News culture The love of the audience will not have saved this film! The box office failure convinced Paramount to break its promise of a sequel, which is incomprehensible!
While critics and audiences praised this fantasy film, it was surpassed by its disastrous box office performance. However, a sequel announced by the producers was cancelled.
A flop despite good reviews
In 2023, a new movie “Dungeons and Dragons: Thieves’ Honor” was released. After a first trilogy published between 2000 and 2012, including The feedback is unanimous that it is mediocreParamount took the risk of another adaptation the famous paper role-playing game on the big screen. And the return seemed victorious at first glance. While the release date was set 12. AprilDuring the month of March, a small excitement began to build around the film. Critics who had access to advance press screenings were polite and many spoke of a very pleasant surprise that inevitably arouses the curiosity of the audience.
At release, the feedback from viewers was just as good. You enjoy a Blockbuster who “respects his audience” and perfectly fulfills his task: to entertain and entertain his audience for more than 2 hours. The film even receives a rating of 91% Rotten tomatoesand that, with a very good cinema offerwhich combines epic action with dynamic production. However, None of this was enough to make the film a box office success.
A cancelled sequel?
It must be said that the budget is more than 150 million dollars and a worldwide promotional tour that must have cost a lot, Paramount relied heavily on its new production. It is then obvious that the low score of 208 million dollars about which the film reports is coincidentally more disappointing for the American business. An obvious lack of profitability has also led to Leadership in the wing to a possible sequel.
Not surprisingly, the Dungeons & Dragons series is canceled by Paramount after the film’s failure
It was announced in February 2022 and made official in January 2023… before the film’s release
The box office (208 million, with an official budget of 150 million) decided it… pic.twitter.com/YGj22c5oTa
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In fact, the Dungeons & Dragons TV series, although made official in early 2023 before the film’s release, will ultimately not see the light of day. The production should have been offered to the public one season with 8 episodes It was directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber – director of Almost Secret Agents in 2016. Nothing really tells us what the synopsis of the series would have looked like, but it’s safe to bet would have played a supporting roleto deepen the development of one of our protagonists. Cinema pageGiven the cancellation of the series, the chances of us seeing it are very slim a sequel to Dungeons and Dragons: Thieves’ Honor. In fact, it’s likely that the franchise won’t be adapted to the big screen again for quite some time; Suffice it to say that the dice in D&D did not fall on the right side.
