Unnamed Dungeons & Dragons movie An unnamed " Dungeons & Dragons " movie is currently in planning and expected to be set in the " Forgotten Realms " . It is rumored to be titled Dungeons & Dragons : The Hand of Chaos . Production . Following a lawsuit over the rights to a D & D movie and months of negotiation between ' s , , and Sweet Pea Entertainment , it was announced on August 3 , 2015 , that plans were underway to make another movie based on the " Dungeons & Dragons " franchise . Furthermore , it is to be set in the popular and long - running " Forgotten Realms " campaign setting . According to Greg Silverman , president of creative development and worldwide production at Warner Bros . , " We are so excited about bringing the world of Dungeons & Dragons to life on the big screen . This is far and away the most well - known brand in fantasy , which is the genre that drives the most passionate film followings . D & D has endless creative possibilities , giving our filmmakers immense opportunities to delight and thrill both fans and moviegoers new to the property . " It had a screenplay written by ( " " , " " ) . At the time , it was to be produced by of ( " " , " " ) , together with Hasbro ' s chief executive Brian Goldner and chief content officer Stephen Davis ; and ( known for the original in 2000 ) and of Sweetpea Entertainment . It is to be produced at Warner Bros . studios , which was behind such fantasy works as " " and " Wrath of the Titans " , the , , and " " . John Middelton of Vertigo and Allan Zeman were later reported to be executive producers . According to The Tracking Board on March 31 and Variety on May 13 , ( " " , " " ) was later confirmed to direct the D & D movie for Warner Bros . after a successful presentation to executives . Nevertheless , commentators at Collider and io9 , as well as fan Entromancer at the Candlekeep forum , expected that the success or failure of the movie would decide whether Warner Bros . would indeed go ahead with the movie . Although receiving negative reviews and having poor performance in the US box office , " Warcraft " did extremely well internationally , and so the D & D movie appears to be going ahead . According to rumor , producers were looking for an actor like , a well - known D & D fan himself . On June 27 , 2016 , it was reported that ( , " " ) was in early talks to star in the D & D movie . Germain Lussler of io9 speculates the movie could be released in 2018 . Story . In an interview with Collider at DICE 2016 , Roy Lee suggested the movie would be an ensemble picture , having a group of main characters , and that it would have an adventurous feel , commenting that " This new " Dungeons & Dragons " will be a – tone movie in a - like universe . Because when you think of all the " Hobbit " movies and , they have an earnestness to them , and to see something fun , a romp inside that world , I feel is something the audience has not seen before . " Lee expected the movie to move forward swiftly , expecting it to be greenlit in 2016 . Of Warner Bros . , he said " I believe they see " Dungeons & Dragons " as something that could be cultivated as a multi - universe movie where there will be spinoffs from the first movie being in " Forgotten Realms " and subsequent movies being in different worlds . " He also promised that the movie would be going deep into the source material , and that the writer and others were all long - term D & D fans : " everyone who ' s involved with it now , especially the writer of the first draft is a fan from the very beginning starting with Chainmail , which turned into Dungeons & Dragons , so you ’ ll see things that are very faithful to the source material as well as new elements are being incorporated with help from Wizards of the Coast , who are giving a lot of input on the script . " He revealed the movie would be entirely set within the " Forgotten Realms " , with the Yawning Portal Inn being a prominent feature and set piece of the movie . The Tracking Board reported that the movie would be an action - adventure based around a warrior and a band of creatures including a cunning gnome and a half - dragon on a perilous quest to find a mythical treasure . Furthermore , Harry Knowles of Ain ' t It Cool News claimed to have seen a first draft of the script , which had since been rewritten by David Leslie Johnson . The movie was apparently named " Dungeons & Dragons : The Hand of Chaos " , and was an " object quest – style D & D story " , described as more like " " than " Warcraft " , with competitors and traitors , magic and monsters . Characters are said to include Raven Hightower , a man with long hair , beard , and dark sunken eyes with a flaming sword ; a gnome cutpurse , a bald warlock , and a half - dragon , possibly fighting a gnoll at some point . Incidentally , " The Hand of Chaos " shares a name with by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman , noted writers of the " Dragonlance " D & D setting . Characters . Characters in the movie are rumored to be :