I’ve had high hopes for a sequel to Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves for a while now, but they just got crushed thanks to some recent news regarding the franchise. After years of hoping for a good live-action Dungeons & Dragons movie, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves fulfilled my wishes by turning the beloved tabletop RPG series into a fun ensemble adventure movie. Due to how much I loved the first film, I’ve been hoping for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2 ever since the original’s release – but it doesn’t look like that will be happening.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is the first Dungeons & Dragons movie that has successfully taken the lore-filled world of Dungeons & Dragons and turned it into a movie that actually works. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves follows a group of outcasts who embark on a dangerous heist mission to stop the plan of an evil Red Wizard, with the gang coming across all kinds of iconic Dungeons & Dragons monsters along the way. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves should have been the start to a massive movie franchise, but my hopes for a sequel are gone.

Paramount Scrapping Its D&D TV Show Is Bad News For Honor Among Thieves 2

It Makes The Sequel Less Likely

In January 2023, Paramount+ ordered a live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV series, which I thought was incredibly exciting news. The prospect of a full series based on Dungeons & Dragons meant that the more obscure corners of the franchise could have been explored properly in live-action, as a full TV series would offer more time in the world than a single feature film. Furthermore, ordering this show ahead of the release of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves showed immense confidence in the film, as the studio seemed to be preparing for the film to be a major success.

However, Paramount+ has stopped development on the live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV show, meaning that the exciting series will no longer be happening. This is sad enough in its own right, as it means that the Dungeons & Dragons series that I was so excited for will be lost to time, with the opportunity to explore all kinds of Dungeons & Dragons stories now being gone. However, news of the show’s cancelation also casts doubts on the possibility of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2, which may be the most heartbreaking part about the announcement.

If Paramount+ isn’t confident enough in the franchise to continue with an already-announced Dungeons & Dragons spinoff TV show, then it is even less likely that Paramount+ would invest in a sequel to a movie that has already proven to be unsuccessful. It would be strange to cancel one Dungeons & Dragons project just to announce another, with it seeming more likely that Paramount is planning on abandoning this take on the Dungeons & Dragons franchise entirely.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2 Was Already A Big Ask

The Movie Was Already Unlikely

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2 was already a big ask based on the performance of the first film, and the chances of a sequel now have become even more slim. The box office of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves was pretty disappointing, with the film only making $208.2 million against a budget of $150 million. While this isn’t the worst box office in the world, the general rule in Hollywood is that budgets have to be doubled in order for a film to be profitable, and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves was a long way off.

While the film seemed to do well on VOD and on Paramount+, exact numbers aren’t available for this, meaning that it isn’t certain how successful the film was after it left theaters. So, for a film that did poorly in theaters and may have done ok on streaming, a sequel isn’t guaranteed. Thus, it already seemed unlikely that Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2 would happen, and I think that the chances are even more slim now that Paramount has shown disinterest in other Dungeons & Dragons live-action projects.

Could Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2 Still Happen?

What Has Been Said So Far

Despite all signs pointing to no, I as well as many other fans of the first film still hope Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2 will happen, so here is everything that we know about a potential sequel. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves star Sophia Lillis has said that she doesn’t know anything about a sequel, and while this is oftentimes said by stars who are hoping to hide the possibility of a sequel, her comments seem to indicate that she genuinely hasn’t heard anything. Here is what she said:

“I hope so. It was fun to work on, and maybe they’ll make another one, but I think they made a good one by itself. But you know as much as I do, to be honest. I wish I knew more.”

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2 still hasn’t been confirmed yet, but it could still happen on one condition. Paramount CEO Brian Robbins talked about Dungeons & Dragons 2, explaining that the studio would have to find a way to make the sequel for less money if it did happen. So, even if Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2 does happen someday, it will probably still be a smaller-scale version of the film that I already love.

Why Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2 Should Happen

It Would Still Be Worth It Despite The Original’s Failure

Despite the commercial failure of the first film, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves 2 should still happen. The first film managed to strike the perfect balance of appealing to Dungeons & Dragons fans like me while also not gatekeeping newcomers to the franchise. A Dungeons & Dragons sequel film could continue to draw in fans while maintaining the audience who is already invested, allowing the sequel to be more popular than the original.

On top of that, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves was actually reviewed really well, something that can oftentimes be rare for major blockbusters. Despite it being a big-budget action and comedy film that has wide appeal, the movie was praised for its creativity and heart, something that is missing from many blockbusters. A sequel to Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves could pull off this trick again, making me and other fans happy once more.