Will Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Rebels have a sequel?

The RPG universe is huge and there is room for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Rebels to have a sequel. But what are the chances of that happening?

As the largest and most popular RPG system in the world, Dungeons & Dragons it’s a pretty obvious bet to turn into a franchise in theaters. And as much as the movie Honor among the rebels is contained enough and is far more interested in telling its story than making a hook for sequels, one question is unavoidable: will the film continue?

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Starring Chris Pine and Michelle Rodriguez, the feature film is a very simple adventure centered on this group of adventurers who need to correct the mistakes made in a previous mission. And as they assemble this team to stop evil wizards from taking over the world, they must also face their own personal goals: how to win back their daughter’s trust.

But this simple plot is only the first layer of a universe that is very rich and varied right from the start. The film explores the mythology of RPGs very well and all the stories created around the system over all these years, which makes it very easy to insert new adventures into this scenario.

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As mentioned, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among the Rebels it leaves no hook for a sequel. There are no loose ends to sort out and not even that final scene that points to a possible path forward to explore — not even in the credits. So, it’s almost like it’s a closed adventure, to be solved in one sitting and that’s it.

But that doesn’t mean the doors are closed for D&D. Indeed, the mere fact that we are talking about an adaptation of an RPG system already allows all sequels to be possible. After all, the dynamic of the game is to set stories in a medieval fantasy world, and a sequel would do that anyway.

Incidentally, a possible sequel wouldn’t even need to follow the same characters. As happens in any role-playing game table, players come and go and this could also be brought to the screens in this proposal to play with language.

At the same time, Honor among the rebels goes deep into the mythology of D&D and a lot of content created around the game that has become canon over the years. All the action takes place within the Forgotten Realms setting – a universe created within the RPG that has become a kind of standard reality -, which offers many possibilities for story adaptations.

This is the case with Curse of Strahd, one of those campaigns that have become so classic that they are incorporated into the mythology of D&D. She brings a cursed land where the sun doesn’t reach and which is ruled by a lord who has everything to be as intriguing as a Dracula. The Storm King’s Thunder and Tomb of Annihilation could be other stories for the screens.

Another possibility would be to play with other scenarios. While Forgotten Realms lives in the hearts of many RPG players, there are other possibilities as well that could serve as inspiration for a Dungeons & Dragons 2. All of Dragonlance’s wealth of environments and creatures would be a great option. Ravenloft could also be used if the idea was to take the characters into something a little darker.

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But for all of these ideas to get off the ground, you need something far more important than a good script or an excellent roll of the dice: money. We know that making a movie is not cheap and a continuation of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among the Rebels it will only exist if this first feature is profitable enough for it.

And here may be the great challenge for these heroes. Despite very positive reviews from critics and audiences, the film appears to be skating at the box office.

On its debut weekend in the United States, D&D it grossed $38.5 million. That’s not a very significant amount by current Hollywood standards, but within what Paramount itself expected. The study estimated between 30 and 40 million US dollars, which is a start within expectations. Worldwide, it was US$72 million in the period.

The problem, however, is that the adventure didn’t gain traction with audiences after that. In two weeks, it raised $127.5 million globally, and that’s a figure executives are starting to worry about.

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This because Honor among the rebels it cost something close to $151 million, so it hasn’t paid for itself yet. To make matters worse, there are all the marketing and localization costs that add up to how much a film needs to make to be considered profitable. In case of D&Destimates point out that it needs to make something close to $377 million for the accounts to stay in the blue.

And this is a huge challenge. To begin with, the RPG faced direct competition with Super Mario Bros already in the week following the premiere, which helps to justify the timid growth of the world box office. Furthermore, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is coming and should compete for the same audience, making things even more complicated.

Of course, this is not the only point to define the future of Dungeons & Dragons at the cinema, but we know it’s an important calculation in Hollywood – all the more so considering that the franchise has already racked up other failures in the past. And, more than the fans, the producers really want to hear about a comeback that, until now, hasn’t come.

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