Dungeons & Dragons

Screenshot: Paramount.We’ve still got more than two weeks before Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves rolls initiative and into theaters, but in order to keep your appetite whetted, the movie has released a giant new clip of the gang running through a labyrinth for their lives. But they’re not the only player-characters to go on the run.In this giant clip, Hugh Grant’s Lord of Neverwinter has placed three groups in a modular maze full of treasure chests and classic D&D monsters. The first group, of course, is…

Michelle Smith at the time of Michelle Remembers’ release.Image: Courtesy of MPRM CommunicationsSatanic Panic—in which a shocking number of people got swept up in the idea that evil cults lurked across America—peaked nearly four decades ago, but we can still feel its reverberations. New doc Satan Wants You digs into the origins of this phenomenon, and comes away with a fascinating, chilling story.Even if you’re too young to vividly remember the ‘80s, you’re probably aware of some aspects of Satanic Panic. The most recent…

Image: ParamountEver since it was first shown off to the world, there’s been plenty of curiosity about Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. At a time when the TTRPG is more popular than ever, and with that 1999 movie basically wiped from the general populace’s minds, it only makes sense that Hollywood would capitalize on that with big-name actors like Chris Pine and Regé-Jean Page. Now after some delays, and the actual D&D game getting caught up in its own separate controversy, it turns out that Honor Among…

Image: ParamountThe Flash movie has been in development for a long time and burned through so many directors before WB eventually settled on It’s Andy Muschietti to take the reigns. Included in that mix of would-be filmmakers are John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, who were attached back in 2018. That lasted for roughly a year before the two left the project over creative differences, which eventually led to them writing and directing Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.Goldstein and Daley never really…

Photo: Simon Hayter/Toronto Star (Getty Images) Ben Riggs is a D&D historian and author of the book Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons.The OGL debacle appears to be over, but we are left with many questions about the events of the past two months. I have been trying to find the answers to these questions, and have interviewed upwards of a dozen individuals. I have spoken to Wizards of the Coast employees, third party publishers, lawyers, gamers, and fellow journalists, many of whom only…

Screenshot: NetflixSam Raimi wants to do a second Drag Me to Hell. Disney is giving us another new look at Little Mermaid at the Oscars this weekend. Meet the heroes of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves in a new featurette. Plus, what’s coming on The Flash. Spoilers go!Drag Me to Hell 2During a recent Reddit AMA, Sam Raimi revealed his production company is “trying to come up with a story” for a sequel to Drag Me to Hell. The team at Ghost House Pictures: Romel Adam and Jose Canas are trying to come up with a…

Screenshot: ParamountHas Marvel’s Blade movie found its new director? New set photos from The Penguin tease Cristin Milioti’s Sofia Falcone. Plus, a Lucifer star joins The Walking Dead: Dead City, and what’s coming on Wolf Pack. Spoilers, ho!The FresheningDeadline reports John Boyega is attached to star in The Freshening, an upcoming “sci-fi romance” from producers Ali Wong, Adam McKay and Birds of Prey director, Cathy Yan. Inspired by a short story from Rachel Khong, the film is said to be set “in near future where…

Image: MGMMovie-wise, the month of March is pretty packed with big blockbusters, and it all starts with Creed III. The directorial debut of Michael B. Jordan that also features Jonathan Majors and Tessa Thompson has been the talk of the town ahead of release, and its opening weekend is already a knockout.Per Variety, Creed III—which is basically an anime film from top to bottom, straight from Jordan’s mouth—has hit $100.4 million at time of writing, making it the largest open of the Creed franchise since it started in…

Photo: Legendary/Jemal Countess (Getty Images)Four years after Detective Pikachu proved that a live-action spin on Pokémon was viable, news of a sequel starring Ryan Reynolds’ electric rodent has been quieter than a Tandemaus. But, at long last, there’s been a jolt of life in the project.Deadline reports that Portlandia’s Jonathan Krisel has been tapped to direct the Detective Pikachu sequel at Legendary, with original director Rob Letterman not returning. Little is known about the sequel, other than the script is being…

Image: Paizo | Illustration by Wayne ReynoldsAs the fight over licensing rights in the tabletop industry begins to die down, Paizo has turned its attention to another issue of contention: AI-generated art. Talking broadly about both generated text and images, Paizo has stated on its blog that it will not employ the use of such tools because of the “ethical and legal issues” as well as the “serious threat they pose to the livelihoods” of artists and writers.Paizo says that it “made its reputation with the assistance of…