Hasbro Seeks New Studio for Dungeons & Dragons Sequel After Paramount Passes

Overview

• Hasbro is actively shopping the completed Dungeons & Dragons sequel screenplay to new studios and financiers after Paramount-Skydance declined to move forward.
• Paramount-Skydance passed on the follow-up for financial reasons, leaving financing and distribution as the project’s decisive hurdles.
• The first film grossed roughly $208.2 million worldwide on an estimated $150 million production budget and did not recover its full theatrical costs.
• Directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein say they remain committed to the franchise but acknowledge the sequel’s higher budget needs and unresolved casting commitments.
• The filmmakers point to poor release timing and a separate Wizards of the Coast licensing controversy as factors that hurt the original movie’s box office even as streaming helped it build a strong fan following.