Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is a 2023 American fantasy heist comedy film directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, who co-wrote the screenplay with Michael Gilio from a story by Chris McKay and Gilio. Based on the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, it is set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting and has no connections to the previous film trilogy released between 2000 and 2012. Starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, and Hugh Grant, the film follows bard Edgin Darvis (Pine) and barbarian Holga Kilgore (Rodriguez), who enlist a team of unlikely heroes to steal an ancient and powerful relic but come into conflict with evil forces. Production went through various phases in development since 2013, beginning with Warner Bros. Pictures after beating Hasbro and Universal Pictures in a lawsuit over the film rights to the tabletop role-playing game, before moving to Paramount Pictures, each with various writers and directors. Goldstein and Daley were the final writers/directors, using elements from the previous attempt by director Chris McKay and screenwriter Michael Gilio. Filming began in April 2021 in Iceland and later Northern Ireland. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 10, 2023, and was released in the United States on March 31, 2023, by Paramount Pictures. The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise for the performances of the cast, Goldstein and Daley's direction, visual effects, writing, score, humor, and tone, but underperformed at the box office, grossing over $208.2 million worldwide, possibly falling short of its break-even point.

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Don'’t get your hopes up, Ed. What are you talking about? Jarnathan is on the council this time. He'’s an Aarakocra. If anyone'’s gonna free us, it'’s him. Not gonna happen. I tell you, Holga, this is your last day chopping ice.

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By authority of the Lords'’ Alliance, this Absolution Council will now come to order in the case of Edgin Darvis and Holga Kilgore.

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This is the second year of incarceration for the crimes of grand larceny and skullduggery. It is the task of this council to determine your eligibility for pardon. What say you? Thank you, Chancellor Anderton, esteemed members of the council.

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Before I begin, I notice that Chancellor Jarnathan is not present. Should we perhaps wait? Chancellor Jarnathan was delayed by the storm. You may begin. I see. It'’s just that I-- we were really counting on him to attend. Begin or waive your statement. Very well.

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I should start by giving you some context.

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You may be surprised to learn I wasn'’t always a thief. Years ago, I became a member of the Harpers faction, a network of spies who swear an oath to fight tyranny, defend the oppressed and to ask nothing in return. My wife, Zia, supported my decision, even though she knew the risks.

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By day, I'’d eavesdrop on mercenaries, stop bandits in their tracks... and even bring Thayan Red Wizards to justice.

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By night, I'’d come home to my loving wife, and daughter, Kira.

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To be honest, there were times when I began to question the "asking nothing in return" part of my oath. But my wife would always say, "You don'’t have to give us everything, you only have to give us you." So what'’s the latest on Jarnathan? Is he close by? Because I can wait. Did you not hear what we said?Right, the storm. It'’s just that based on what I know about Jarnathan, I think he'’d be especially receptive to my story. And I'’d hate to have to wait a whole other year to come back in here and--Proceed. Absolutely. Here we go. When you'’re a Harper, you'’re bound to make enemies.

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And sometimes those enemies come looking for revenge.

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No cleric can repair the damage from a Red Wizard'’s blade. There was no way to revive her.

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When Zia died, so did my devotion to my oath.

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I'’m sorry, it'’s just hard to relive this... -without Jarnathan here. -Again with this? But he missed the most important part of my backstory! How can he judge me without knowing my motivation? We are entirely capable of deciding your case without Jarnathan. -Get on with it! -Fine. Where was I? Uh... By night, I'’d come home to my loving wife, and daughter Kira. You went back too far. Stop stalling! Right, sorry. Yeah, broad strokes. The next few months were among my most shameful.

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That'’s when I met Holga.

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She took pity on me.

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Well, she took pity on the baby. Holga was a fellow resident of rock bottom.

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Many years before, she'’d been cast out of her tribe for falling in love with an outsider.

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We quickly became like brother and sister. With a relationship built on trust and mutual respect.

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Neither of us had money or an honest way to earn it, so we decided to table "honest" and we tried something new.

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It'’s intoxicating when you realize that what separates you from what you'’ve always wanted can be as thin as a pane of glass.

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