Dungeons & Dragons is full of very complex lore that is beloved by fans.
So how do you take that and make it a movie even newbies can love?
The directors of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves explain.
And what I would say is, you know, we were very authentic.
Everything–every spell that you see–is accurate, is true-to-life authentic.
All of our creatures, or monsters or environments are all part of the lore.
But again, you do not have to know anything about that for it to work."
According to Goldstein, accomplishing that meant not leaving too heavily on established lore when building the story.
“But in a way, it was the opposite.
We started with our characters.
What kind of details could we tell about these people that you would invest in and care about?
And then that naturally led to the narrative.
Okay, where do we want to put them?
What do we want to throw at them in terms of monsters and challenges and things?
So it made our job easier.”
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is in theaters Friday.
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