In October 2015, Bluth and Gary Goldman turned to Kickstarter and later Indiegogo to raise money to produce a ten minute animated teaser for a Dragon’s Lair feature film that could be shown to investors in hopes of making a multi-million dollar film. The script is being written by Dan and Kevin Hageman, who paired up for 2014’s The Lego Movie. The live action film will be produced for Netflix with Don Bluth, Gary Goldman and John Pomeroy also listed as co-producers. A third game, Dragon’s Lair 3: The Curse of Mordread, hit personal computers in 1993, and a 3D sequel hit PC and console in the early 2000s. A sequel, Dragon’s Lair 2: Time Warp, finally was released in 1991. The original Dragon’s Lair was released in 1983 and over the decades has been ported to dozens of different platforms. The game was followed by Cinematronics’ Space Ace (also produced by Bluth) in 1984, and Stern Electronics delivered Cliff Hanger in 1983 based on two Lupin III anime films. It was just this clumsy knight (Dirk) entering a wizard’s castle filled with creatures and booby traps, to rescue the fair Princess Daphne.” The castle belonged to an evil wizard who was later identified as Mordroc. In 2016, Don Bluth said, “The game didn’t really have a story. The game was created by Rick Dyer (who came up with the characters of Dirk and Daphne) and Don Bluth and his studio. On March 27, 2020, it was announced that the popular 1983 arcade animated videogame Dragon’s Lair would become a live-action feature film produced and starring actor Ryan Reynolds as Dirk the Daring.ĭragon’s Lair was the first Laser Disc interactive game and the first time that arcade gamers were playing an interactive short movie with classical hand-drawn animation. All the images in this post are from Don Bluth’s “Dragon’s Lair Returns” IndieGoGo page.

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