Hasbro has not abandoned a sequel to “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” and the screenplay is already written. Directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein confirmed the project’s status on The Playlist’s Discourse Podcast, where they said the rights holder is now looking for a new studio partner to finance the film after Paramount-Skydance passed.
Goldstein said Hasbro believes in the sequel and will move forward if it can line up a studio to make the math work, and that the producers are aligned with that. Daley said the pair remain proud of the script and hope it eventually finds a path, while acknowledging the practical realities of the financing side and that the movie may never get made.
Paramount commissioned the script during a previous leadership regime, then declined to proceed for financial reasons. Goldstein first revealed the screenplay’s existence in late July 2026 in an interview with ScreenRant, saying he was unsure it would ever see the light of day because the movies are expensive to produce. The new comments confirm that Hasbro is actively pursuing a home for it rather than shelving the project.
Daley pointed to a specific creative advantage in the sequel. Because audiences already know Edgin, Holga, Simon, and Doric, the script does not have to spend its first act on introductions or exposition and can start the story immediately.
He also offered a blunt assessment of why the 2023 film underperformed. “Honor Among Thieves” opened four days before “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” which went on to break records, and arrived roughly a month after Wizards of the Coast’s changes to the Open Gaming License triggered a fan boycott. Daley added that the marketing failed to signal to non-players that the movie was for them, calling the combination a perfect storm.
The numbers explain the studio hesitation. “Honor Among Thieves” earned a 91 percent Rotten Tomatoes score and a 72 on Metacritic, but grossed roughly $205 million worldwide against a reported $150 million budget, a loss for Paramount before marketing costs. Its reputation improved substantially on streaming, which is what has kept sequel talk alive for three years.
Corporate churn has complicated the path forward. Skydance Media acquired Paramount in August 2025, replacing the leadership that ordered the script. eOne, the production banner that co-produced the film and was once a Hasbro subsidiary, was sold to Lionsgate in December 2023. Both original production homes now answer to different owners.
Hasbro Entertainment is moving faster on television. On the same day the sequel update surfaced, Deadline reported that Netflix is developing “Ravenloft,” a live-action series from writer and executive producer John August with Alfonso Cuarón executive producing through Esperanto Filmoj. The show centers on the origin of vampire Darklord Strahd von Zarovich. That project replaces “The Forgotten Realms,” the Drew Crevello and Shawn Levy series Netflix put into development in early 2025, which is no longer moving forward. A separate D&D drama ordered at Paramount+ in 2023 also died, and Craig Mazin’s “Baldur’s Gate” adaptation remains in development at HBO.
Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Justice Smith, Regé-Jean Page, and Sophia Lillis starred in the first film. No casting has been announced for the sequel.
Sources: The Playlist, Deadline, Variety, TheWrap, ScreenRant
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