3:19
be
3:19
released
3:20
in
3:20
early
3:21
December,
3:21
and
3:21
I've
3:22
never
3:22
had
3:22
that
3:22
privilege
3:23
before.
3:24
What
3:24
that
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means
3:25
is
3:25
instead
3:26
of
3:26
working
3:26
a
3:26
week
3:26
in
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advance,
3:27
I'm
3:27
now
3:27
working
3:28
three
3:28
weeks
3:28
in
3:29
advance,
3:29
and
3:30
that
3:30
means
3:30
I
3:30
will
3:30
have
3:31
a
3:31
buffer
3:31
of
3:31
episodes.
3:32
So
3:32
if
3:32
I
3:33
am
3:33
sick
3:33
or
3:34
busy.
3:35
It's
3:35
no
3:35
crisis.
3:36
But
3:36
as
3:36
always,
3:37
I
3:37
am
3:37
so
3:37
grateful
3:38
to
3:38
everyone
3:38
who
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has
3:39
continued
3:39
to
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listen
3:40
to
3:40
and
3:40
support
3:40
this
3:40
podcast,
3:41
especially
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over
3:42
the
3:42
kind
3:43
of
3:43
very
3:43
brief
3:43
hiatus
3:44
that
3:44
I've
3:44
taken.
3:45
I've
3:46
been
3:46
doing
3:46
this
3:46
podcast
3:46
for
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almost
3:47
six
3:47
years
3:48
now,
3:48
and
3:48
obviously
3:49
this
3:49
is
3:49
episode
3:49
278.
3:51
It
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means
3:51
so
3:52
much
3:52
that
3:53
people
3:53
still
3:53
support
3:54
this
3:54
podcast
3:55
and
3:55
we
3:55
are
3:56
firmly
3:56
getting
3:57
into
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the
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festive
3:58
season.
3:59
Obviously,
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I'm
4:00
recording
4:00
this
4:00
in
4:00
November,
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but
4:01
I'm
4:01
going
4:01
to
4:01
pretend
4:02
it's
4:02
December
4:02
and
4:03
say
4:03
that
4:03
this
4:03
month
4:04
is
4:04
Christmas
4:05
season.
4:05
And
4:06
while
4:06
you
4:06
might
4:06
think
4:06
Dungeons
4:07
and
4:07
Dragons
4:07
isn't
4:08
particularly
4:09
festive,
4:10
I
4:10
disagree
4:11
because
4:12
pine
4:12
is
4:13
a
4:13
very
4:13
Christmassy
4:14
scent.
4:15
And
4:16
this
4:16
movie
4:16
is
4:16
one
4:17
that
4:17
I've
4:17
wanted
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to
4:17
cover
4:18
on
4:18
the
4:18
podcast
4:18
for
4:19
a
4:19
very
4:19
long
4:19
time.
4:20
I
4:20
saw
4:20
this
4:20
movie
4:21
in
4:21
the
4:21
cinema
4:21
twice.
4:22
I
4:23
enjoyed
4:23
it
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so
4:24
much,
4:24
I
4:25
also
4:25
own
4:25
it
4:25
on
4:25
Blu
4:26
Ray.
4:26
I've
4:27
watched
4:27
it
4:27
at
4:28
home
4:28
on
4:28
Blu
4:28
Ray
4:29
a
4:29
couple
4:29
of
4:29
times.
4:30
And
4:30
just
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like
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Holger,
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I
4:32
never
4:32
want
4:32
to
4:32
be
4:33
disturbed
4:33
when
4:34
eating
4:34
my
4:34
potatoes.
4:36
Here
4:36
is
4:36
the
4:37
trailer
4:37
for
4:37
Dungeons
4:38
and
4:38
Honor
4:39
Among
4:39
Thieves.
5:53
Having
5:54
spent
5:54
two
5:54
long
5:55
years
5:55
in
5:55
a
5:55
dark
5:55
and
5:56
dank
5:56
prison
5:56
cell
5:57
after
5:57
a
5:57
botched
5:58
attempt
5:58
to
5:58
get
5:58
his
5:59
hands
5:59
on
5:59
a
5:59
magical
5:59
artifact
6:00
to
6:00
resurrect
6:01
his
6:01
dead
6:01
wife
6:02
Lute,
6:02
playing
6:03
bard
6:03
turned
6:04
thief
6:04
Edgin
6:04
Darvis,
6:05
hatches
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a
6:06
plan
6:06
to
6:06
escape.
6:07
Despite
6:07
being
6:08
granted
6:08
his
6:09
pardon,
6:09
the
6:10
once
6:10
respected
6:11
former
6:11
member
6:11
of
6:11
the
6:12
noble
6:12
Harpers
6:13
and
6:13
his
6:13
fierce
6:13
barbarian
6:14
companion,
6:14
Holger
6:15
Kilgore,
6:16
set
6:16
out
6:16
to
6:16
reunite
6:17
with
6:17
his
6:17
daughter
6:18
Keira,
6:19
now
6:19
living
6:19
with
6:19
his
6:20
former
6:20
accomplice
6:21
Forge,
6:21
who
6:22
has
6:22
poisoned
6:22
Keira's
6:23
mind
6:23
against
6:23
her
6:24
father.
6:24
Edgin
6:25
and
6:25
Holgar
6:26
assemble
6:26
a
6:26
motley
6:27
crew
6:27
of
6:27
old
6:28
and
6:28
new
6:28
friends
6:29
to
6:29
not
6:29
only
6:29
rescue
6:30
Kira,
6:30
but
6:31
also
6:31
rob
6:31
Forge's
6:32
vault.
6:33
But
6:33
Forge
6:34
has
6:34
resurrected
6:34
the
6:35
previously
6:35
banned
6:35
Hoisen
6:36
games
6:37
and
6:37
the
6:37
group
6:37
are
6:37
captured
6:38
and
6:38
forced
6:39
to
6:39
take
6:39
part.
6:40
Let's,
6:41
as
6:41
always,
6:41
run
6:41
through
6:42
the
6:42
cast
6:42
of
6:42
this
6:43
movie.
6:43
We
6:43
have
6:43
Chris
6:44
Pine
6:44
as
6:44
Edgin
6:45
Davis,
6:46
Michelle
6:46
Rodriguez
6:47
as
6:47
Holger
6:48
Kilgore,
6:49
Reggae,
6:49
Jean
6:50
Page
6:50
as
6:50
Xenk
6:51
Yendar,
6:52
Justice
6:52
Smith
6:53
as
6:53
Simon
6:54
Omar,
6:55
Sophia
6:55
Lillis
6:56
as
6:56
Doric,
6:57
Hugh
6:57
Grant
6:58
as
6:58
Forge
6:58
Fitzwilliam,
6:59
Chloe
7:00
Coleman
7:00
as
7:01
Keira
7:01
Davis,
7:02
Daisy
7:03
Head
7:03
as
7:03
Sophina,
7:04
Jason
7:05
Wong
7:05
as
7:05
Dralus
7:06
and
7:07
Bradley
7:07
Cooper
7:08
as
7:08
Marlamin
7:09
Dungeons
7:10
and
7:10
Dragons
7:10
Honor
7:11
Among
7:11
Thieves
7:11
have
7:12
a
7:12
screenplay
7:12
by
7:13
Jonathan
7:13
Goldstein,
7:14
John
7:14
Francis
7:14
Daly
7:15
and
7:15
Michael
7:15
Giglio,
7:16
a
7:17
story
7:17
by
7:17
Chris
7:17
McKay
7:18
and
7:18
Michael
7:19
Giglio,
7:19
and
7:20
was
7:20
directed
7:21
by
7:21
Jonathan
7:21
Goldstein
7:22
and
7:22
John
7:22
Francis
7:23
Daly,
7:24
based
7:24
on
7:25
Dungeons
7:25
and
7:25
Dragons
7:26
by
7:26
Hasbro.
7:28
So
7:29
going
7:29
through
7:29
the
7:29
consonant
7:30
history
7:30
of
7:30
Dungeons
7:30
and
7:31
Dragons
7:31
from
7:31
a
7:32
non
7:32
player
7:33
perspective
7:33
isn't
7:34
particularly
7:35
easy.
7:35
However,
7:36
let
7:36
me
7:36
tell
7:36
you
7:36
that
7:36
as
7:37
a
7:37
non
7:37
player,
7:38
I
7:38
have
7:38
absolutely
7:38
loved
7:39
researching
7:40
this
7:40
episode.
7:41
I
7:41
will
7:41
tell
7:41
you
7:41
if
7:42
you're
7:42
here
7:42
to
7:42
hear
7:43
50
7:43
years
7:43
worth
7:44
of
7:44
game
7:44
lore,
7:45
you're
7:45
probably
7:46
in
7:46
the
7:46
wrong
7:46
place.
7:47
However,
7:47
if
7:47
you
7:48
are
7:48
interested,
7:48
I'm
7:49
going
7:49
to
7:49
be
7:49
listing
7:49
some
7:50
great
7:50
indie
7:51
D
7:51
and
7:51
D
7:51
podcasts
7:52
a
7:52
bit
7:52
later
7:53
on
7:53
in
7:53
this
7:53
episode
7:53
that
7:54
you
7:54
can
7:54
listen
7:54
to.
7:55
If
7:55
you
7:55
are
7:56
interested
7:56
in
7:56
all
7:57
of
7:57
that
7:57
or
7:57
game
7:58
mechanics
7:58
or
7:59
maybe
7:59
even
8:00
joining
8:00
a
8:00
game,
8:01
please
8:01
have
8:02
a
8:02
listen
8:02
to
8:02
those.
8:03
But
8:03
I'm
8:04
going
8:04
to
8:04
go
8:04
through
8:04
as
8:05
concise
8:05
a
8:06
summary
8:06
on
8:07
Dungeons
8:07
and
8:07
Dragons
8:08
over
8:09
the
8:09
last
8:09
50
8:09
years
8:10
as
8:10
I
8:10
possibly
8:11
can.
8:12
So
8:12
Dungeons
8:13
and
8:13
Dragons,
8:13
or
8:13
DND
8:14
as
8:14
it's
8:14
most
8:15
commonly
8:15
known,
8:16
was
8:16
created
8:16
and
8:17
designed
8:17
by
8:17
Gary
8:17
Gygacatz
8:18
and
8:18
Dave
8:19
Arneson.
8:19
First
8:20
published
8:20
in
8:20
1974
8:21
by
8:21
Tactical
8:22
Studies
8:22
Rules,
8:23
or
8:23
TSR,
8:24
it
8:24
was
8:24
somewhat
8:25
based
8:25
on
8:25
a
8:26
medieval
8:26
war
8:26
game
8:27
created
8:27
by
8:27
Gary
8:27
Gygac
8:28
and
8:28
Jeff
8:28
Perrin
8:29
in
8:29
1971
8:30
called
8:30
chainmail,
8:31
which
8:32
itself
8:32
was
8:32
based
8:33
on
8:33
the
8:33
medieval
8:33
war
8:34
game
8:34
Siege
8:34
of
8:34
Bodenberg,
8:35
created
8:36
by
8:36
Henry
8:36
Bodensted
8:37
in
8:37
1967.
8:39
TSR
8:40
would
8:40
buy
8:40
the
8:40
rights
8:41
to
8:41
chainmail
8:42
in
8:42
1975,
8:43
publishing
8:44
it
8:44
as
8:44
their
8:45
own
8:45
product.
8:46
The
8:46
original
8:47
iteration
8:47
of
8:47
DND,
8:48
referred
8:48
to
8:49
as
8:49
original
8:49
Dungeons
8:50
and
8:50
Dragons
8:50
or
8:51
Odd,
8:52
were
8:52
three
8:53
booklets
8:53
published
8:54
in
8:54
1974,
8:55
which
8:55
sold
8:56
a
8:56
thousand
8:56
copies
8:57
in
8:57
the
8:57
first
8:57
year
8:58
and
8:58
3,000
8:59
copies
8:59
the
8:59
following
9:00
year.
9:00
In
9:01
1977,
9:02
a
9:02
two
9:02
tiered
9:03
approach
9:03
to
9:03
the
9:03
game
9:03
was
9:04
created.
9:04
Dungeons
9:05
and
9:05
Dragons
9:06
Basic
9:06
Set
9:07
and
9:07
Advanced
9:07
Dungeons
9:08
and
9:08
Dragons,
9:09
that
9:09
is
9:09
an
9:10
introductory
9:10
game
9:11
and
9:11
a
9:11
more
9:11
complex
9:12
version
9:12
for
9:12
experienced
9:13
players
9:13
respectively.
9:14
The
9:15
basic
9:15
version
9:15
would
9:16
direct
9:16
players
9:16
who'd
9:17
essentially
9:17
finished
9:17
that
9:18
version
9:18
to
9:18
the
9:19
more
9:19
advanced
9:19
version,
9:20
but
9:20
as
9:20
a
9:20
result
9:21
of
9:21
this
9:21
parallel
9:21
development,
9:22
the
9:22
Basic
9:23
game
9:23
includes
9:24
many
9:24
rules
9:24
and
9:24
concepts
9:25
which
9:26
contradicted
9:26
comparable
9:27
ones
9:27
in
9:27
a
9:28
D
9:28
and
9:28
D,
9:29
and
9:29
while
9:29
the
9:29
Basic
9:30
was
9:30
seen
9:30
as
9:30
light
9:31
and
9:31
fun,
9:31
Advanced
9:32
was
9:32
more
9:33
strict
9:33
and
9:33
structured
9:34
and
9:34
new
9:34
rules
9:35
continued
9:35
to
9:35
be
9:35
published
9:36
into
9:36
the
9:37
80s.
9:38
In
9:38
1981
9:39
the
9:39
basic
9:39
version
9:40
became
9:40
more
9:40
beginner
9:40
friendly
9:41
for
9:41
its
9:41
second
9:41
version,
9:42
and
9:42
in
9:43
1989
9:43
advanced
9:44
D&D
9:45
second
9:45
edition
9:45
was
9:45
published,
9:46
moving
9:47
away
9:47
from
9:47
sword
9:47
and
9:48
sorcery
9:48
fantasy
9:49
fiction
9:49
to
9:49
a
9:49
mixture
9:50
of
9:50
medieval
9:51
history
9:51
and
9:51
mythology.
9:53
In
9:53
1997,
9:54
a
9:55
near
9:55
bankrupt
9:55
TSR
9:56
was
9:56
purchased
9:57
by
9:57
Wizards
9:57
of
9:57
the
9:58
Coast.
9:58
In
9:59
September
9:59
1999,
10:00
Hasbro
10:01
bought
10:01
Wizards
10:02
of
10:02
the
10:02
coast
10:03
for
10:03
about
10:03
$325
10:05
million
10:06
and
10:06
after
10:07
three
10:07
years
10:07
of
10:08
development,
10:09
Dungeons
10:06
&
10:09
Dragons
10:10
3rd
10:10
Edition
10:10
was
10:11
released
10:11
in
10:11
2000.
10:12
The
10:13
new
10:13
release
10:13
folded
10:14
the
10:14
Basic
10:14
and
10:14
advanced
10:15
lines
10:15
back
10:16
into
10:16
a
10:16
single
10:16
unified
10:17
game.
10:18
In
10:18
2003,
10:19
Dungeons
10:19
&
10:19
Dragons
10:20
v3.5
10:21
was
10:21
released
10:22
as
10:22
a
10:22
revision
10:23
of
10:23
the
10:23
third
10:23
edition
10:24
rules.
10:24
Player
10:25
feedback
10:25
of
10:26
the
10:26
third
10:26
and
10:26
3.5
10:27
editions
10:28
led
10:28
to
10:28
Wizards
10:29
of
10:29
the
10:29
coast
10:29
developing
10:30
the
10:30
fourth
10:30
edition
10:31
in
10:31
response
10:32
to
10:32
feedback
10:32
to
10:33
make
10:33
the
10:33
game
10:33
faster,
10:34
more
10:34
intuitive,
10:35
and
10:35
with
10:35
a
10:36
better
10:36
play
10:36
experience.
10:37
The
10:37
release
10:38
of
10:38
the
10:38
fifth
10:38
edition
10:39
coincided
10:40
with
10:40
DND's
10:41
40th
10:41
anniversary
10:42
in
10:42
the
10:42
second
10:43
half
10:43
of
10:43
2014.
