I've seen Chris Pine in a great many movies, but two of my favorites are looking less likely to get the sequels I so desperately crave, and that's very frustrating. The actor's varied filmography makes it difficult to rank Chris Pine's best movies, but I have my own personal ranking that places two specific movies very close to the top. Annoyingly, despite them both being ripe for a continuation, they've both found themselves stuck in production hell. 5v2y4j

One of the reportedly canceled shows following up on Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves would have been set in an ideal location for an on-screen exploration of the franchise — and the series currently in development should retain that setting. The Dungeons & Dragons franchise has plenty of awe-inspiring and terrifying locations to explore. Players have spent decades adventuring through these settings, with Honor Among Thieves's characters getting to visit some of them. The expansive Forgotten Realms, the massive city Neverwinter, the grim Evermoors Cemetery, and the snowy expanse of Icewind Dale made for memorable locations, providing plenty of action and comedy.

2023's Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves still needs a sequel, and the new TV show announcement shouldn't mean a second movie is removed as an option. While the first movie was received well, its lack of box office success makes the commissioning of a second feature-length film an uncertain event. With the confirmation of a Dungeons & Dragons TV show, a second Among Thieves movie would need to work hand-in-hand with the small-screen story to avoid another franchise with a messy and confusing canon.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves managed to both impress longtime tabletop players and charm new fans with its faithful depictions of iconic Dungeons & Dragons locales, and the sequel could feature even cooler settings. Set in the land of Faerun, from the most well-known campaign setting, the Forgotten Realms, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves took viewers on a tour of standout areas many RPG enjoyers may recognize from their own campaigns. From the unforgiving Icewind Dale to the mysterious Underdark and the intriguing urban sprawl of the city of Neverwinter, the film really nailed the set design and imagination required to bring these exotic areas to life.

Barbie’s iconic song, “I’m Just Ken,” gets a medieval makeover, and the updated instrumentation works surprisingly well. Occurring in the movie's final act, “I’m Just Ken” is Barbie's breakout musical number, wherein Ryan Gosling and the other Kens lament their subordination to Barbies. The whole Barbie soundtrack has been immensely successful, but “I’m Just Ken” has gained particular traction online, warranting multitudinous spoofs and covers. For instance, a musician created a restyled version of “I’m Just Ken” with a fantasy twist.

A new update on the status of Dungeons & Dragons 2 learns the right lessons from 2023's biggest box office failures. Paramount revived the popular TTRPG as a movie franchise in early 2023 with the release of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, and more. Even though the movie earned rave reviews and is based on an incredibly popular game, the box office did not live up to the hype. This left the studio and audiences with plenty of uncertainty about whether Dungeons & Dragons 2 would happen to continue the franchise.

Despite Honor Among Thieves inexplicably proving to be a box-office bomb, Paramount's Dungeons & Dragons 2 promise doesn't sound like a good idea. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves adapted the iconic role-playing game, though it wasn't the first movie based on the property. That dishonor belongs to 2000's Dungeons & Dragons, which aside from a delightfully over-the-top turn by Jeremy Irons, was a near unwatchable fantasy saga. Despite being a critically reviled box-office dud, it still received two STV sequels; 2005's Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God and 2012's The Book of Vile Darkness.