“I did not know something about Dungeons & Dragons,” Chris Pine admitted throughout a chat with Whole Movie Journal. “I went into it fairly tabula rasa and was actually enamored by this very particular tone. Tentpoles match into being both snarky or meta or self-aware or earnest, and this landed within the earnest, heartfelt camp. There is definitely some self-awareness, however nothing that will get in the best way of old school, populist filmmaking.”

In a world the place meta and snark have fully taken over the blockbuster film circuit (largely within the type of superhero films), Pine’s phrases are a consolation. However they’re additionally a shock. Self-aware and snarky are most likely the primary two phrases I’d’ve guessed to explain the plot of “Honor Amongst Thieves,” as a result of that is actually the vibe that the trailer shows. If the movie leads extra in the direction of heartfelt and earnest storytelling, with some meta-jokes right here and there, then my curiosity is much more piqued than earlier than.

That type of open-hearted pleasure actually appears to be the vibe of this film’s forged and crew. The upcoming concern of Whole Movie additionally featured a dialog with Michelle Rodriguez, who spoke excitedly about engaged on the movie and significantly working with Pine, who she described with the identical overjoyed tone of somebody praising a golden retriever:

“This man actually loves appearing! You give the man phrases and he simply goes nuts. He loves phrases! He loves enunciating phrases. He loves announcing phrases in several methods. He is a hoot.”