10:44
DND
10:45
was
10:45
no
10:46
longer
10:46
a
10:46
game
10:46
for
10:46
geeks
10:47
to
10:47
play
10:47
in
10:47
their
10:48
basements,
10:48
it
10:49
was
10:49
going
10:49
mainstream.
10:50
It
10:50
had
10:50
been
10:50
featured
10:51
in
10:51
film
10:51
and
10:51
tv
10:52
most
10:52
prominently
10:53
in
10:53
recent
10:54
years
10:54
in
10:54
Netflix's
10:55
huge
10:55
hit
10:56
Stranger
10:56
Things,
10:57
with
10:57
the
10:57
main
10:57
antagonist
10:58
Vecna
10:59
named
10:59
by
10:59
the
11:00
characters
11:00
because
11:00
of
11:01
a
11:01
villain
11:01
from
11:01
DnD.
11:02
2017
11:03
had
11:04
the
11:04
biggest
11:04
number
11:05
of
11:05
players
11:05
in
11:05
DnD's
11:06
history,
11:07
12
11:07
to
11:07
15
11:08
million
11:08
in
11:08
North
11:09
America
11:09
alone.
11:10
Sales
11:10
of
11:11
5th
11:11
edition
11:11
Dungeons
11:12
and
11:12
Dragons
11:12
were
11:12
up
11:13
41%
11:14
in
11:14
2017
11:14
from
11:15
the
11:15
year
11:15
before
11:16
and
11:16
soared
11:16
another
11:17
52%
11:18
in
11:18
2018,
11:19
the
11:19
game's
11:20
biggest
11:20
sales
11:20
year
11:21
yet.
11:22
In
11:22
2020,
11:23
Wizards
11:24
of
11:24
the
11:24
coast
11:24
announced
11:25
that
11:25
Dungeons
11:25
and
11:26
Dragons
11:26
had
11:26
its
11:27
sixth
11:27
annual
11:27
year
11:28
of
11:28
growth
11:28
in
11:28
2019,
11:29
with
11:30
a
11:30
300%
11:31
increase
11:31
in
11:31
sales
11:31
of
11:32
their
11:32
introductory
11:32
box
11:33
sets
11:33
as
11:33
well
11:33
as
11:34
a
11:34
65%
11:35
increase
11:35
on
11:35
sales
11:36
in
11:36
Europe,
11:37
a
11:37
rate
11:37
which
11:37
had
11:38
more
11:38
than
11:38
quadrupled
11:39
since
11:39
2014.
11:40
In
11:41
terms
11:41
of
11:41
player
11:41
demographics
11:42
in
11:42
2019,
11:43
39%
11:45
identified
11:45
as
11:45
female
11:46
and
11:46
61%
11:47
identified
11:48
as
11:48
male.
11:49
40%
11:50
of
11:50
players
11:50
were
11:51
considered
11:51
Gen
11:52
Z
11:52
24
11:53
years
11:53
old
11:53
or
11:54
younger
11:54
and
11:55
34%
11:55
of
11:56
players
11:56
in
11:56
the
11:56
age
11:57
range
11:57
of
11:57
25
11:58
to
11:58
34,
11:59
and
11:59
26%
12:00
of
12:00
players
12:00
aged
12:01
above
12:01
35.
12:02
Virtual
12:03
play
12:03
in
12:03
2020
12:04
rose
12:04
86%
12:05
due
12:06
to
12:06
the
12:06
pandemic.
12:07
2024
12:08
is
12:08
the
12:08
50th
12:09
anniversary
12:09
of
12:09
Dungeons
12:10
and
12:10
Dragons,
12:11
Hasbro's
12:11
acquisition
12:12
of
12:12
the
12:12
D
12:12
and
12:13
D
12:13
Beyond
12:13
Digital
12:14
toolset
12:14
and
12:15
game
12:15
companions,
12:16
showing
12:16
that
12:16
Hasbro
12:17
are
12:17
investing
12:18
in
12:18
the
12:18
digital
12:18
future
12:19
of
12:19
DND
12:20
due
12:20
to
12:20
the
12:20
slowdown
12:21
of
12:21
physical
12:21
media
12:22
sales
12:22
and
12:23
also
12:23
wanting
12:23
to
12:24
unlock
12:24
the
12:24
sort
12:24
of
12:24
profit
12:25
you
12:25
only
12:25
tend
12:26
to
12:26
see
12:26
in
12:27
huge
12:27
video
12:27
game
12:27
releases.
12:28
For
12:28
many
12:29
players,
12:29
this
12:30
is
12:30
a
12:30
physical
12:31
media
12:31
game
12:32
you
12:32
play
12:32
in
12:33
person
12:33
with
12:33
a
12:33
group
12:33
of
12:34
friends
12:34
and
12:35
obviously
12:35
Hasbro
12:36
are
12:36
going
12:37
to
12:37
prioritize
12:37
profits
12:38
and
12:39
this
12:39
is
12:39
going
12:39
to
12:39
come
12:39
back
12:40
into
12:40
the
12:40
story
12:41
a
12:41
little
12:41
bit
12:41
later.
12:43
Things
12:43
haven't
12:43
always
12:44
been
12:44
plain
12:44
sailing
12:45
for
12:45
the
12:45
game
12:45
though.
12:46
In
12:46
the
12:46
late
12:47
70s
12:47
and
12:47
early
12:47
80s,
12:48
a
12:48
series
12:48
of
12:49
tragic
12:49
events
12:49
wrongfully
12:50
blamed
12:50
on
12:51
Dun
12:51
Dragons
12:52
tainted
12:52
his
12:53
reputation
12:53
for
12:54
decades.
12:54
James
12:55
Dallas
12:55
Egbert
12:56
III,
12:56
a
12:56
16
12:57
year
12:57
old
12:57
child
12:58
prodigy,
12:58
vanished
12:59
from
12:59
his
12:59
University
13:00
dorm
13:00
in
13:01
1979.
13:02
Egbert's
13:03
parents
13:03
hired
13:03
William
13:04
Deer,
13:04
a
13:05
private
13:05
investigator,
13:06
to
13:06
locate
13:06
their
13:06
son.
13:07
Despite
13:08
his
13:08
apparent
13:08
lack
13:09
of
13:09
knowledge
13:09
about
13:09
role
13:10
playing
13:10
games,
13:11
DIA
13:11
thought
13:11
that
13:11
Egbert's
13:12
disappearance
13:13
was
13:13
due
13:13
to
13:14
dnd.
13:15
In
13:15
actuality,
13:16
Egbert
13:16
had
13:17
gone
13:17
into
13:17
hiding
13:18
in
13:18
the
13:18
utility
13:18
tunnels
13:19
beneath
13:19
Michigan
13:20
State
13:20
University
13:21
during
13:22
a
13:22
period
13:22
of
13:22
cell
13:22
palm
13:23
and
13:23
suffered
13:23
from
13:24
depression
13:24
and
13:24
drug
13:25
addiction,
13:25
among
13:26
other
13:26
issues.
13:27
The
13:27
widely
13:27
reported
13:28
incident,
13:28
known
13:29
as
13:29
the
13:29
Steam
13:29
Tunnel
13:30
Incident
13:30
served
13:31
as
13:31
the
13:31
inspiration
13:32
for
13:32
several
13:32
fictional
13:33
works
13:33
such
13:34
as
13:34
the
13:34
book
13:34
Mazes
13:35
and
13:35
monsters
13:36
and
13:36
the
13:36
1982
13:37
Tom
13:37
Hanks
13:38
movie
13:38
of
13:38
the
13:38
same
13:39
name.
13:39
Egbert
13:40
later
13:40
died
13:41
from
13:41
a
13:41
self
13:41
inflicted
13:42
gunshot
13:42
wound
13:43
in
13:43
1980.
13:44
Despite
13:45
the
13:45
evidence
13:45
regarding
13:46
his
13:46
mental
13:46
health
13:47
problems,
13:47
some
13:48
activists
13:48
believed
13:49
Egbert's
13:49
suicide
13:50
was
13:50
caused
13:50
by
13:51
Dungeons
13:51
and
13:51
Dragons.
13:52
In
13:52
1982,
13:53
high
13:53
school
13:54
student
13:54
Irving
13:54
Lee
13:55
Pulling
13:55
died
13:56
after
13:56
shooting
13:56
himself
13:57
in
13:57
the
13:57
chest.
13:58
His
13:58
mother,
13:58
Patricia
13:59
Pulling,
13:59
believed
14:00
her
14:00
son's
14:00
suicide
14:01
was
14:01
caused
14:02
by
14:02
him
14:02
playing
14:02
DD
14:03
and
14:03
sued
14:04
tsr.
14:05
Despite
14:06
the
14:06
court
14:06
dismissing
14:07
these
14:07
cases,
14:08
Pulling
14:08
continued
14:09
her
14:09
campaign
14:09
by
14:10
forming
14:10
bothered
14:11
about
14:11
Dungeons
14:12
and
14:12
Dragons
14:12
or
14:12
Badd
14:13
in
14:14
1983
14:15
and
14:15
she
14:15
described
14:16
the
14:16
game
14:16
as
14:17
quote,
14:17
a
14:17
fantasy
14:18
role
14:18
playing
14:18
game
14:19
which
14:19
uses
14:19
demonology,
14:20
witchcraft,
14:21
voodoo,
14:22
murder,
14:23
rape,
14:24
blasphemy,
14:24
suicide,
14:25
assassination,
14:26
insanity,
14:27
sex,
14:28
perversion,
14:28
homosexuality,
14:29
prostitution,
14:30
satanic
14:31
type
14:31
rituals,
14:32
gambling,
14:33
barbarism,
14:34
cannibalism,
14:35
sadism,
14:35
desecration,
14:36
demon
14:37
summoning,
14:38
necromantics,
14:39
divination
14:39
and
14:40
other
14:40
teachings.
14:41
It
14:42
was
14:42
linked
14:42
to
14:42
the
14:42
Satanic
14:43
Panic
14:43
with
14:44
DND
14:44
named
14:45
as
14:45
a
14:45
satanic
14:45
cult
14:46
recruitment
14:46
tool
14:47
alongside
14:48
heavy
14:48
metal,
14:48
music,
14:49
TV
14:49
and
14:50
even
14:50
childcare
14:51
centers
14:51
and
14:51
educators.
14:52
DND
14:53
was
14:53
linked
14:53
to
14:53
28
14:54
murders
14:54
and
14:55
suicides.
14:56
In
14:56
response,
14:56
Gary
14:57
Gygax
14:58
said,
14:58
quote,
14:59
this
14:59
is
14:59
make
14:59
believe.
15:00
No
15:00
one
15:00
is
15:01
martyred.
15:01
There's
15:01
no
15:02
violence
15:02
there.
15:03
To
15:03
use
15:03
an
15:03
analogy
15:04
with
15:04
another
15:04
game,
15:05
who
15:05
is
15:05
bankrupted
15:06
by
15:06
a
15:06
game
15:06
of
15:07
Monopoly.
15:07
Nobody
15:08
is.
15:08
The
15:09
money
15:09
isn't
15:09
real.
15:10
There
15:10
is
15:10
no
15:10
link,
15:11
except
15:11
perhaps
15:12
in
15:12
the
15:12
mind
15:12
of
15:13
those
15:13
people
15:13
who
15:13
are
15:13
looking
15:14
desperately
15:15
for
15:15
any
15:15
other
15:15
cause
15:16
than
15:16
their
15:16
own
15:16
failures.
15:17
As
15:17
a
15:17
parent,
15:19
as
15:19
I
15:20
mentioned,
15:20
I
15:20
have
15:20
never
15:20
played
15:21
D
15:21
and
15:21
D.
15:21
I've
15:22
always
15:22
wanted
15:22
to,
15:23
but
15:23
I
15:23
never
15:23
have.
15:24
So
15:24
if
15:24
anyone
15:24
wants
15:25
to
15:25
set
15:25
up
15:25
a
15:25
game
15:26
with
15:26
me,
15:26
let
15:26
me
15:27
know.
15:27
The
15:28
only
15:28
Dungeons
15:28
and
15:28
Dragons
15:29
I
15:29
have
15:29
experience
15:30
in
15:30
is
15:30
the
15:31
animated
15:31
show
15:31
from
15:31
the
15:32
80s
15:32
which
15:32
was
15:33
always
15:33
on
15:33
TV
15:34
as
15:34
a
15:34
kid.
15:34
It
15:35
was
15:35
co
15:35
produced
15:35
by
15:36
Marvel
15:36
Productions
15:36
who
15:37
created
15:37
a
15:37
lot
15:38
of
15:38
animated
15:38
shows
15:38
in
15:39
the
15:39
80s
15:39
like
15:39
GI
15:40
Joe,
15:40
the
15:41
Transformers
15:41
and
15:42
Spider
15:42
Man.
15:42
It
15:43
aired
15:43
on
15:43
CBS
15:44
from
15:44
1983
15:45
to
15:45
1985
15:46
for
15:46
three
15:46
seasons,
15:47
loosely
15:48
based
15:48
on
15:48
the
15:48
game
15:49
in
15:49
which
15:49
a
15:49
group
15:49
of
15:49
teenagers
15:50
who
15:50
visit
15:51
a
15:51
theme
15:51
park
15:52
are
15:52
magically
15:53
transported
15:53
by
15:54
a
15:54
Dungeons
15:54
and
15:54
Dragons
15:55
ride
15:55
into
15:55
the
15:56
fantasy
15:56
world
15:56
of
15:56
Dungeons
15:57
and
15:57
Dragons.
15:58
It
15:58
was
15:58
cancelled
15:59
before
15:59
the
15:59
end
16:00
of
16:00
the
16:00
third
16:00
season,
16:01
meaning
16:01
the
16:01
finale
16:02
was
16:02
never
16:02
finished.
16:03
The
16:03
script
16:03
was
16:04
published
16:04
online
16:05
and
16:05
would
16:05
have
16:05
confirmed
16:06
that
16:06
Evil
16:06
Venger
16:07
was
16:07
the
16:07
Dungeon
16:08
Master's
16:08
son,
16:09
giving
16:09
Venger
16:10
his
16:10
redemption
16:11
and
16:11
giving
16:11
the
16:12
six
16:12
children
16:12
the
16:12
opportunity
16:13
to
16:13
finally
16:14
leave
16:14
the
16:14
realm,
16:15
ultimately
16:15
ending
16:16
on
16:16
a
16:16
cliffhanger
16:17
that
16:17
a
16:17
planned
16:17
fourth
16:18
season
16:18
could
16:18
resolve.
16:19
The
16:20
series
16:20
was
16:21
controversial
16:21
for
16:21
its
16:22
violence
16:22
and
16:22
thanks
16:23
to
16:23
Dungeons
16:23
and
16:23
Dragons
16:24
real
16:24
life
16:24
controversies,
16:25
the
16:25
FTC
16:26
ended
16:26
up
16:27
airing
16:27
warnings
16:28
during
16:28
each
16:28
broadcast.
16:29
Of
16:29
course,
16:30
Dungeons
16:30
and
16:30
Honor
16:31
Among
16:31
Thieves
16:32
famously
16:32
features
16:33
adult
16:33
versions
16:34
of
16:34
Hank,
16:35
Bobby,
16:35
Sheila,
16:36
Diana,
16:36
Eric
16:37
and
16:37
Presto
16:38
in
16:38
live
16:38
action
16:38
cameos
16:39
with
16:40
Edgar
16:40
Abram
16:40
as
16:41
Hank,
16:41
Luke
16:42
Bennett
16:42
as
16:42
Bobby,
16:43
Emma
16:43
McDade
16:44
as
16:44
Sheila,
16:45
Mose,
16:45
Sir
16:45
Segbon
16:46
as
16:46
Diana,
16:47
Trevor
16:47
Kaniswaran
16:48
as
16:49
eric,
16:49
and
16:49
Seamus
16:50
O'Hara
16:50
as
16:51
presto.
16:51
That's
16:52
a
16:52
lovely
16:52
little
16:52
nod
16:53
to
16:53
the
16:53
animated
16:53
series.
16:54
I
16:54
squeed
16:55
when
16:55
I
16:55
saw
16:55
them
16:55
in
16:56
the
16:56
movie.
16:56
But
16:57
of
16:57
course
16:57
we
16:57
also
16:57
need
16:58
to
16:58
mention
16:58
the
16:58
other
16:58
movies
16:59
that
16:59
preceded
16:59
this
17:00
one.
