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Ryan Reynolds has found his next quest. Reynolds is in talks to star in and produce a live-action feature adaptation of Dragon’s Lair, one of the most iconic arcade video games from the 1980s. After almost a year of negotiations, Netflix has closed a deal to pick up the rights to the game. Roy Lee will produce via his Vertigo Entertainment with Trevor Engelson of Underground Films. Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and Jon Pomeroy are also producing. Reynolds will produce via his banner, Maximum Effort, along with the shingle's George Dewey and Patrick Gooing. Dan and Kevin Hageman, who worked on The Lego Movie and most recently Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, will write the script.

Lavalle Lee wrote:The cat is out of the bag! After a year and a half of negotiations and talks, Dragon’s Lair finally found a home, Netflix. I can remember it like it was yesterday. Don Bluth and I had planned to go to California to pitch a different cartoon idea to multiple studios. A week before our scheduled meetings, Roy Lee from Vertigo Entertainment contacted me through social media and wanted to meet while we were in California. It was fate!

Don and I met with Roy at a Korean restaurant and discussed moving forward with him and Dragon’s Lair. Roy had great ideas and a fresh outlook on the Dragon’s Lair franchise. We shook hands and told Roy we were in! From this point, we had to get lawyers and all the owners of the Dragon’s Lair franchise involved. Everyone agreed and now the world is finally going to get a Dragon’s Lair movie! I’m very proud I got to be part of making this happen.

History: In 2015, Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and myself did a Indiegogo campaign to raise money for an animated pitch for the studios. We reached $731,172 dollars from all the contributions. The pitch we created was over 7 minutes long. Basically it became a prequel short. That showed how Dirk became Daring and how Daphne was captured. We generated enough buzz to get Hollywood talking. However, it went nowhere, until Roy Lee came knocking on our doors. We originally wanted the movie to be animated, but nothing says we can’t also do a live-action version. Now we will get a Dragon’s Lair movie made in live-action hopefully staring the hilarious Ryan Reynolds. Couldn’t ask for a better leading man! Lead on, adventurer. Your quest awaits!

blackcauldron85 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 10, 2022 7:18 am Didn't Netflix recently have an interactive bunny or cat short? I had forgotten about it. Can't remember which animal it was.