Dragon’s Lair Film Adaptation Headed To Netflix

B. Simmons March 27, 2020 in Movies, Video Games Tagged Don Bluth, Dragon's Lair, netflix, Ryan Reynolds - 1 Minute

It won’t even cost you $50 in quarters to enjoy it!

Don Bluth’s infamous arcade game, Dragon’s Lair, is finally getting a film adaptation. Granted, it will be live action rather than animated, but still, it’s been a long time coming.

The live-action film is headed to Netflix, and will star Ryan Reynolds as Dirk the Daring, the game’s dragon slaying knight. Don Bluth himself is on board to produce, alongside Trevor Engelson, Gary Goldman, and Jon Pomeroy. The script is set to be penned by Daniel and Kevin Hageman.

Netflix NX (Netflix’s nerd-oriented Twitter account) announced the adaptation today:

🐉⚔️HEAR YE, HEAR YE⚔️🐉
Netflix is developing a live action feature adaptation of the legendary 80s arcade game Dragon's Lair. @VancityReynolds is in talks to play noble Knight Dirk the Daring, on his quest to rescue Princess Daphne from the titular dragon.
— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) March 27, 2020

Don Bluth, Roy Lee, Trevor Engelson, Gary Goldman and Jon Pomeroy are on board to produce the feature, which will be written by Daniel and Kevin Hageman.
— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) March 27, 2020

This will be Reynold’s third film for Netflix. Previously, he was in 6 Underground, and is in the upcoming Red Notice alongside Gal Godot and Dwayne Johnson.

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I just wonder who they’ll get to play Princess Daphne. You know, considering how she was designed…

Source: Bleeding Cool

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