17:00
Dungeons
17:00
and
17:01
Dragons
17:01
2000
17:02
was
17:02
heavily
17:03
anticipated
17:03
at
17:04
Gen
17:04
Con
17:04
in
17:05
August
17:05
1999
17:06
with
17:06
DND
17:07
co
17:07
creator
17:07
Dave
17:08
Arneson
17:08
being
17:09
on
17:09
set.
17:10
TSR
17:10
had
17:10
been
17:11
previously
17:11
hesitant
17:12
to
17:12
license
17:12
the
17:12
game
17:13
for
17:13
a
17:13
feature
17:13
film
17:14
due
17:14
to
17:14
most
17:15
Hollywood
17:15
types
17:15
having
17:16
little
17:16
understanding
17:17
of
17:17
the
17:17
law.
17:18
It
17:18
took
17:18
Director
17:19
Courtney
17:19
Solomon
17:20
18
17:20
months
17:20
just
17:21
to
17:21
arrange
17:21
a
17:21
meeting
17:22
with
17:22
TSR
17:23
after
17:23
initially
17:24
contacting
17:24
them
17:24
in
17:24
1990
17:25
and
17:26
a
17:26
further
17:26
three
17:27
months
17:27
brokering
17:27
the
17:28
deal.
17:28
On
17:28
an
17:29
18
17:29
month
17:29
trip
17:30
around
17:30
the
17:30
world
17:30
to
17:30
find
17:31
investment,
17:31
Solomon
17:32
met
17:32
businessman
17:33
Alan
17:33
Zeman
17:34
and
17:34
together
17:34
they
17:35
formed
17:35
Sweet
17:35
Pea
17:36
Entertainment.
17:37
They
17:37
struggled
17:37
to
17:38
get
17:38
interest
17:38
though,
17:39
despite
17:39
initial
17:39
interest
17:39
from
17:40
James
17:40
Cameron
17:41
and
17:41
not
17:41
even
17:41
Joel
17:42
Silver
17:42
himself
17:43
could
17:43
fix
17:43
the
17:43
project.
17:44
When
17:44
he
17:44
joined
17:44
in
17:45
April
17:45
1997,
17:47
TSR
17:47
then
17:47
sold
17:48
the
17:48
rights
17:48
for
17:48
the
17:48
game
17:49
to
17:49
Wizards
17:49
of
17:49
the
17:50
coast,
17:50
and
17:51
this
17:51
new
17:52
idea
17:52
that
17:52
they'd
17:52
had
17:52
of
17:53
making
17:53
a
17:53
TV
17:54
series
17:54
instead
17:55
just
17:55
wasn't
17:55
going
17:56
to
17:56
cut
17:56
it.
17:56
The
17:57
budget
17:57
for
17:57
a
17:57
movie
17:58
was
17:58
too
17:58
high
17:59
and
17:59
at
17:59
one
17:59
point
17:59
it
18:00
became
18:00
a
18:00
$3.5
18:01
million
18:02
direct
18:02
to
18:02
DVD
18:03
film.
18:04
But
18:04
Solomon
18:04
was
18:05
insistent
18:05
and
18:06
test
18:06
shot
18:06
a
18:06
scene
18:07
in
18:07
LA
18:07
in
18:07
August
18:08
1997
18:09
which
18:09
impressed
18:10
Joel
18:10
Silver
18:10
enough
18:11
to
18:11
stay
18:11
aboard,
18:12
which
18:12
raised
18:13
$30
18:13
million
18:14
in
18:14
investment,
18:15
with
18:15
the
18:15
rest
18:15
coming
18:16
from
18:16
Alan
18:16
zeman
18:17
and
18:17
a
18:17
$25,000
18:18
bank
18:19
loan
18:19
from
18:19
Solomon
18:20
Co
18:20
signed
18:21
by
18:21
his
18:21
grandfather.
18:22
It
18:22
meant
18:22
the
18:23
movie
18:23
could
18:23
be
18:23
made,
18:24
but
18:24
salaries
18:24
were
18:24
deferred
18:25
to
18:25
achieve
18:26
it.
18:26
The
18:27
original
18:27
$100
18:28
million
18:29
budget
18:29
was
18:29
slashed
18:30
down
18:30
to
18:28
$45
18:30
million,
18:32
and
18:32
despite
18:32
the
18:32
low
18:33
cost
18:33
of
18:33
filming
18:33
in
18:34
Prague
18:34
and
18:34
a
18:34
huge
18:35
fan
18:35
base,
18:36
fantasy
18:36
movies
18:37
just
18:37
weren't
18:37
box
18:37
office
18:38
draws
18:38
in
18:38
the
18:38
post
18:39
Matrix
18:39
era
18:40
of
18:40
cinema,
18:40
and
18:41
it
18:41
was
18:41
a
18:42
financial
18:42
and
18:42
critical
18:43
failure.
18:44
Sullivan
18:44
blamed
18:45
the
18:45
film's
18:45
quality
18:46
on
18:46
the
18:46
meddling
18:46
of
18:46
its
18:47
investors
18:47
and
18:47
license
18:48
holders,
18:48
in
18:49
addition
18:49
to
18:49
his
18:49
own
18:50
lack
18:50
of
18:50
filmmaking
18:51
experience.
18:52
He
18:52
claims
18:52
that
18:53
after
18:53
almost
18:53
10
18:54
years
18:54
of
18:54
difficulties
18:55
dealing
18:55
with
18:55
TSR
18:56
and
18:56
Wizards
18:56
of
18:56
the
18:56
coast,
18:57
his
18:57
investors
18:58
compelled
18:58
him
18:59
to
18:59
direct
18:59
the
18:59
movie
19:00
even
19:00
though
19:00
his
19:01
original
19:01
plan
19:01
was
19:02
only
19:02
to
19:02
produce
19:02
it.
19:03
Additionally,
19:04
he
19:04
said
19:04
that
19:04
even
19:05
though
19:05
he
19:05
had
19:05
written
19:06
an
19:06
updated
19:06
script
19:07
that
19:07
better
19:07
complied
19:08
with
19:08
the
19:08
Dungeons
19:08
and
19:08
Dragons
19:09
license,
19:10
he
19:10
was
19:10
still
19:10
compelled
19:11
to
19:11
use
19:11
an
19:12
older
19:12
version.
19:13
We
19:13
are
19:13
going
19:13
to
19:13
be
19:14
coming
19:14
back
19:14
to
19:14
Courtney
19:14
Solomon
19:15
and
19:15
Sweet
19:15
Pea
19:16
Entertainment
19:16
though,
19:16
because
19:16
it
19:17
is
19:17
relevant
19:17
to
19:17
the
19:17
story
19:18
going
19:18
forward
19:19
and
19:19
Courtney
19:20
Solomon
19:20
is
19:20
not
19:21
the
19:21
only
19:21
person
19:21
who
19:22
loves
19:22
D
19:22
and
19:22
D
19:22
enough
19:23
to
19:23
wait
19:24
many
19:24
years
19:24
to
19:24
make
19:24
a
19:25
movie.
19:25
A
19:25
made
19:26
for
19:26
TV
19:26
sequel
19:27
to
19:27
2000's
19:28
Dungeons
19:28
&
19:28
Dragons,
19:29
Wrath
19:29
of
19:29
the
19:30
Dragon
19:30
God
19:30
was
19:30
released
19:31
in
19:31
2005
19:32
and
19:32
a
19:33
third
19:33
film,
19:33
the
19:34
book
19:34
of
19:34
Vile
19:34
Darkness,
19:35
was
19:35
released
19:36
direct
19:36
to
19:36
DVD
19:37
in
19:37
2012.
19:38
So
19:40
one
19:40
year
19:40
after
19:41
the
19:41
Book
19:41
of
19:41
Vile
19:41
Darkness
19:42
was
19:42
released
19:42
on
19:43
DVD
19:43
and
19:43
streaming
19:44
on
19:44
7
19:45
May
19:45
2013,
19:46
Warner
19:47
Brothers
19:47
Pictures
19:48
and
19:48
Courtney
19:49
Solomon's
19:49
Sweet
19:50
Pea
19:50
Entertainment
19:51
announced
19:52
a
19:52
brand
19:52
new
19:53
film
19:53
based
19:54
on
19:54
Dungeons
19:54
and
19:54
Dragons
19:55
with
19:55
David
19:56
Leslie
19:56
Johnson
19:57
writing
19:58
the
19:58
script,
19:58
entitled
19:59
Chainmail.
20:00
Their
20:01
joyful
20:01
announcement
20:02
was
20:02
short
20:02
lived
20:02
though,
20:03
because
20:03
a
20:03
mere
20:03
two
20:03
days
20:04
later,
20:04
Hasbro
20:05
issued
20:05
a
20:05
lawsuit
20:06
on
20:06
9
20:07
May
20:07
2013
20:08
claiming
20:09
they
20:09
owned
20:09
the
20:09
rights
20:10
to
20:10
make
20:10
a
20:10
movie
20:11
and
20:11
that
20:11
they
20:11
were
20:12
indeed
20:12
doing
20:12
so
20:13
with
20:13
Universal.
20:15
Hasbro
20:15
stated,
20:16
quote,
20:16
hasbro
20:17
owns
20:17
the
20:18
intellectual
20:18
property
20:19
rights
20:19
to
20:19
Dungeons
20:19
and
20:19
Dragons,
20:20
period,
20:21
because
20:21
of
20:21
Hasbro's
20:22
acquisition
20:22
of
20:23
Wizards
20:23
of
20:23
the
20:23
coast
20:24
in
20:24
1998.
20:26
However,
20:27
in
20:27
a
20:27
previous
20:28
arbitration
20:29
decision,
20:29
it
20:29
was
20:30
agreed
20:30
that
20:30
Courtney
20:31
Solomon,
20:31
the
20:31
creator
20:32
of
20:32
the
20:32
previous
20:32
2000
20:33
movie
20:34
was
20:34
proven
20:34
to
20:34
hold
20:35
the
20:35
underlying
20:35
rights
20:36
necessary
20:36
to
20:37
make
20:37
the
20:37
Warner
20:37
Brothers
20:38
movie,
20:38
mostly
20:39
because,
20:39
despite
20:40
the
20:40
original
20:40
movie
20:40
not
20:41
being
20:41
a
20:41
success,
20:42
the
20:42
sequels
20:43
in
20:43
2005
20:44
and
20:44
2012
20:45
were
20:45
enough
20:45
to
20:46
retain
20:46
these
20:47
rights.
20:47
Hasbro
20:48
contended
20:49
that
20:49
Sweet
20:49
Pea's
20:50
rights
20:50
had
20:50
reverted
20:51
and
20:51
that
20:51
its
20:52
TV
20:52
films
20:52
didn't
20:53
constitute
20:53
proper
20:54
sequels.
20:55
Neither
20:55
company
20:56
wanted
20:56
to
20:56
back
20:57
down
20:57
either
20:57
until
20:58
August
20:58
2015,
20:59
when
20:59
U.S.
21:00
district
21:00
Judge
21:00
Dolly
21:01
G.
21:02
Urged
21:02
Sweet
21:02
Pea
21:02
Entertainment
21:03
and
21:03
Hasbro
21:04
to
21:04
settle
21:04
the
21:04
rights
21:05
case
21:05
and
21:05
the
21:06
two
21:06
companies
21:06
made
21:07
a
21:07
deal.
21:08
David
21:08
Leslie
21:09
Johnson's
21:09
script
21:09
would
21:10
be
21:10
retained,
21:10
Hasbro
21:11
would
21:11
be
21:12
fully
21:12
involved,
21:12
and
21:13
Warner
21:13
Brothers
21:13
would
21:14
produce
21:14
the
21:14
new
21:14
Dungeons
21:15
and
21:15
Dragons
21:15
movie.
21:16
In
21:17
March
21:17
2016,
21:18
Rob
21:18
Letterman
21:18
entered
21:19
into
21:19
negotiations
21:20
to
21:20
direct,
21:21
and
21:21
his
21:21
role
21:21
was
21:22
confirmed
21:22
in
21:22
May
21:23
2016.
21:24
But
21:24
you're
21:24
probably
21:25
wondering,
21:25
well,
21:26
this
21:26
isn't
21:26
the
21:26
movie
21:26
that
21:27
we
21:27
got.
21:27
We
21:27
didn't
21:27
get
21:28
a
21:28
Warner
21:28
Brothers
21:28
movie,
21:29
and
21:29
it
21:29
certainly
21:29
wasn't
21:30
directed
21:30
by
21:30
Rob
21:31
Letterman.
21:32
Well,
21:32
this
21:32
is
21:32
where
21:33
things
21:33
start
21:33
to
21:33
get
21:34
even
21:34
more
21:34
complicated.
21:35
So
21:35
we
21:36
fast
21:36
forward
21:36
a
21:37
few
21:37
years
21:37
and
21:38
the
21:38
project
21:38
has
21:39
stalled.
21:39
It's
21:40
going
21:40
nowhere.
21:41
Actor
21:42
Joe
21:42
Manganiello,
21:43
a
21:43
famously
21:44
huge
21:44
D
21:44
and
21:44
D
21:45
fan,
21:45
announced
21:46
in
21:46
April
21:47
2017
21:47
that
21:48
he
21:48
had
21:48
written
21:49
a
21:49
D
21:49
and
21:49
D
21:49
script
21:50
with
21:50
John
21:50
Castle,
21:51
and
21:51
he
21:52
met
21:52
with
21:52
Wizards
21:52
of
21:53
the
21:53
coast
21:53
to
21:53
talk
21:53
about
21:54
the
21:54
possibility
21:55
of
21:55
a
21:55
new
21:56
movie
21:56
being
21:56
made
21:57
off
21:57
his
21:57
script.
21:58
He
21:59
had
21:59
discussions
21:59
with
21:59
Brad
22:00
Payton
22:00
and
22:00
Dwayne
22:01
Johnson
22:01
about
22:02
making
22:02
his
22:02
Dungeons
22:03
and
22:03
Dragons
22:03
film,
22:04
with
22:04
Johnson
22:05
potentially
22:06
starring
22:06
alongside
22:07
Anson
22:07
Elgort.
22:08
Now,
22:09
I
22:09
don't
22:09
need
22:09
to
22:09
tell
22:09
you
22:09
that
22:10
this
22:10
also
22:10
didn't
22:10
happen
22:11
for
22:11
Joe
22:12
Mangianello.
22:13
In
22:13
December
22:14
2017,
22:15
Warner
22:15
Brothers
22:16
confirmed
22:16
it
22:17
was
22:17
no
22:17
longer
22:18
developing
22:18
a
22:18
Dungeons
22:19
and
22:19
Dragons
22:19
movie,
22:20
and
22:20
then
22:21
Paramount
22:21
Pictures
22:22
announced
22:22
that
22:23
they
22:23
were
22:23
developing
22:24
a
22:24
Dungeons
22:24
and
22:24
Dragons
22:25
movie.
22:25
Hasbro
22:26
had
22:26
basically
22:27
moved
22:27
the
22:27
film
22:28
over
22:28
to
22:28
a
22:28
different
22:29
studio,
22:29
along
22:30
with
22:30
a
22:30
deal
22:30
for
22:30
other
22:31
Hasbro
22:31
properties
22:32
to
22:32
also
22:32
be
22:32
made
22:33
into
22:33
films
22:33
with
22:34
Paramount.
22:35
By
22:36
February
22:36
2018,
22:37
Chris
22:38
McKay,
22:38
the
22:38
director
22:39
of
22:39
the
22:39
Lego
22:39
Batman
22:40
movie,
22:40
was
22:41
reportedly
22:41
in
22:41
negotiations
22:42
to
22:42
direct,
22:43
with
22:43
Sweet
22:43
Pea
22:44
still
22:44
involved
22:44
in
22:45
producing
22:45
and
22:46
a
22:46
new
22:46
script
22:47
being
22:47
written
22:47
by
22:47
Michael
22:48
Giglio.
22:49
Giglio's
22:49
script
22:50
satisfied
22:50
Paramount
22:51
so
22:51
much,
22:52
they
22:52
started
22:52
looking
22:53
for
22:53
actors
22:53
for
22:53
the
22:54
male
22:54
lead,
22:54
which
22:55
included
22:55
big
22:56
names
22:56
like
22:56
Will
22:56
Smith,
22:57
Johnny
22:57
Depp,
22:58
Chris
22:58
Pratt,
22:59
Jamie
22:59
Foxx,
22:59
and
23:00
Vin
23:00
Diesel,
23:01
among
23:01
others.
