Review: 2021 D&D Movie: The Dragon Cave

Dec 19, 2017 was when the news about a new movie came out. WotC partnered with Paramount Pictures and originally had a release date of Oct 1, 2021.

Since then the date has moved up to July 23rd, 2021. Which is super exciting as the hardest part of D&D is scheduling dates to play.

The setting will be The Forgotten Realms, and the little news that’s come out about it was that it will be lighter-hearted than past movies, with a Guardians Of The Galaxy flavour.

According to Josh Lyons on The Tracking Board, the film is apparently going to be about “a warrior and his band of mystical creatures – including a half-dragon and a cunning gnome – as they embark on a dangerous journey to find a mythical treasure.”

Ansel Elgort from “Baby Driver” is going to be the lead. I hope the movie’s a success and doesn’t kill his career like some previous D&D movies.

Looking at the poster, the characters appear to mimic those of the classic (old but not good) Dungeons and Dragons cartoon from 1983. I dare you to try and watch more than 3 episodes, it’s just so bad.

So will we see:

• A Ranger with a magical bow
• A Cavalier with a magical shield
• An Acrobat with a magical staff
• A Magician with a magical hat
• A Theif with a magical cloak
• A very young barbarian with a magical club
• and a Unicorn with a magical…

The premise behind the D&D Cartoon was great, the execution was disjointed and confusing.

So everyone hope that for once they get it right on show D&D in an exciting and organized structure, and not like someone left the plot on the cutting room floor like so many movies before.

Sources
https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/19/16795148/dungeons-and-dragons-movie-release-date

http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/dungeons-dragons/54162/dungeons-dragons-movie-set-for-2021

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_(TV_series)