23:02
Also
23:02
in
23:03
February
23:03
2018,
23:04
Jonathan
23:05
Goldstein
23:06
and
23:06
John
23:06
Francis
23:06
Daly's
23:07
sophomoric
23:08
directorial
23:09
attempt,
23:09
Game
23:09
Night,
23:10
premiered
23:11
to
23:11
commercial
23:11
and
23:12
critical
23:12
success.
23:13
Jason
23:14
Bateman
23:14
and
23:14
Rachel
23:15
McAdams
23:15
star
23:16
as
23:16
a
23:16
husband
23:16
and
23:16
wife
23:17
who
23:17
get
23:17
caught
23:17
up
23:18
in
23:18
a
23:18
game
23:18
night
23:18
that
23:19
turns
23:19
into
23:19
a
23:19
real
23:20
life
23:20
mystery.
23:21
It
23:21
is
23:21
a
23:22
lot
23:22
of
23:22
fun.
23:22
I
23:22
highly
23:23
recommend
23:23
that
23:23
movie.
23:24
It
23:24
is
23:24
Great.
23:25
It
23:25
is
23:25
very
23:25
funny.
23:26
Goldstein
23:27
and
23:27
Daly
23:27
would
23:28
make
23:28
this
23:28
the
23:29
year
23:29
after
23:29
writing
23:30
Homecoming,
23:31
so
23:31
they
23:32
were
23:32
turning
23:32
into
23:32
a
23:33
team
23:33
of
23:33
writers
23:34
directors
23:35
to
23:35
watch.
23:36
It's
23:36
worth
23:36
adding
23:37
that
23:37
they
23:37
did
23:37
writing
23:38
work
23:38
on
23:38
Game
23:38
Night,
23:38
but
23:39
it
23:39
was
23:39
uncredited.
23:40
In
23:40
early
23:41
2018,
23:41
Goldstein
23:42
and
23:42
Daly
23:43
had
23:43
joined
23:43
the
23:43
DC
23:44
movie
23:44
The
23:44
Flash
23:45
to
23:45
write
23:45
and
23:46
direct.
23:46
But
23:46
a
23:47
few
23:47
months
23:47
later,
23:47
in
23:48
July
23:48
2018,
23:49
they
23:49
left
23:49
the
23:49
project.
23:50
They
23:50
would
23:51
still
23:51
receive
23:51
a
23:52
story
23:52
by
23:52
credit
23:53
on
23:53
that
23:53
movie.
23:54
This
23:55
left
23:55
them
23:55
free
23:56
in
23:56
July
23:56
2019
23:57
to
23:58
be
23:58
in
23:58
talks
23:58
to
23:58
direct
23:59
Dungeons
23:59
and
23:59
dragons.
24:00
And
24:00
in
24:01
January
24:01
2020
24:02
they
24:03
started
24:03
writing
24:03
a
24:04
new
24:04
draft
24:04
of
24:05
Michael
24:05
Giglio's
24:06
screenplay,
24:07
which,
24:07
like
24:07
the
24:07
scripts
24:08
before,
24:08
was
24:09
set
24:09
within
24:09
the
24:09
Forgotten
24:10
Realms
24:10
setting
24:11
to
24:11
integrate
24:12
the
24:12
storyline
24:13
with
24:13
the
24:13
lore
24:13
of
24:13
D
24:13
and
24:14
D
24:14
in
24:14
the
24:14
Forgotten
24:15
Realms.
24:15
During
24:16
writing
24:16
and
24:16
production,
24:17
Goldstein
24:17
and
24:17
Daly
24:18
had
24:18
the
24:18
involvement
24:19
of
24:19
Wizards
24:19
of
24:20
the
24:20
coast
24:20
with
24:21
representatives
24:22
Nathan
24:22
Stewart,
24:23
the
24:23
head
24:23
of
24:23
franchise
24:24
and
24:24
VP
24:24
of
24:24
global
24:25
brand
24:25
marketing
24:25
and
24:26
strategy,
24:26
and
24:27
Jeremy
24:27
Crawford,
24:28
principal
24:28
designer
24:29
for
24:29
dnd.
24:30
The
24:30
idea
24:31
was
24:31
ultimately
24:31
to
24:32
take
24:32
influence
24:32
from
24:33
classic
24:34
movies
24:34
like
24:34
the
24:34
Princess
24:35
Bride,
24:35
Monty
24:36
Python
24:36
and
24:36
the
24:37
Holy
24:37
Grail,
24:38
the
24:38
Lord
24:38
of
24:38
the
24:38
Rings
24:39
and
24:39
Indiana
24:40
Jones,
24:40
and
24:40
to
24:41
make
24:41
the
24:41
film
24:41
as
24:42
accessible
24:42
to
24:42
those
24:43
unfamiliar
24:43
with
24:43
the
24:44
fantasy
24:44
genre
24:45
as
24:45
well
24:45
as
24:46
those
24:46
unfamiliar
24:47
with
24:47
Dungeons
24:47
and
24:48
Dragons.
24:49
Forgotten
24:50
Realms
24:50
was
24:50
created
24:51
by
24:51
Ed
24:51
Greenwood
24:52
originally
24:52
in
24:52
1967
24:53
in
24:54
stories
24:54
he
24:54
made
24:54
up
24:54
as
24:55
a
24:55
child
24:55
from
24:56
the
24:56
notion
24:56
of
24:56
a
24:57
multiverse
24:57
of
24:57
parallel
24:58
worlds,
24:58
which
24:59
is
24:59
quite
24:59
apt
25:00
when
25:00
you
25:00
think
25:00
about
25:00
where
25:00
Marvel
25:01
is
25:01
heading
25:01
at
25:01
the
25:02
moment.
25:02
It
25:03
was
25:03
published
25:03
for
25:03
Dungeons
25:04
and
25:04
Dragons
25:04
in
25:05
magazine
25:05
articles
25:06
and
25:06
game
25:06
products
25:07
in
25:07
1987.
25:08
It's
25:09
one
25:09
of
25:09
the
25:09
most
25:09
popular
25:10
settings,
25:10
has
25:11
numerous
25:11
video
25:12
games
25:12
set
25:12
there,
25:13
including
25:13
the
25:13
Baldur's
25:14
Gate
25:14
series
25:15
when
25:16
Wizards
25:16
of
25:16
the
25:16
coast
25:17
took
25:17
over
25:17
dnd.
25:18
Campaigns
25:19
were
25:19
trimmed
25:19
from
25:20
six
25:20
to
25:20
two,
25:21
and
25:21
the
25:21
two
25:21
that
25:21
were
25:22
kept
25:22
included
25:23
Forgotten
25:23
Realms.
25:24
It's
25:24
described
25:25
on
25:25
the
25:25
Wiki
25:25
as,
25:26
quote,
25:26
a
25:27
fantasy
25:27
world
25:27
setting
25:28
described
25:28
as
25:29
a
25:29
world
25:29
of
25:29
strange
25:30
lands,
25:30
dangerous
25:31
creatures
25:31
and
25:31
mighty
25:32
deities,
25:33
where
25:33
magic
25:33
and
25:34
supernatural
25:34
phenomena
25:35
are
25:35
quite
25:35
real.
25:36
The
25:36
premise
25:37
is
25:37
that
25:37
long
25:37
ago
25:38
planet
25:38
Earth
25:39
and
25:39
the
25:39
world
25:39
of
25:39
the
25:40
Forgotten
25:40
Realms
25:40
were
25:41
more
25:41
closely
25:41
connected.
25:42
As
25:42
time
25:43
passed,
25:43
the
25:43
inhabitants
25:44
of
25:44
Earth
25:44
had
25:44
mostly
25:45
forgotten
25:45
about
25:45
the
25:46
existence
25:46
of
25:47
the
25:47
other
25:47
world,
25:48
hence
25:48
the
25:48
name
25:49
Forgotten
25:49
Realms,
25:50
unquote.
25:51
And
25:51
John
25:51
Francis
25:52
Daly's
25:52
love
25:53
for
25:53
D
25:53
and
25:53
D
25:53
goes
25:54
all
25:54
the
25:54
way
25:54
back
25:54
to
25:54
his
25:55
Freaks
25:55
and
25:55
Geeks
25:56
days
25:56
when
25:56
he
25:56
was
25:57
14.
25:57
And
25:57
if
25:58
you
25:58
don't
25:58
know
25:58
Freaks
25:58
and
25:59
Geeks,
25:59
go
25:59
and
26:00
watch
26:00
Freaks
26:00
and
26:00
Geeks.
26:01
It's
26:01
basically
26:01
a
26:02
who's
26:02
who
26:02
of
26:02
Hollywood
26:03
comedians
26:03
and
26:03
big
26:04
name
26:04
actors,
26:05
from
26:05
Daly
26:05
himself
26:06
as
26:06
geeky
26:06
little
26:06
brother
26:07
Sam
26:07
Weir,
26:08
to
26:08
his
26:08
on
26:08
screen
26:09
big
26:09
sister
26:09
Linda
26:10
Cardellini,
26:11
alongside
26:11
James
26:12
Franco,
26:12
Seth
26:13
Rogen,
26:13
Jason
26:14
Siegel
26:14
and
26:14
Busy
26:15
Phillips.
26:16
Created
26:16
by
26:16
Paul
26:17
Feig.
26:18
Guest
26:18
stars
26:18
included
26:19
Rashida
26:19
Jones,
26:20
David
26:20
Krumholtz,
26:21
Leslie
26:21
Mann,
26:22
Ben
26:22
Stiller
26:22
and
26:23
Jason
26:23
Schwartzman.
26:24
And
26:24
Freaks
26:25
and
26:25
Geeks
26:25
got
26:25
canceled
26:26
after
26:26
one
26:27
season
26:27
in
26:27
1999.
26:29
It
26:29
is
26:29
one
26:29
of
26:29
those
26:30
one
26:30
season
26:30
wonders
26:31
that
26:31
you
26:31
absolutely
26:32
have
26:32
to
26:33
watch.
26:33
Please
26:34
go
26:34
find
26:34
Freaks
26:34
and
26:34
Geeks
26:35
and
26:35
watch
26:35
it.
26:35
I
26:35
don't
26:35
know
26:36
if
26:36
it's
26:36
streaming
26:36
anywhere,
26:37
but
26:37
if
26:37
it
26:37
is,
26:37
please
26:38
go
26:38
watch
26:38
Freaks
26:38
and
26:39
Geeks.
26:39
It's
26:39
a
26:39
lot
26:40
of
26:40
fun.
26:40
But
26:41
going
26:41
back
26:41
to
26:42
our
26:42
story
26:42
so
26:43
we
26:43
are
26:43
now
26:43
in
26:43
2020
26:45
and
26:45
we
26:45
all
26:45
remember
26:46
what
26:46
happened
26:46
in
26:46
2020.
26:47
All
26:47
together
26:48
now.
26:48
A
26:48
global
26:49
pandemic
26:50
and
26:51
this
26:51
put
26:51
a
26:51
hold
26:52
on
26:52
everything
26:52
happening
26:53
in
26:53
Hollywood.
26:54
Paramount
26:54
was
26:54
still
26:55
committed
26:55
to
26:55
making
26:56
Dungeons
26:56
and
26:56
Dragons,
26:57
though,
26:57
pushing
26:58
the
26:58
Release
26:58
back
26:59
from
26:59
19th
27:00
November
27:01
2021
27:01
to
27:02
27th
27:03
May
27:03
2022.
27:04
The
27:05
pandemic
27:05
not
27:06
only
27:06
impacted
27:06
filming,
27:07
but
27:07
also
27:08
location
27:08
scouting
27:09
and
27:09
possible
27:10
restructuring
27:11
of
27:11
the
27:11
movie
27:11
to
27:11
avoid
27:12
large
27:12
crowd
27:13
scenes.
27:14
And
27:14
if
27:14
this
27:15
movie
27:15
feels
27:15
like
27:16
it's
27:16
at
27:16
home
27:16
with
27:17
an
27:17
action
27:17
packed
27:17
MCU
27:18
style
27:18
teapot
27:19
movie
27:19
like
27:20
the
27:20
Avengers
27:21
or
27:21
Guardians
27:21
of
27:21
the
27:21
Galaxy,
27:22
that's
27:23
not
27:23
a
27:23
huge
27:23
surprise
27:24
considering
27:24
the
27:25
producer
27:25
of
27:25
Honor
27:26
Among
27:26
Thieves
27:26
is
27:27
Jeremy
27:27
Latcham,
27:28
who
27:28
previously
27:29
worked
27:29
at
27:29
Marvel
27:30
Studios
27:30
as
27:30
Senior
27:31
Vice
27:31
President
27:31
of
27:32
Production
27:32
and
27:32
development.
27:33
He
27:34
was
27:34
executive
27:34
producer
27:35
on
27:35
the
27:35
Avengers
27:36
and
27:36
Guardians
27:36
of
27:36
the
27:37
Galaxy
27:37
as
27:37
well
27:38
as
27:38
associate
27:38
producer
27:39
on
27:39
Iron
27:39
man,
27:40
co
27:40
producer
27:41
on
27:41
Iron
27:41
Man
27:41
2,
27:42
executive
27:43
producer
27:43
on
27:44
Homecoming
27:45
alongside
27:46
directors
27:46
of
27:46
this
27:47
movie,
27:47
Jonathan
27:48
Goldstein
27:48
and
27:48
John
27:48
Francis
27:49
Daly,
27:49
who
27:49
wrote
27:50
Homecoming.
27:51
Latcham
27:52
joined
27:52
Marvel
27:53
in
27:53
2004
27:54
and
27:54
left
27:54
in
27:54
2017
27:55
to
27:55
start
27:56
Latcham
27:56
Pictures,
27:57
based
27:57
at
27:58
20th
27:58
Century
27:58
Fox,
27:59
where
27:59
he
27:59
also
27:59
produced
28:00
the
28:00
underrated
28:01
Bad
28:01
Times
28:01
at
28:01
the
28:02
El
28:02
Royale.
28:03
Latcham
28:03
joined
28:04
Dungeons
28:04
and
28:04
Dragons
28:05
Honor
28:05
among
28:05
thieves
28:06
in
28:06
May
28:07
2020,
28:08
also
28:08
joining
28:09
in
28:09
2020.
28:10
Although
28:10
December
28:11
2020
28:12
is
28:12
the
28:12
first
28:13
cast
28:13
member
28:13
of
28:14
this
28:14
movie,
28:15
Chris
28:15
Pine
28:15
was
28:16
cast
28:16
to
28:16
star
28:16
in
28:17
it
28:17
after
28:17
watching
28:18
his
28:18
nephew
28:18
during
28:19
a
28:19
D
28:19
and
28:19
D
28:20
campaign
28:20
and
28:21
noticing
28:21
how
28:21
much
28:22
fun
28:22
he
28:22
was
28:22
having.
28:23
Michelle
28:24
Rodriguez,
28:24
Justice
28:25
Smith
28:25
and
28:25
Reggae
28:26
Jean
28:26
Page
28:27
were
28:27
added
28:27
in
28:27
February
28:28
2021.
28:29
Hugh
28:29
Grant
28:30
and
28:30
Sophia
28:30
Lillis
28:31
would
28:31
join
28:31
the
28:32
next
28:32
month
28:32
and
28:33
in
28:33
April
28:33
Chloe
28:34
Coleman
28:34
joined
28:35
the
28:35
ensemble
28:35
cast.
28:36
In
28:36
May,
28:37
Jason
28:37
Wong
28:38
and
28:38
Daisy
28:38
Head
28:39
joined
28:39
the
28:39
cast.
28:40
British
28:41
actor
28:41
Dexter
28:41
Fletcher
28:42
was
28:42
originally
28:43
cast
28:43
as
28:43
Marlamin
28:44
Holger's
28:45
halfling
28:45
ex
28:45
husband.
28:46
He
28:46
filmed
28:47
his
28:47
scenes
28:47
without
28:48
Michelle
28:48
Rodriguez
28:49
using
28:49
the
28:49
power
28:49
of
28:49
visual
28:50
effects,
28:50
but
28:50
was
28:51
replaced
28:51
later
28:52
by
28:52
Bradley
28:52
Cooper.
28:53
Fletcher
28:54
shot
28:54
the
28:54
scene
28:54
as
28:55
a
28:55
favor,
28:55
and
28:56
at
28:56
the
28:56
time
28:56
Covid
28:57
restrictions
28:57
and
28:58
quarantine
28:58
rules
28:59
meant
28:59
having
29:00
a
29:00
Brit
29:00
while
29:00
filming
29:01
in
29:01
Northern
29:01
Ireland
29:02
made
29:02
sense.
29:03
Fletcher
29:04
spent
29:04
a
29:04
day
29:04
shooting
29:05
his
29:05
scenes,
29:05
but
29:06
knew
29:06
the
29:06
option
29:06
to
29:06
have
29:07
somebody
29:07
more
29:07
recognizable
29:08
play
29:08
the
29:09
part
29:09
instead
29:10
was
29:10
a
29:10
possibility.
29:11
John
29:11
Francis
29:12
Daly
29:12
had
29:12
worked
29:13
with
29:13
Bradley
29:13
Cooper
29:13
when
29:14
he
29:14
was
29:14
19.
29:15
He
29:15
sent
29:15
Cooper
29:16
a
29:16
rough
29:16
cut
29:16
of
29:16
the
29:17
movie
29:17
and
29:17
he
29:17
loved
29:18
it
29:18
and
29:18
the
29:18
role
29:19
was
29:19
recast
29:19
with
29:20
him
29:20
for
29:20
the
29:20
shock
29:21
value
29:21
of
29:21
having
29:22
such
29:22
a
29:22
recognizable
29:23
actor
29:23
in
29:23
a
29:23
cameo.
29:24
There
29:25
were
29:25
no
29:25
hard
29:25
feelings
29:26
between
29:26
the
29:26
production
29:27
and
29:27
Dexter
29:27
Fletcher,
29:28
so
29:29
filming
29:29
was
29:29
planned
29:30
to
29:30
begin
29:30
the
29:30
first
29:31
quarter
29:31
of
29:31
2021
29:32
in
29:33
Belfast,
29:33
Northern
29:34
Ireland
29:34
at
29:34
Titanic
29:35
Studios,
29:36
where
29:36
Game
29:36
of
29:36
Thrones
29:37
was
29:37
filmed.
29:37
But
29:38
filming
29:38
actually
29:39
began
29:39
in
29:39
April
29:40
2021
29:40
in
29:41
Iceland,
29:41
where
29:42
they
29:42
sent
29:42
a
29:42
plates
29:43
and
29:43
environment
29:43
capture
29:44
team
29:44
to
29:44
shoot
29:45
stills
29:45
and
29:45
helicopter
29:46
footage,
29:47
including
29:47
a
29:47
shot
29:48
of
29:48
an
29:48
active
29:48
volcano
29:49
that
29:49
you
29:49
still
29:50
see
29:50
in
29:50
the
29:50
film.
29:51
Characters,
29:52
vehicles
29:52
and
29:53
sets
29:53
were
29:53
added
29:54
in
29:54
visual
29:54
effects
29:54
by
29:55
NPC
29:56
using
29:56
stills
29:57
and
29:57
filmed
29:57
material
29:58
and
29:58
then
29:58
enhanced.
29:59
All
30:00
of
30:00
the
30:00
VFX
30:01
were
30:01
based
30:01
on
30:01
the
30:02
real
30:02
photography
30:02
and
30:03
they
30:03
tried
30:03
to
30:03
use
30:03
as
30:04
much
30:04
of
30:04
it
30:04
intact
30:05
as
30:05
possible.
30:06
Principal
30:06
photography
30:07
took
30:07
place
30:07
in
30:08
Northern
30:08
Ireland,
30:09
starting
30:09
with
30:09
a
30:09
group
30:10
DND
30:10
session
30:11
featuring
30:12
all
30:12
the
30:12
actors
30:13
role
30:13
playing
30:14
as
30:14
their
30:14
characters,
30:15
which
30:15
led
30:15
to
30:15
things
30:16
being
30:16
incorporated
30:16
into
30:17
filming
30:17
based
30:18
on
30:18
that
30:18
several
30:18
hour
30:19
gaming
30:19
session.
30:20
Now,
30:20
they
30:21
obviously
30:21
undertook
30:22
strict
30:22
Covid
30:23
quarantine
30:23
precautions.
30:24
The
30:25
old
30:25
King's
30:25
Landing
30:26
sets
30:26
for
30:26
Game
30:26
of
30:26
Thrones
30:27
were
30:27
rebuilt
30:28
and
30:28
others
30:29
retained
30:29
with
30:29
a
30:29
new
30:30
dark
30:30
stone
30:30
structure,
30:31
artificial
30:32
snow
30:32
and
30:32
a
30:33
blue
30:33
screen
30:33
added.
30:34
The
30:34
movie
30:34
was
30:35
also
30:35
filmed
30:35
at
30:35
Wells
30:36
Cathedral,
30:37
Alnwick
30:37
Castle
30:38
and
30:38
Carrick
30:38
Fergus
30:39
Castle.
30:39
Filming
30:40
officially
30:40
wrapped
30:41
on
30:41
19
30:42
August
30:42
2021,
30:43
but
30:43
some
30:43
additional
30:44
filming
30:44
was
30:44
done
30:45
up
30:45
to
30:45
March
30:46
2022.
30:47
Honor
30:47
Among
30:48
Thieves
30:48
invests
30:48
heavily
30:49
in
30:49
the
30:49
game's
30:50
law
30:50
and
30:50
history,
30:51
as
30:51
well
30:51
as
30:51
in
30:52
the
30:52
D
30:52
and
30:52
D
30:52
rules
30:53
governing
30:53
the
30:53
magic's
30:54
parameters
30:54
and
30:54
its
30:55
characters.
30:56
These
30:56
include
30:56
official
30:57
movie
30:57
character
30:58
statistics,
30:59
such
30:59
as
30:59
the
30:59
charismatic
31:00
difference
31:00
between
31:00
Forge
31:01
and
31:01
Edgin.
31:02
Forge
31:02
has
31:03
two
31:03
charisma
31:03
points
31:04
more
31:04
than
31:04
edging,
31:05
but
31:05
Edgin
31:05
has
31:06
more
31:06
points
31:06
in
31:06
strength
31:07
and
31:07
constitution.
31:09
Seasoned
31:09
D
31:09
and
31:09
D
31:10
players
31:10
will
31:10
undoubtedly
31:11
notice,
31:11
though,
31:11
that
31:12
the
31:12
movie
31:12
often
31:12
deviates
31:13
from
31:13
the
31:13
game's
31:14
canon
31:14
in
31:15
both
31:15
minor
31:15
and
31:15
major
31:16
ways.
31:16
For
31:16
example,
31:17
Doric
31:18
the
31:18
party's
31:18
Druid
31:19
uses
31:19
the
31:20
standard
31:20
wild
31:20
shape
31:21
power
31:21
to
31:21
transform
31:22
into
31:22
animals,
31:23
but
31:23
she
31:23
uses
31:23
it
31:24
far
31:24
more
31:24
frequently
31:25
than
31:25
the
31:25
rules
31:25
permitted
31:26
twice
31:26
daily
31:26
limit.
31:27
She
31:28
also
31:28
uses
31:28
it
31:28
to
31:29
transform
31:29
into
31:29
an
31:30
owl
31:30
bear,
31:30
something
31:31
that
31:31
real
31:31
players
31:32
are
31:32
unable
31:32
to
31:33
do.
31:33
The
31:34
idea
31:34
was
31:34
always
31:34
to
31:35
honor
31:35
the
31:35
rules
31:35
of
31:35
the
31:36
game,
31:36
but
31:36
not
31:36
to
31:36
do
31:37
it
31:37
to
31:37
the
31:37
detriment
31:37
of
31:38
moving
31:38
the
31:38
plot
31:38
forward.
31:39
For
31:39
example,
31:40
in
31:40
the
31:40
game
31:40
you
31:41
have
31:41
to
31:41
have
31:41
rest
31:41
periods,
31:42
but
31:42
that
31:43
doesn't
31:43
translate
31:44
well
31:44
to
31:44
a
31:44
two
31:44
hour
31:44
movie
31:45
for
31:45
characters
31:45
to
31:45
just
31:46
randomly
31:46
rest
31:47
Magic
31:48
spells,
31:48
whether
31:48
material
31:49
somatic
31:50
or
31:50
verbal,
31:51
were
31:51
depicted
31:51
as
31:52
technically
31:52
accurately
31:53
as
31:53
possible.
31:53
But
31:54
the
31:54
use
31:54
of
31:54
spells
31:55
was
31:55
somewhat
31:55
limited,
31:55
so
31:56
the
31:56
team
31:56
weren't
31:57
overpowered.
31:58
Edgin,
31:59
as
31:59
the
31:59
bard,
32:00
would
32:00
have
32:00
spellcaster
32:01
abilities
32:01
in
32:01
the
32:02
game,
32:02
but
32:02
they
32:02
wanted
32:03
Simon
32:03
to
32:03
be
32:03
the
32:04
primary
32:04
source
32:04
of
32:05
conventional
32:05
magic
32:05
in
32:06
the
32:06
movie.
32:07
Edgin's
32:07
power
32:08
would
32:08
lean
32:08
more
32:08
in
32:08
his
32:09
ability
32:09
to
32:09
charm,
32:10
because
32:10
Chris
32:11
Pine,
32:12
ultimately
32:13
one
32:13
of
32:14
the
32:14
most
32:14
charming
32:14
people
32:15
I
32:15
think,
32:15
that
32:15
exists
32:16
on
32:16
the
32:16
planet.
32:17
Simon
32:17
would
32:17
also
32:18
deal
32:18
with
32:18
the
32:18
burden
32:19
of
32:19
a
32:19
legendary
32:20
family
32:20
name.
32:21
His
32:21
ancestor
32:21
Elminster
32:22
Omar,
32:23
who
32:23
we
32:23
meet
32:23
in
32:23
the
32:23
movie,
32:24
was
32:24
one
32:24
of
32:24
the
32:25
first
32:25
characters
32:25
created
32:26
for
32:26
the
32:26
Forgotten
32:27
Realms
32:27
setting
32:27
by
32:28
Ed
32:28
Greenwood.
32:29
And
32:29
as
32:29
a
32:29
non
32:30
player,
32:30
I
32:30
had
32:31
no
32:31
idea
32:31
the
32:31
lore
32:31
of
32:32
this
32:32
character.
32:32
But
32:33
to
32:33
a
32:33
seasoned
32:34
player,
32:34
Elminster
32:35
would
32:35
have
32:35
been
32:35
a
32:35
fantastic
32:36
addition
32:36
to
32:36
Simon's
32:37
backstory.
32:39
And
32:39
one
32:39
of
32:39
the
32:39
things
32:39
that
32:40
sets
32:40
Dungeons
32:40
and
32:40
Dragons
32:41
apart
32:41
from
32:41
the
32:42
more
32:42
modern
32:43
MCU
32:43
movies
32:44
in
32:44
particular
32:45
is
32:45
its
32:45
reliance
32:46
on
32:46
practical
32:46
effects
32:47
and
32:47
animatronics.
32:48
John
32:48
Francis
32:49
Daly
32:49
and
32:49
Jonathan
32:50
Goldstein
32:50
said
32:51
from
32:51
the
32:51
start
32:51
they
32:52
wanted
32:52
to
32:52
make
32:52
it
32:52
real.
32:53
And
32:53
producer
32:54
Jeremy
32:54
Latcham's
32:55
experience
32:55
at
32:55
Marvel
32:56
Studios
32:57
making
32:57
mostly
32:58
practical
32:58
films
32:59
like
32:59
Iron
32:59
man
33:00
lent
33:00
perfectly
33:01
to
33:01
the
33:01
ideas
33:02
they
33:02
had
33:02
for
33:02
Honor
33:02
Among
33:03
Thieves
33:03
to
33:03
be
33:04
grounded
33:04
in
33:04
fantasy
33:05
realms,
33:05
but
33:05
also
33:06
appear
33:06
tangible,
33:07
plausible
33:08
and
33:08
real.
33:08
And
33:09
yes,
33:09
most
33:09
of
33:09
Iron
33:10
man
33:10
is
33:10
practical
33:10
effects,
33:11
and
33:11
Jon
33:11
Favreau
33:12
was
33:12
keen
33:12
for
33:12
it
33:12
to
33:13
stay
33:13
practical.
33:14
But
33:14
that's
33:14
a
33:14
story
33:15
for
33:15
a
33:15
future
33:15
episode
33:16
on
33:16
Iron
33:16
Man.
33:17
Cost
33:18
wise,
33:18
it
33:18
was
33:18
about
33:18
the
33:19
same
33:19
to
33:19
do
33:19
it
33:19
practical
33:20
as
33:20
it
33:20
would
33:20
have
33:20
been
33:21
to
33:21
make
33:21
everything
33:21
cg,
33:22
but
33:22
with
33:23
the
33:23
additional
33:23
setup,
33:24
it
33:24
probably
33:24
cost
33:24
a
33:25
little
33:25
more
33:25
in
33:25
time,
33:26
but
33:26
it
33:26
was
33:27
worth
33:27
it
33:27
to
33:27
make
33:27
the
33:28
world
33:28
feel
33:28
real.
33:29
Many
33:29
of
33:29
the
33:30
animatronics
33:30
would
33:31
only
33:31
be
33:31
seen
33:31
in
33:31
the
33:31
background
33:32
or
33:32
briefly.
33:33
Some
33:33
scenes,
33:34
such
33:34
as
33:34
Paladin
33:34
Xenx
33:35
introduction
33:36
scene
33:36
had
33:37
a
33:37
giant
33:37
fish
33:37
that
33:38
Xenk
33:38
pulls
33:38
a
33:39
Tabaxi
33:39
baby
33:40
out
33:40
of,
33:40
as
33:40
well
33:41
as
33:41
passing
33:41
it
33:41
to
33:42
a
33:42
Tabaxi
33:42
mother.
33:43
That
33:43
was
33:43
chosen
33:44
specifically
33:44
to
33:45
show
33:45
Xenk's
33:45
humanity
33:46
because
33:47
he
33:47
basically
33:47
saves
33:48
a
33:48
kitten.
33:49
The
33:49
fish
33:49
was
33:50
practical,
33:50
the
33:50
Tabaxi
33:51
was
33:51
practical,
33:52
and
33:52
then
33:52
the
33:52
other
33:52
Tabaxi
33:53
mum
33:53
that
33:53
was
33:53
holding
33:54
the
33:54
Tabaxi
33:54
baby
33:55
is
33:55
also
33:55
practical.
33:56
And
33:56
so
33:56
in
33:57
that
33:57
one
33:57
little
33:57
scene,
33:58
there
33:58
are
33:58
three
33:58
different
33:59
kinds
33:59
of
33:59
creatures
34:00
all
34:00
interacting
34:01
with
34:01
each
34:01
other,
34:02
plus
34:02
human
34:02
characters.
34:03
And
34:03
they
34:04
all
34:04
look
34:04
great.
34:04
And
34:04
it's
34:05
a
34:05
lovely
34:05
scene
34:05
that
34:05
just
34:06
ups
34:06
the
34:06
awe
34:06
factor.
34:07
The
34:07
practical
34:08
creatures
34:08
were
34:09
mostly
34:09
created
34:10
by
34:10
legacy
34:10
effects,
34:11
and
34:11
practical
34:12
puppets
34:12
were
34:12
also
34:12
augmented
34:13
with
34:13
CG
34:14
to
34:14
help
34:14
with
34:15
realism.
34:16
And
34:16
speaking
34:16
of
34:16
Xenk,
34:17
he
34:17
was
34:17
never
34:18
going
34:18
to
34:18
join
34:18
the
34:18
team
34:18
full
34:19
time.
34:19
Because
34:20
Xenk
34:20
is
34:20
basically
34:21
the
34:21
NPC
34:22
who
34:22
shows
34:22
up
34:22
to
34:22
help
34:23
at
34:23
a
34:23
crucial
34:23
moment
34:24
and
34:24
then
34:24
goes
34:25
his
34:25
own
34:25
way.
34:26
But
34:26
Reggae
34:26
Jean
34:27
Page
34:27
manages
34:27
to
34:28
steal
34:28
the
34:28
show.
34:29
Simon
34:29
even
34:29
says
34:30
that
34:30
Xenk
34:30
can
34:30
do
34:31
everything.
34:31
And
34:32
that's
34:32
the
34:32
point.
34:32
If
34:32
Xenk
34:33
stuck
34:33
around,
34:34
none
34:34
of
34:34
the
34:34
other
34:35
characters
34:35
would
34:35
need
34:35
to
34:36
step
34:36
up,
34:37
reach
34:37
their
34:37
own
34:37
individual
34:38
potential
34:38
and
34:39
become
34:39
the
34:39
team
34:39
that
34:40
they
34:40
need
34:40
to
34:40
become.
34:41
But
34:41
then
34:41
you
34:42
contrast
34:42
the
34:42
practical
34:43
Tabaxi
34:44
scene
34:44
with
34:45
the
34:45
Themberchaud
34:46
scene,
34:46
which
34:46
was
34:46
obviously
34:47
a
34:47
digital
34:47
dragon,
34:48
a
34:48
chonky
34:49
big
34:49
boy
34:49
king
34:50
in
34:50
a
34:50
scene
34:51
that's
34:51
filled
34:51
with
34:51
chaos
34:52
as
34:52
well
34:52
as
34:52
humor
34:53
and
34:53
the
34:53
fact
34:53
that
34:54
this
34:54
dragon
34:54
is
34:55
actually
34:55
pretty
34:55
terrifying
34:56
and
34:57
relentless
34:57
in
34:57
his
34:58
pursuit
34:58
of
34:58
a
34:58
mid
34:59
morning
34:59
snack.
35:00
Themberchaud
35:01
himself
35:01
was
35:01
a
35:01
collaboration
35:02
between
35:02
the
35:03
filmmakers
35:03
and
35:03
Wizards
35:04
of
35:04
the
35:04
coast,
35:05
who
35:05
basically
35:05
didn't
35:06
want
35:06
the
35:06
character
35:07
to
35:07
be
35:07
ridiculed.
35:08
The
35:08
scene
35:08
was
35:09
storyboarded
35:09
early
35:10
by
35:10
Dave
35:10
Krentz,
35:11
who
35:11
also
35:11
worked
35:11
on
35:12
Guardians
35:12
of
35:12
the
35:12
Galaxy,
35:13
and
35:13
they
35:14
used
35:14
obese
35:14
dachshunds
35:15
as
35:15
examples
35:16
of
35:16
how
35:16
they
35:16
wanted
35:17
the
35:17
dragon
35:17
to
35:17
move
35:18
and
35:18
feel
35:18
like
35:19
Wizards
35:19
of
35:20
the
35:20
coast
35:20
were
35:20
cool
35:20
with
35:21
making
35:21
him
35:21
a
35:21
little
35:21
silly.
35:22
In
35:22
exchange
35:23
for
35:23
keeping
35:23
his
35:24
Red
35:24
Dragon
35:24
lore
35:25
intact,
35:25
ILM
35:26
was
35:26
tasked
35:27
with
35:27
creating
35:28
the
35:28
exotic
35:29
locations
35:30
and
35:30
bringing
35:31
characters
35:32
like
35:32
them,
35:33
the
35:33
Orcs
35:33
and
35:34
Owlbear,
35:35
various
35:35
other
35:35
dragons
35:36
and
35:36
mimic
35:36
the
35:37
Gelatinous
35:37
Cube
35:38
and
35:38
the
35:38
Displacer
35:39
Beast
35:39
to
35:40
life.
35:40
The
35:41
VFX
35:41
crew
35:41
even
35:42
set
35:42
up
35:42
their
35:42
own
35:42
D
35:43
and
35:43
D
35:43
game
35:43
with
35:44
VFX
35:44
coordinator
35:45
Charlie
35:45
Rock,
35:46
an
35:46
accomplished
35:46
dungeon
35:47
master
35:48
with
35:48
COVID
35:48
lockdowns
35:49
often
35:49
making
35:50
on
35:50
location
35:50
shoots
35:51
an
35:51
issue.
35:52
VFX
35:52
was
35:52
used
35:53
to
35:53
scan
35:53
locations
35:54
to
35:54
create
35:54
CG
35:55
versions
35:55
of
35:56
those
35:56
locations.
35:57
The
35:57
Owlbear
35:58
was
35:58
particularly
35:58
challenging
35:59
as
35:59
she
35:59
had
35:59
to
36:00
believably
36:00
have
36:01
both
36:01
feathers
36:01
and
36:02
fur
36:02
and
36:02
feel
36:03
like
36:03
a
36:03
cohesive
36:03
whole
36:04
creature
36:04
that
36:05
moved
36:05
like
36:05
both
36:06
owl
36:06
and
36:06
bear,
36:07
not
36:07
just
36:08
an
36:08
owl
36:08
and
36:08
a
36:08
bear
36:09
connected.
36:10
Post
36:10
production
36:11
was
36:11
done
36:11
mostly
36:12
remotely
36:12
with
36:12
a
36:13
few
36:13
trips
36:13
to
36:13
ilm
36:14
where
36:14
all
36:14
the
36:14
visual
36:14
effects
36:15
vendors,
36:15
ilm,
36:16
NPC
36:17
and
36:17
crafty
36:17
apes
36:18
could
36:18
send
36:19
the
36:19
work
36:19
and
36:19
have
36:19
it
36:19
viewed
36:20
simultaneously.
36:21
This
36:21
movie
36:22
was
36:22
undoubtedly
36:22
hampered
36:23
by
36:23
the
36:23
pandemic
36:24
in
36:24
so
36:24
many
36:25
ways,
36:25
and
36:25
yet
36:26
they
36:26
seem
36:26
to
36:26
have
36:27
used
36:27
that
36:27
to
36:27
their
36:28
advantage.
36:29
The
36:29
movie
36:29
is
36:29
also
36:30
dedicated
36:30
to
36:30
former
36:31
chairman
36:31
and
36:31
CEO
36:32
of
36:32
Hasbro,
36:32
Brian
36:33
Goldner,
36:34
who
36:34
produced
36:34
previous
36:35
Hasbro
36:35
movies
36:36
like
36:36
GI
36:36
Joe,
36:36
Rise
36:37
of
36:37
Cobra,
36:38
Battleship,
36:38
Snake
36:39
Eyes,
36:39
and
36:40
executively
36:40
produced
36:41
the
36:41
Transformers
36:42
franchise.
36:43
Goldner,
36:44
who
36:44
is
36:44
posthumously
36:45
credited
36:45
as
36:45
a
36:46
producer
36:46
of
36:47
Dungeons
36:47
and
36:47
Honor
36:48
Among
36:48
Thieves,
36:49
died
36:49
of
36:49
prostate
36:50
cancer
36:50
in
36:50
2021
36:51
at
36:51
the
36:52
age
36:52
of
36:52
58.
36:54
In
36:54
2021,
36:55
when
36:55
the
36:56
cast
36:56
for
36:56
Dungeons
36:57
and
36:57
Dragons
36:57
Honor
36:58
Among
36:58
Thieves
36:58
was
36:59
being
36:59
announced.
37:00
The
37:00
Hollywood
37:00
Reporter
37:01
announced
37:01
a
37:02
Dungeons
37:02
and
37:02
Dragons
37:03
TV
37:03
series
37:03
in
37:04
development,
37:04
totally
37:05
separate
37:05
project
37:05
to
37:06
the
37:06
film,
37:06
written
37:07
and
37:07
developed
37:07
by
37:08
Derek
37:08
Kolstad.
37:09
Kolstad
37:10
also
37:11
created
37:11
the
37:11
John
37:12
Wick
37:12
franchise.
37:13
He
37:13
wrote
37:14
John
37:14
Wick,
37:14
John
37:14
Wick
37:15
Chapter
37:15
2
37:15
and
37:16
John
37:16
Wick
37:16
Chapter
37:16
3
37:17
Parabellum,
37:18
all
37:18
of
37:18
which
37:19
star
37:19
Keanu
37:19
Reeves.
37:20
And
37:21
that
37:21
is
37:21
the
37:21
obligatory
37:21
Keanu
37:22
reference
37:22
for
37:23
this
37:23
episode.
37:23
That
37:24
is
37:24
the
37:24
part
37:24
of
37:24
the
37:24
episode
37:25
where
37:25
I
37:25
try
37:25
and
37:25
link
37:25
the
37:25
movie
37:26
that
37:26
I'm
37:26
featuring
37:26
with
37:26
Keanu
37:27
Reeves.
37:28
And
37:28
despite
37:28
the
37:28
fact
37:29
that
37:29
that
37:29
TV
37:29
series
37:30
never
37:30
happened,
37:31
the
37:31
fact
37:31
that
37:31
it
37:31
almost
37:32
kind
37:32
of
37:32
happened
37:33
is
37:33
the
37:33
easiest
37:34
way
37:34
to
37:34
link
37:34
Keanu
37:34
Reeves
37:35
to
37:35
this
37:35
movie.
37:36
Lorne
37:37
Balfe
37:37
was
37:38
announced
37:38
as
37:38
the
37:38
composer
37:39
in
37:39
July
37:40
2022
37:41
and
37:41
Balfe
37:42
said
37:42
in
37:42
an
37:42
interview
37:43
that
37:43
he
37:43
wanted
37:43
to
37:43
join
37:44
the
37:44
movie
37:44
because
37:44
he
37:45
loved
37:45
dnd.
37:46
He
37:46
played
37:46
it
37:46
as
37:46
a
37:47
kid.
37:47
The
37:47
characters
37:48
in
37:48
DND
37:49
were
37:49
his
37:49
superheroes.
37:50
He
37:51
returned
37:51
to
37:51
his
37:51
Scottish
37:52
roots
37:52
for
37:52
the
37:52
film
37:53
school,
37:53
which
37:53
is
37:53
full
37:54
of
37:54
delicate,
37:54
mystical
37:55
Celtic
37:56
themes
37:56
blended
37:57
with
37:57
a
37:57
large
37:58
cinematic
37:58
lush
37:59
orchestra.
38:00
The
38:00
score
38:00
received
38:01
positive
38:01
reviews
38:02
from
38:02
critics.
38:03
Not
38:03
the
38:03
only
38:03
thing
38:04
that
38:04
received
38:04
a
38:04
positive
38:04
review
38:05
from
38:05
critics
38:06
though.
38:06
The
38:07
original
38:07
song
38:07
Wings
38:08
of
38:08
Time
38:08
is
38:09
also
38:09
featured
38:09
in
38:10
the
38:10
movie.
38:10
It
38:10
was
38:11
performed
38:11
by
38:11
Tame
38:12
Impala
38:13
and
38:13
it
38:13
was
38:13
written
38:14
by
38:14
Kevin
38:15
Parker
38:15
from
38:15
Tame
38:15
Impala
38:16
and
38:16
Nick
38:17
Ulbrook.
38:18
So
38:19
you
38:19
have
38:19
this
38:19
huge
38:20
movie
38:20
coming
38:20
out
38:21
based
38:21
on
38:21
a
38:22
huge
38:22
long
38:22
standing
38:23
game
38:24
and
38:24
cast
38:24
members
38:24
appeared
38:25
at
38:25
San
38:25
Diego
38:26
comic
38:26
con
38:26
in
38:27
July
38:27
2022,
38:28
the
38:29
same
38:29
day
38:29
as
38:29
the
38:29
first
38:30
teaser
38:30
trailer
38:30
was
38:31
released.
38:31
I
38:32
mean,
38:32
there's
38:32
a
38:32
whole
38:32
Dungeons
38:33
and
38:33
Dragons
38:33
RPG
38:34
out
38:34
there
38:34
to
38:34
technically
38:35
promote
38:35
it,
38:36
but
38:36
there
38:36
were
38:36
also
38:37
prequel
38:37
tie
38:37
in
38:38
books
38:38
featuring
38:38
Doric
38:39
as
38:39
the
38:39
main
38:39
character
38:40
in
38:40
the
38:41
novel
38:41
the
38:41
druids
38:41
call
38:42
by
38:42
E.K.
38:42
johnston
38:43
and
38:43
another
38:44
one
38:44
for
38:44
Edgin
38:44
Darvas
38:45
in
38:45
the
38:45
Road
38:46
to
38:46
Neverwinter
38:46
by
38:47
Jalai
38:47
Johnson.
38:48
Dungeons
38:49
and
38:49
Honor
38:50
among
38:50
the
38:50
Feast
38:51
of
38:51
the
38:51
moon
38:51
is
38:51
a
38:52
96
38:52
page
38:52
prequel
38:53
graphic
38:53
novel
38:54
which
38:54
focuses
38:55
on
38:55
Edgin
38:55
and
38:56
his
38:56
band
38:56
of
38:56
thieves
38:57
with
38:57
a
38:57
backup
38:58
story
38:58
focused
38:59
on
38:59
Xenk
38:59
and
38:59
the
38:59
Helmet
39:00
of
39:00
Disjunction.
39:01
Hasbro
39:02
also
39:02
released
39:02
promotional
39:03
toys
39:03
and
39:04
other
39:04
merchandise
39:05
based
39:05
on
39:05
the
39:05
film,
39:06
such
39:06
as
39:06
Monopoly,
39:07
Dieselings
39:08
and
39:08
Golden
39:09
Archive
39:09
action
39:10
figures.
39:11
But
39:11
the
39:12
marketing
39:12
of
39:12
this
39:12
movie
39:13
had
39:13
a
39:13
bit
39:14
of
39:14
a
39:14
problem,
39:15
and
39:15
it
39:15
was
39:15
nothing
39:16
to
39:16
do
39:16
with
39:16
the
39:17
movie
39:17
itself,
39:18
but
39:18
what
39:18
was
39:19
happening
39:19
at
39:19
Hasbro
39:20
and
39:20
Wizards
39:21
of
39:21
the
39:21
coast.
39:22
And
39:22
it
39:23
led
39:23
to
39:23
a
39:23
number
39:23
of
39:24
D
39:24
and
39:24
D
39:24
fans
39:25
boycotting
39:25
Dungeons
39:26
and
39:26
Dragons
39:26
Honor
39:27
Among
39:27
Thieves
39:28
due
39:28
to
39:28
the
39:28
ongoing
39:29
backlash
39:30
against
39:30
Hasbro
39:31
and
39:31
Wizards
39:31
of
39:31
the
39:31
Coast's
39:32
decision
39:32
to
39:33
change
39:33
its
39:33
open
39:34
gaming
39:34
license.
39:35
According
39:35
to
39:36
a
39:36
report
39:36
that
39:36
was
39:36
leaked
39:37
in
39:37
early
39:37
January
39:38
2023
39:39
Wizards
39:40
of
39:40
the
39:40
coast
39:40
intended
39:41
to
39:41
revise
39:42
its
39:42
Open
39:42
Gaming
39:43
License
39:43
conditions
39:44
which
39:44
have
39:44
been
39:44
in
39:45
effect
39:45
since
39:46
the
39:46
year
39:46
2000.
39:47
RPGs
39:48
like
39:48
Pathfinder,
39:49
which
39:49
are
39:49
permitted
39:50
to
39:50
use
39:50
some
39:51
D
39:51
and
39:51
D
39:51
mechanics
39:52
under
39:52
the
39:52
original
39:53
Open
39:53
Gaming
39:53
License,
39:54
as
39:54
well
39:55
as
39:55
the
39:55
vast
39:55
community
39:56
of
39:56
third
39:56
party
39:56
D&
39:57
D
39:57
content,
39:58
might
39:58
now
39:58
be
39:59
subject
39:59
to
39:59
much
39:59
stricter
40:00
regulations.
40:01
As
40:01
a
40:01
result
40:01
of
40:02
the
40:02
change,
40:03
the
40:03
original
40:04
OGL
40:04
was
40:04
made
40:05
to
40:05
allow
40:05
third
40:06
party
40:06
groups
40:06
to
40:06
create
40:07
products
40:07
that
40:08
are
40:08
compatible
40:08
with
40:09
official
40:09
Dungeons
40:10
and
40:10
Dragons
40:10
rules.
40:11
It
40:11
was
40:11
less
40:12
than
40:12
900
40:12
words
40:13
and
40:13
the
40:13
language
40:14
was
40:14
intentionally
40:14
broad,
40:15
but
40:15
the
40:16
new
40:16
OGL
40:17
1.1
40:18
was
40:18
more
40:18
complex,
40:19
nearly
40:19
10
40:20
times
40:20
as
40:20
long,
40:21
and
40:21
it
40:21
would
40:21
grant
40:21
Wizards
40:22
of
40:22
the
40:22
coast
40:22
the
40:22
ability
40:23
to,
40:23
quote,
40:24
make
40:24
money
40:25
off
40:25
of
40:25
these
40:25
products
40:26
without
40:26
paying
40:26
the
40:26
person
40:27
who
40:27
made
40:27
it,
40:28
unquote.
40:29
And
40:29
companies
40:29
that
40:30
made
40:30
over
40:30
$750,000
40:32
would
40:32
have
40:33
to
40:33
start
40:33
paying
40:34
Hasbro
40:34
a
40:34
25%
40:35
cut
40:35
of
40:36
their
40:36
earnings.
40:37
More
40:37
than
40:37
66,000
40:38
fans
40:39
signed
40:39
an
40:39
open
40:40
letter
40:40
addressed
40:41
to
40:41
Hasbro,
40:42
DND
40:42
beyond
40:43
and
40:43
Wizards
40:43
of
40:43
the
40:43
coast
40:44
expressing
40:45
disgust
40:45
at
40:45
the
40:45
proposed
40:46
changes.
40:47
They
40:47
viewed
40:47
the
40:47
changes
40:48
as
40:48
nothing
40:48
but
40:49
a
40:49
money
40:49
making
40:49
scheme
40:50
and
40:50
an
40:50
attempt
40:50
to
40:51
squash
40:51
small
40:52
time
40:52
creators
40:53
who
40:53
did
40:53
not
40:53
pose
40:54
a
40:54
serious
40:54
threat
40:54
to
40:55
Hasbro.
40:56
Larger
40:56
community
40:57
voices
40:57
like
40:57
Critical
40:58
Role
40:58
voiced
40:58
their
40:59
disapproval
40:59
of
40:59
it
41:00
and
41:00
fans
41:00
took
41:01
to
41:01
social
41:01
media
41:02
to
41:02
declare
41:02
they
41:02
would
41:03
not
41:03
watch
41:03
Dungeons
41:04
and
41:04
Dragons
41:04
honor
41:05
among
41:05
thieves
41:06
or
41:06
support
41:07
official
41:07
D
41:07
and
41:07
D
41:08
products
41:08
until
41:09
Wizards
41:09
of
41:09
the
41:09
coast
41:10
reversed
41:10
the
41:10
new
41:11
regulations.
41:12
In
41:12
response,
41:13
Wizards
41:13
of
41:13
the
41:13
coast
41:13
put
41:14
out
41:14
a
41:14
statement
41:15
apologizing
41:16
for
41:16
its
41:16
recent
41:16
actions
41:17
and
41:17
silence
41:18
regarding
41:18
the
41:19
new
41:19
rules.
41:19
The
41:20
company
41:20
stated
41:20
it
41:20
would
41:21
be
41:21
reworking
41:21
the
41:22
OGL
41:22
based
41:23
on
41:23
fan
41:23
and
41:23
third
41:24
party
41:24
feedback
41:25
and
41:25
that
41:25
the
41:25
new
41:25
updates
41:26
would
41:26
not
41:26
impact
41:27
anything
41:27
published
41:28
under
41:28
the
41:28
original
41:29
rules.
41:29
D
41:30
and
41:30
D
41:30
Beyond
41:30
then
41:31
posted
41:31
a
41:31
statement
41:32
saying,
41:32
quote,
41:33
it
41:33
was
41:33
never
41:33
our
41:34
intention
41:34
to
41:34
impact
41:35
the
41:35
vast
41:35
majority
41:35
of
41:36
the
41:36
community.
41:37
The
41:37
company
41:37
is
41:38
reversing
41:38
its
41:38
position
41:39
on
41:39
the
41:39
OGL
41:40
to
41:40
protect
41:41
educational
41:41
and
41:41
charitable
41:42
campaigns,
41:43
live
41:43
streams,
41:44
cosplay
41:45
and
41:45
other
41:45
content
41:46
created
41:46
by
41:46
community
41:47
members.
41:48
It
41:48
has
41:48
also
41:49
announced
41:49
that
41:49
the
41:49
redrafted
41:50
agreement
41:51
would
41:51
not
41:51
include
41:52
any
41:52
royalty
41:52
structure
41:53
or
41:53
the
41:54
license
41:54
backed
41:54
provision
41:55
that
41:55
some
41:55
people
41:56
were
41:56
afraid
41:56
was
41:57
a
41:57
means
41:57
for
41:57
us
41:58
to
41:58
steal
41:58
work,
41:59
unquote.
42:00
But
42:00
of
42:00
course
42:00
that
42:01
didn't
42:01
stop
42:02
boycottdndmovie
42:03
becoming
42:04
a
42:04
thing
42:04
and
42:05
briefly
42:05
trending
42:06
on
42:06
social
42:06
media.
42:07
And
42:07
the
42:07
backlash
42:08
did
42:08
seemingly
42:09
hurt
42:09
the
42:09
movie,
42:10
which
42:10
was
42:10
released
42:10
two
42:11
months
42:11
later.
42:11
But
42:12
it
42:12
wasn't
42:12
the
42:12
biggest
42:13
thing
42:13
to
42:13
hurt
42:13
it.
42:14
Dose
42:14
of
42:14
the
42:15
dragon's
42:15
honor
42:15
among
42:16
feeds
42:16
premiered
42:17
on
42:17
10
42:17
March
42:18
2023
42:19
at
42:19
the
42:19
south
42:19
by
42:20
Southwest
42:20
Film
42:21
Festival
42:21
to
42:21
a
42:21
rave
42:22
reception
42:23
and
42:23
was
42:23
released
42:23
on
42:24
31st
42:24
March
42:25
2023
42:26
in
42:26
the
42:26
US
42:27
the
42:27
same
42:28
week
42:28
as
42:29
the
42:29
Super
42:29
Mario
42:29
Brothers
42:30
movie,
42:31
the
42:31
movie
42:31
that
42:31
went
42:31
on
42:31
to
42:32
become
42:32
the
42:32
second
42:32
highest
42:33
grossing
42:33
film
42:33
of
42:34
2023.
42:35
Dungeons
42:36
and
42:36
Dragons
42:36
debuted
42:37
at
42:37
number
42:37
one
42:37
in
42:37
its
42:38
first
42:38
weekend
42:38
of
42:39
release,
42:39
but
42:39
then
42:40
Mario
42:40
released
42:41
and
42:41
the
42:41
weekly
42:41
charts
42:42
tell
42:42
a
42:43
slightly
42:43
different
42:43
story
42:44
of
42:44
it
42:44
debuting
42:44
at
42:45
number
42:45
two.
42:46
It
42:46
would
42:46
stay
42:46
in
42:47
the
42:47
top
42:47
10
42:47
for
42:47
seven
42:48
weeks,
42:48
but
42:48
the
42:48
Mario
42:49
Brothers
42:49
would
42:49
dominate
42:50
the
42:50
box
42:50
office.
42:51
They
42:51
would
42:52
have
42:52
number
42:52
one
42:52
for
42:52
five
42:53
weeks.
42:54
In
42:54
that
42:54
respect,
42:55
Dungeons
42:55
and
42:55
Dragons
42:56
didn't
42:56
really
42:56
stand
42:57
a
42:57
chance
42:57
to
42:57
make
42:57
the
42:57
money
42:58
it
42:58
needed
42:58
to
42:59
families,
43:00
given
43:00
the
43:00
choice
43:01
overwhelmingly
43:02
chose
43:02
Mario
43:03
and
43:03
Luigi
43:04
to
43:04
the
43:04
tune
43:04
of
43:05
$1.3
43:06
billion.
43:07
So
43:07
on
43:08
its
43:08
$150
43:08
million
43:09
budget,
43:09
Dungeons
43:10
and
43:10
Dragons
43:10
Honor
43:11
Among
43:11
Thieves
43:11
grossed
43:09
$93.3
43:13
million
43:14
domestically
43:14
in
43:14
the
43:14
US
43:15
and
43:13
$112
43:16
million
43:17
internationally,
43:18
for
43:18
a
43:19
total
43:19
worldwide
43:19
gross
43:20
of
43:17
$205.2
43:20
million.
43:22
Poor
43:23
marketing,
43:23
the
43:24
Super
43:24
Mario
43:24
Brothers
43:24
movie
43:25
and
43:25
the
43:25
fan
43:25
boycotts
43:26
were
43:26
blamed
43:27
for
43:27
the
43:27
disappointing
43:28
commercial
43:28
success.
43:29
And
43:29
this
43:30
is
43:30
despite
43:30
it
43:30
being
43:30
a
43:31
huge
43:31
critical
43:32
success
43:32
with
43:33
a
43:33
91%
43:33
of
43:34
rotten
43:34
tomatoes
43:34
with
43:35
the
43:35
consensus
43:35
reading
43:36
an
43:36
infectiously
43:37
good
43:37
spirited
43:38
comedy
43:38
with
43:38
a
43:39
solid
43:39
emotional
43:39
core,
43:40
Dungeons
43:40
and
43:41
Honor
43:41
Among
43:42
Thieves
43:42
offers
43:42
fun
43:43
fantasy
43:43
and
43:43
adventure,
43:44
even
43:44
if
43:45
you
43:45
don't
43:45
know
43:45
your
43:45
HP
43:46
from
43:46
your
43:46
opinion.
43:48
In
43:48
an
43:48
interview
43:48
with
43:48
Polygon
43:49
in
43:49
April
43:50
2023
43:50
on
43:51
the
43:51
potential
43:51
for
43:51
a
43:52
sequel,
43:52
John
43:53
Francis
43:53
Daly
43:54
stated
43:54
that
43:54
quote,
43:55
it
43:55
was
43:55
never
43:56
our
43:56
intention
43:56
when
43:56
we
43:57
came
43:57
on
43:57
board
43:57
this
43:57
film
43:58
to
43:58
make
43:58
a
43:58
franchise,
43:59
unquote,
44:00
and
44:00
this
44:00
story
44:01
feels
44:01
complete
44:02
as
44:02
it
44:02
is.
44:03
A
44:03
sequel
44:03
was
44:03
mooted
44:04
in
44:04
July
44:04
2023
44:05
with
44:05
Paramount
44:06
suggesting
44:07
if
44:07
it
44:07
did
44:08
happen
44:08
it
44:08
would
44:08
probably
44:09
have
44:09
a
44:09
smaller
44:09
budget.
44:10
But
44:11
no
44:11
word
44:11
on
44:11
sequel
44:11
since,
44:12
which
44:12
is
44:12
hugely
44:13
disappointing.
44:13
And
44:14
this
44:14
world
44:15
is
44:15
so
44:15
ripe
44:15
for
44:16
new
44:16
stories.
44:17
A
44:17
spin
44:18
off
44:18
TV
44:18
series
44:19
was
44:19
also
44:19
planned
44:20
and
44:20
ordered
44:21
straight
44:21
to
44:21
series
44:21
by
44:22
Paramount
44:22
plus
44:23
in
44:23
2023
44:24
and
44:25
not
44:25
the
44:25
Derek
44:25
Kolstad
44:26
version
44:27
either.
44:27
But
44:27
in
44:28
May
44:28
2024
44:29
the
44:29
series
44:29
was
44:30
no
44:30
longer
44:30
moving
44:31
forward
44:31
with
44:31
Paramount
44:32
plus
44:32
and
44:32
will
44:33
be
44:33
overseen
44:33
by
44:33
Hasbro
44:34
Entertainment
44:35
and
44:35
a
44:35
new
44:35
creative
44:36
team.
44:36
Again,
44:37
no
44:37
further
44:38
word
44:38
on
44:38
this
44:39
critical
44:39
role.
44:40
Have
44:40
seen
44:40
their
44:41
D
44:41
and
44:41
D
44:41
adventures
44:42
unfold
44:42
in
44:43
the
44:43
Animated
44:43
series
44:44
the
44:44
Legend
44:44
of
44:45
Vox
44:45
Machina
44:45
though
44:47
RPGs
44:48
like
44:48
Dungeons
44:48
and
44:48
Dragons
44:49
allow
44:50
us
44:50
to
44:50
become
44:50
different
44:51
people
44:51
in
44:51
scenarios
44:52
so
44:53
different
44:53
to
44:53
our
44:53
real
44:53
lives,
44:54
but
44:54
they
44:54
also
44:55
help
44:55
shape
44:55
us
44:55
as
44:56
people.
44:57
It
44:57
is
44:57
a
44:57
collaborative
44:58
community
44:58
of
44:59
storytelling,
44:59
a
45:00
team
45:00
of
45:00
people
45:00
with
45:01
different
45:01
traits
45:01
and
45:01
personalities
45:02
using
45:03
their
45:03
strengths
45:03
to
45:04
tell
45:04
a
45:04
story
45:04
from
45:05
beginning
45:05
to
45:05
end,
45:06
or
45:06
sometimes
45:07
not
45:07
end
45:08
in
45:08
it.
45:08
We
45:08
get
45:08
to
45:09
explore
45:09
aspects
45:09
of
45:10
ourselves
45:10
we
45:10
don't
45:10
in
45:11
our
45:11
day
45:11
to
45:11
day
45:11
lives
45:12
create
45:12
social
45:13
bonds
45:13
with
45:13
people
45:14
we
45:14
might
45:14
not
45:14
get
45:14
to
45:15
see
45:15
all
45:15
the
45:15
time.
45:16
RPGs
45:17
are
45:17
unique
45:17
because
45:18
they
45:18
allow
45:18
you
45:18
to
45:19
experience
45:19
these
45:19
emotional
45:20
journeys
45:21
as
45:21
a
45:21
different
45:21
person
45:22
figuring
45:22
out
45:23
your
45:23
own
45:23
priorities
45:24
and
45:24
worldview.
45:25
You
45:25
embark
45:25
on
45:25
a
45:26
journey
45:26
that
45:26
challenges
45:27
you
45:27
to
45:27
become
45:27
a
45:27
better
45:28
person,
45:29
a
45:29
better
45:29
friend,
45:29
a
45:30
better
45:30
colleague,
45:30
a
45:30
better
45:31
parent,
45:32
or
45:32
a
45:32
better
45:32
teammate.
45:33
And
45:33
you
45:34
do
45:34
this
45:34
in
45:34
a
45:34
safe,
45:35
encouraging
45:35
environment
45:36
with
45:36
no
45:36
judgment,
45:37
no
45:37
restrictions
45:38
other
45:38
than
45:39
the
45:39
rules
45:39
set
45:39
by
45:39
your
45:40
games
45:40
master.
45:40
And
45:41
potentially
45:41
it
45:41
helps
45:42
you
45:42
to
45:42
explore
45:42
your
45:43
identity
45:43
too.
45:44
Playing
45:45
games
45:45
can
45:45
be
45:45
transformative
45:46
and
45:46
it's
45:47
rarely
45:47
spoken
45:48
about
45:48
or
45:48
discussed
45:49
on
45:49
a
45:49
public
45:49
forum.
45:50
As
45:50
I
45:51
mentioned
45:51
before,
45:51
the
45:51
majority
45:52
of
45:52
players
45:52
of
45:52
Dungeons
45:53
and
45:53
dragons
45:53
are
45:53
male,
45:54
61%,
45:55
and
45:56
it's
45:56
easy
45:56
to
45:57
presume
45:57
that
45:57
the
45:57
majority
45:58
of
45:58
those
45:58
are
45:58
probably
45:59
white,
45:59
straight
46:00
and
46:00
cisgender.
46:01
This
46:01
movie
46:02
has
46:02
just
46:02
two
46:02
straight
46:03
white
46:03
guys
46:03
in
46:03
leading
46:04
roles
46:04
and
46:05
not
46:05
once
46:05
is
46:05
it
46:06
questioned
46:06
why.
46:07
And
46:07
I
46:07
genuinely
46:08
believe
46:08
it's
46:08
because,
46:09
despite
46:09
the
46:09
straight
46:10
white
46:10
male
46:10
leaning
46:11
of
46:11
the
46:11
player
46:11
demographics,
46:12
that
46:12
the
46:13
game
46:13
leans
46:13
so
46:13
heavily
46:14
into
46:14
broad
46:14
representations
46:15
of
46:16
different
46:16
genders,
46:17
races,
46:17
character
46:18
classes,
46:18
abilities
46:19
and
46:19
power
46:19
sources
46:20
that
46:20
you
46:21
expect
46:21
a
46:21
D
46:21
and
46:22
D
46:22
movie
46:22
to
46:22
be
46:22
as
46:23
representative
46:23
as
46:24
possible
46:24
while
46:25
actively
46:25
trying
46:26
to
46:26
avoid
46:26
the
46:26
tropes
46:27
that
46:27
plague
46:28
many
46:28
comedy
46:29
team
46:29
up
46:30
hero
46:30
or
46:30
fantasy
46:31
movies.
46:32
We
46:32
still
46:32
unfortunately
46:33
get
46:33
the
46:33
recently
46:33
deceased
46:34
wife
46:34
and
46:34
the
46:34
grieving
46:35
father
46:35
struggling
46:36
to
46:36
raise
46:36
his
46:36
child,
46:37
but
46:37
that's
46:37
juxtaposed
46:38
by
46:38
the
46:39
ending
46:40
and
46:40
Edgin
46:40
realizing
46:41
he
46:41
needs
46:41
to
46:41
stop
46:42
selfishly
46:42
keeping
46:43
Ciara's
46:44
actual
46:44
mother
46:44
Holga
46:45
from
46:45
her.
46:46
Holga
46:46
helped
46:46
raise
46:47
her,
46:47
she
46:47
has
46:47
the
46:47
bond
46:48
with
46:48
Holger
46:49
and
46:49
that's
46:49
lovely
46:49
to
46:50
see,
46:50
as
46:50
well
46:50
as
46:50
the
46:50
non
46:51
traditional
46:51
platonic
46:52
child
46:52
rearing
46:53
scenario
46:53
that
46:54
never
46:54
once
46:54
goes
46:54
romantic.
46:55
Romance
46:56
is
46:56
not
46:56
something
46:57
this
46:57
movie
46:57
prioritizes
46:58
and
46:59
it's
46:59
all
46:59
the
46:59
better
46:59
for
47:00
it.
47:00
Unlike
47:01
Game
47:01
of
47:01
Thrones,
47:02
House
47:02
of
47:02
the
47:02
Dragon,
47:03
or
47:03
the
47:03
Rings
47:03
of
47:03
Power,
47:04
this
47:04
is
47:05
bright,
47:05
colorful,
47:06
family
47:06
friendly
47:07
and
47:07
just
47:07
an
47:08
absolute
47:08
blast
47:09
to
47:09
watch.
47:09
It
47:10
pains
47:10
me
47:10
that
47:10
this
47:11
movie
47:11
didn't
47:11
do
47:11
better,
47:12
because
47:12
if
47:12
we're
47:13
going
47:13
to
47:13
allow
47:13
Hollywood
47:14
to
47:14
adapt
47:14
ip,
47:15
this
47:15
is
47:16
how
47:16
it
47:16
should
47:16
be
47:16
done.
47:17
With
47:17
heart.
47:18
Genuine
47:18
admiration
47:19
for
47:19
the
47:19
source
47:20
material
47:20
and
47:20
an
47:21
understanding
47:21
of
47:21
it
47:22
and
47:22
what
47:22
fans
47:23
want
47:23
from
47:23
it,
47:23
not
47:24
some
47:24
generic
47:25
money
47:25
making
47:25
exercise.
47:26
That's
47:27
what
47:27
this
47:27
movie
47:28
did.
47:28
It's
47:28
created
47:29
by
47:29
fans
47:30
for
47:30
fans,
47:31
but
47:31
also
47:31
not
47:32
just
47:32
for
47:32
fans.
47:33
By
47:34
all
47:34
accounts,
47:34
D
47:35
and
47:35
D
47:35
fans
47:35
love
47:35
this
47:36
movie.
47:36
There
47:36
are
47:37
always
47:37
some
47:37
detractors,
47:38
but
47:38
overwhelmingly
47:39
this
47:39
movie
47:39
seems
47:39
to
47:40
work
47:40
for
47:40
both
47:40
D
47:41
and
47:41
D
47:41
players
47:41
and
47:42
non
47:42
players,
47:42
with
47:43
enough
47:43
Easter
47:43
eggs
47:44
and
47:44
game
47:44
references
47:45
for
47:45
fans
47:45
that
47:46
don't
47:46
alienate
47:47
everyone
47:47
else.
47:48
And
47:48
that
47:48
is
47:49
an
47:49
incredible
47:49
feat
47:50
to
47:50
pull
47:50
off.
47:51
It
47:51
doesn't
47:52
mock
47:52
or
47:52
make
47:52
fun
47:53
of
47:53
its
47:53
material
47:54
or
47:54
its
47:54
fans.
47:55
It's
47:55
a
47:55
bit
47:55
like
47:56
Galaxy
47:56
Quest
47:56
in
47:57
that
47:57
respect.
47:57
It
47:58
winks
47:58
at
47:58
the
47:58
absurdity
47:59
through
47:59
humor,
48:00
but
48:00
it
48:00
still
48:01
has
48:01
so
48:01
much
48:01
love
48:02
and
48:02
respect
48:02
for
48:02
its
48:03
own
48:03
legacy.
48:04
You
48:04
can
48:04
see
48:05
the
48:05
Ocean's
48:05
Eleven
48:06
here,
48:06
you
48:06
can
48:07
see
48:07
the
48:07
Princess
48:07
Bride,
48:08
and
48:08
it
48:08
evokes
48:09
so
48:09
much
48:09
inspiration
48:10
and
48:10
joy.
48:11
In
48:11
many
48:12
ways,
48:12
if
48:12
you
48:12
think
48:12
about
48:13
it,
48:13
it
48:13
also
48:13
makes
48:14
sense
48:14
that
48:14
this
48:14
movie
48:14
didn't
48:15
make
48:15
the
48:15
money
48:15
it
48:15
needed,
48:16
because
48:16
playing
48:17
D
48:17
and
48:17
D,
48:17
or
48:18
indeed
48:18
any
48:18
rpg,
48:19
isn't
48:20
really
48:20
about
48:20
the
48:21
money.
48:21
It's
48:21
not
48:21
about
48:22
buying
48:22
anything.
48:23
It's
48:23
not
48:24
supposed
48:24
to
48:24
be
48:24
a
48:24
moneymaker
48:25
as
48:25
much
48:25
as
48:25
Hasbro
48:26
wants
48:26
it
48:26
to
48:27
be
48:27
one.
48:27
Hasbro
48:28
was
48:28
hoping
48:29
to
48:29
entice
48:29
more
48:29
people
48:30
to
48:30
play
48:30
the
48:30
game
48:30
itself
48:31
through
48:32
the
48:32
sheer
48:32
fun
48:32
and
48:33
spectacle
48:33
of
48:33
honor
48:34
among
48:34
thieves.
48:34
And
48:35
to
48:35
me,
48:36
that's
48:36
worked.
48:37
It's
48:37
opened
48:37
up
48:38
the
48:38
idea
48:38
of
48:38
the
48:38
game
48:39
to
48:39
so
48:39
many
48:39
new
48:39
people
48:40
without
48:40
isolating
48:41
them
48:41
from
48:41
the
48:42
experience
48:42
by
48:42
making
48:43
the
48:43
movie
48:43
only
48:44
appeal
48:44
to
48:44
fans.
48:45
If
48:45
Hasbro
48:46
do
48:46
want
48:46
to
48:46
grow
48:46
D
48:47
and
48:47
D,
48:47
making
48:48
more
48:48
movies
48:49
actually
48:49
makes
48:50
sense
48:50
from
48:50
the
48:50
point
48:50
of
48:50
view
48:51
of
48:51
welcoming
48:51
more
48:52
people
48:52
into
48:52
the
48:52
arena
48:53
and
48:53
ideally
48:54
not
48:54
annoying
48:55
the
48:55
longtime
48:55
fans
48:56
who've
48:56
been
48:56
there
48:56
a
48:57
while
48:57
too.
48:58
I
48:58
love
48:58
this
48:59
movie.
48:59
I
48:59
could
48:59
watch
49:00
it
49:00
over
49:00
and
49:00
over.
49:01
It's
49:01
infectious,
49:02
funny
49:02
and
49:03
vibrant.
49:03
It
49:03
hits
49:04
you
49:04
in
49:04
the
49:04
feels
49:04
at
49:04
the
49:05
right
49:05
moments.
49:06
Everyone
49:06
is
49:06
perfectly
49:07
cast,
49:08
even
49:08
if
49:08
the
49:08
characters
49:09
are
49:09
hardly
49:09
a
49:09
stretch.
49:10
But
49:10
this
49:11
is
49:11
a
49:11
movie
49:11
that
49:11
by
49:11
all
49:12
accounts
49:12
should
49:13
have
49:13
been
49:13
awful,
49:14
especially
49:14
based
49:15
on
49:15
what
49:15
came
49:15
before
49:16
it.
49:16
It's
49:17
a
49:17
rare
49:17
gem
49:17
of
49:18
a
49:18
movie
49:18
that
49:18
will
49:18
stand
49:19
the
49:19
test
49:19
of
49:19
time
49:20
thanks
49:20
to
49:20
a
49:21
perfect
49:21
and
49:21
seamless
49:22
blend
49:22
of
49:22
practical
49:23
visual
49:23
effects
49:24
and
49:24
CG
49:25
that
49:25
service
49:26
the
49:26
story
49:27
rather
49:27
than
49:27
the
49:27
story
49:28
servicing
49:28
the
49:29
effects.
49:30
Everything
49:30
in
49:30
this
49:30
movie
49:31
exists
49:31
for
49:31
a
49:32
reason,
49:32
and
49:32
it's
49:33
just
49:33
so
49:33
well
49:34
done.
49:34
It's
49:34
chaotic
49:35
and
49:35
silly,
49:36
but
49:36
I
49:36
expect
49:37
that
49:37
sort
49:37
of
49:37
energy
49:38
playing
49:38
the
49:38
game
49:38
in
49:38
real
49:38
life
49:39
too.
49:40
So
49:41
this
49:41
Christmas,
49:42
do
49:42
yourself
49:43
a
49:43
favor
49:43
if
49:43
you
49:43
haven't
49:44
and
49:44
watch
49:44
this
49:45
movie.
49:45
Get
49:46
the
49:46
family
49:46
together.
49:47
It's
49:47
a
49:47
guaranteed
49:48
crowd
49:48
pleaser.
49:49
And
49:49
even
49:49
if
49:49
you've
49:50
never
49:50
played
49:50
D
49:50
and
49:51
D
49:51
in
49:51
your
49:51
life,
49:52
it
49:52
will
49:52
charm
49:53
you.
49:53
Like
49:53
it?
49:53
Charmed
49:54
me.
49:55
Ask
49:55
me
49:55
five
49:55
questions
49:56
about
49:56
it
49:56
on
49:56
social
49:57
media
49:57
if
49:57
you
49:57
like.
49:58
I
49:58
am
49:58
@verbaldiorama
49:59
on
49:59
all
49:59
of
49:59
the
50:00
social
50:00
medias
50:01
and
50:01
if
50:01
this
50:01
is
50:02
all
50:02
we
50:02
ever
50:02
get
50:02
from
50:03
this
50:03
world,
50:04
it
50:04
was
50:04
a
50:04
great
50:04
thing
50:05
to
50:05
get.
50:06
Well,
50:06
that
50:06
and
50:07
hey
50:08
look.
50:08
The
50:09
Dungeons
50:09
and
50:09
Dragons
50:10
ride.
51:07
Thank
51:07
you
51:08
for
51:08
listening.
51:08
As
51:08
always,
51:08
I
51:08
would
51:09
love
51:09
to
51:09
hear
51:09
your
51:09
thoughts
51:09
on
51:10
Dungeons
51:10
and
51:10
Dragons,
51:11
Honor
51:11
Among
51:11
Thieves
51:12
and
51:13
thank
51:13
you
51:13
for
51:13
your
51:13
continued
51:14
support
51:14
of
51:15
this
51:15
podcast.
51:16
If
51:16
you
51:16
want
51:16
to
51:16
get
51:17
involved
51:17
and
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help
51:17
this
51:17
podcast
51:18
grow,
51:18
you
51:19
could
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tell
51:19
your
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friends
51:20
and
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family
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about
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this
51:21
episode
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or
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about
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this
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podcast,
51:23
especially
51:23
if
51:23
they
51:24
are
51:24
a
51:24
D
51:24
and
51:24
D
51:24
fan.
51:25
Please
51:25
let
51:25
me
51:25
know
51:26
if
51:26
you
51:26
think
51:26
I
51:26
did
51:27
this
51:27
Lord
51:27
justice,
51:28
because
51:28
I
51:29
worked
51:29
incredibly
51:29
hard
51:30
on
51:30
this
51:30
episode.
51:30
It's
51:31
a
51:31
bit
51:31
longer
51:31
than
51:32
normal.
51:32
Because
51:32
of
51:32
that
51:33
reason
51:34
I
51:34
couldn't
51:34
talk
51:35
about
51:35
everything
51:35
D
51:36
and
51:36
D,
51:36
but
51:36
I
51:36
hope
51:36
I
51:37
talked
51:37
about
51:37
enough.
51:38
If
51:38
you
51:38
did
51:39
enjoy
51:39
it,
51:39
please
51:39
leave
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a
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rating
51:40
or
51:40
review
51:40
wherever
51:41
you
51:41
found
51:41
this
51:41
episode
51:42
and
51:43
you
51:43
can
51:43
also
51:44
share
51:44
and
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like
51:45
posts
51:45
on
51:45
social
51:45
media.
51:46
You
51:46
can
51:47
find
51:47
me
51:47
on
51:47
Twitter,
51:48
Facebook,
51:48
Instagram,
51:49
Threads,
51:49
Bluesky
51:50
and
51:50
LetterboxDrBaldiorama.
51:53
And
51:53
if
51:53
you
51:53
like
51:54
this
51:54
episode
51:54
on
51:54
Dungeons
51:55
and
51:55
Dragons,
51:55
Honor
51:56
among
51:56
Thieves
51:57
and
51:57
you're
51:57
interested
51:58
in
51:58
listening
51:59
to
51:59
some
51:59
independent
52:00
Dungeons
52:00
and
52:01
Dragons
52:01
podcasts,
52:02
you
52:02
might
52:02
also
52:03
want
52:03
to
52:03
listen
52:04
to
52:04
these.
52:04
These
52:05
have
52:05
been
52:05
recommended
52:05
to
52:06
me
52:06
on
52:06
social
52:06
media
52:07
and
52:07
they
52:08
are
52:08
Time
52:09
to
52:09
Die.
52:10
Join
52:10
the
52:10
Party,
52:11
Dungeons
52:12
and
52:12
Dragons
52:12
and
52:13
Daughters
52:13
and
52:14
Do
52:14
Dragons
52:15
Dream
52:15
of
52:15
Scorched
52:16
Sheep?
52:16
I
52:17
will
52:17
put
52:17
links
52:17
to
52:17
all
52:18
of
52:18
those
52:18
podcasts
52:18
in
52:19
the
52:19
show
52:19
notes.
52:20
If
52:20
you
52:20
are
52:20
interested,
52:21
please
52:21
pop
52:21
along
52:22
to
52:22
them
52:22
and
52:22
have
52:22
a
52:23
listen.
52:23
Next
52:24
Episode
52:24
A
52:25
more
52:25
traditional
52:25
Christmas
52:26
movie
52:26
next
52:26
week.
52:27
Or
52:27
at
52:27
least
52:28
a
52:28
movie
52:28
set
52:29
during
52:29
Christmas
52:30
written
52:30
by
52:31
Shane
52:31
Black
52:32
who
52:32
basically
52:33
puts
52:33
Christmas
52:33
settings
52:33
in
52:34
practically
52:34
every
52:34
movie.
52:35
So
52:35
it's
52:35
definitely
52:36
a
52:36
Christmas
52:37
movie,
52:37
unless
52:38
you
52:38
think
52:38
it's
52:38
just
52:38
a
52:38
bloody
52:39
cop
52:39
movie.
52:40
The
52:40
next
52:41
episode
52:41
is
52:42
on
52:42
the
52:42
history
52:42
and
52:43
legacy
52:43
of
52:43
Lethal
52:44
Weapon.
52:45
It
52:45
is
52:45
a
52:45
movie
52:45
that
52:45
I
52:46
have
52:46
not
52:46
seen
52:46
for,
52:47
oh,
52:47
about
52:48
20
52:48
years.
52:49
So
52:49
I
52:50
am
52:50
looking
52:50
forward
52:50
to
52:50
watching
52:51
Lethal
52:51
Weapon
52:51
again
52:52
and
52:52
I'm
52:52
looking
52:52
forward
52:53
to
52:53
going
52:53
into
52:53
the
52:54
history
52:54
and
52:54
legacy
52:54
of
52:55
Lethal
52:55
Weapon.
52:56
This
52:57
podcast
52:57
is
52:57
free
52:58
and
52:58
it
52:58
always
52:58
will
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be
52:58
free.
52:59
However,
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