Don bluth claims movie pitch presentation for dragons. Dragons lair movie crowdfunding canceled, but project not. The movie kickstarter continue reading the original blog post. We give you a sneak peak into some of the concept artwork. Dragons lair makes its indiegogo crowdfunding goal. The kickstarter campaign for a movie based on the arcade classic dragons lair has been canceled. There may be some additional scenes that need to be completed, but wow, between. Don bluth doesnt need your money to make a dragons lair. Crowdfunding for the pitch presentation to make the movie has been moved from kickstarter to an indiegogo campaign. Reward also includes all previous tier rewards with the exception of the limited items. Classic arcade game dragons lair movie in the works, but.
Don bluths laser disc video games dragons lair and space ace have inspired me, probably more than anything, to want to do animation. Without you we wouldnt have made this happen and a big happy 80th birthday to don bluth you can watch the pitch on official dragons lair. If you contributed to our indiegogo campaign you would have. Animators crowdfund dragons lair film on kickstarter. So i participated in don bluths indiegogo fundraiser to create a pitch animation to get dragons lair. We figure we can fashion a really good dragons lair movie. The movie pitch video for investors and motionpicture studios. Dragons lair movie indiegogo campaign word of the nerd. Feature adaptation of the popular animated video game from the 1980s. I think we have a really good shot with the movie version. We are seeking your help to create a pitch presentation to make.
Upgrade to a letterboxd pro account to add your favorite services to this listincluding any service and country pair listed on justwatchand to enable oneclick. The premise of the movie is not too far off from the game, in which its based on. The movie pitch presentation follow the link below. Dragon s lair is a video game franchise created by rick dyer and don bluth.
We want to thank all of you for your support and contributions. Originally released in arcades in 1983, dragons lair is a laserdiscdriven. Dragons lair creators planning fulllength animated. Its unknown if this is true but seeing the evidence and timing being legit it. I know, were still in the 2019 summer movie season, but i will say that this could possibly be my most anticipated movie of 2020, along with disneys upcoming live. But thats not the end of the story for the dragons lair movie, which. Writer alan dean foster was brought in to work on the story for the feature. In the game, the protagonist dirk the daring is a knight attempting to rescue princess daphne from the evil dragon singe who has locked the princess in the foul wizard mordrocs castle. Don bluth doesnt need your money to make a dragons lair pitch. I heard that don bluths pitch presentation for the dragons lair movie, which he kept private for only registered users on his site, got leaked online. The film will be based in the dragons lair videogame franchise. Dragons lair movie gets a release date ben suchman at. Bluth turned to kickstarter a while back in an attempt to fund an animated studio pitch, but it didnt work out and he ended up doing an indiegogo campaign which was more successful. Due to being released during the start of the console wars causing a disinterest in arcades around that time, possibly leading the game to flop and dragons lair fans as well as don bluth fans being unaware that there was a sequel to the first game until years later.
If the funding is raised, the next five months will see a crack team of writers and artists create the pitch. The computer game dragons lair started out as an arcade game in. Dragons lair is a video game franchise created by rick dyer and don bluth. He is best known for his departure from the walt disney company in 1979 and his subsequent directing of animated classics such as the secret of nimh 1982, an american tail 1986,the land before time 1988, and all dogs go to heaven. Without you we wouldnt have made this happen and a big happy 80th birthday to don bluth dragons lair. It was also the first to use regular cell animation for the graphics, giving the title a motion picturelike aesthetic. The series is famous for its western animationstyle graphics and convoluted decadeslong history of being ported to many platforms and being remade into television and comic book series the first game in the series is titled dragons lair, originally released for the arcades in 1983 by cinematronics. But his campaign to fund a dragons lair pitch is nonsense. Don bluths dragons lair animated movie pitch a year later. Don bluths laser disc video games dragon s lair and space ace have inspired me, probably more than anything, to want to do animation. The series is famous for its western animationstyle graphics and convoluted decadeslong history of being ported to many platforms and being remade into television and comic book series the first game in the series is titled dragon s lair, originally released for the arcades in 1983 by cinematronics. Legendary animator don bluth and producer gary goldman join forces to bring a classically animated dragons lair. A caricature image of the donor as a secondary character nonspeaking in the final pitch presentation of dragons lair. A decade on from the last dragons lair game, creator don bluth and longtime collaborator gary goldman have launched a crowdfunding.
Now, with new alternatives emerging, one of them being kickstarter, dragons lair. Don bluths dragons lair animated movie pitch a year. For more info and updates on that new project, stop by. If you wanted any of the remaining perk rewards, now is the time. The pitch reel also showed some of the work being done on the sequel to the. Created in 1983, dragons lair made history as the firstever laserdisc game. Dragons lair is an interactive film laserdisc video game developed by advanced microcomputer systems and published by cinematronics in 1983, as the first game in the dragons lair series. Peter paltridge submitted a new blog post don bluth launches dragons lair.
Donald virgil don bluth born september, 1937 is an american animator and independent studio owner. With the popularity of don bluths dragons lair videogame, plans were made for a sequel involving time travel and a possible feature length animated film entitled dragons lair. But while that campaign is dead, the project itself is not. The lair streaming ita streaming itaaltadefinizione. The movie is an upcoming animated film directed by don bluth.
Don bluth and gary goldman envision an animated film based on the classic arcade game dragons lair, and this has led the pair to launch a kickstarter project to fund a related pitch presentation for motion picture studios. Don bluth celebrated his 80th birthday today by posting on twitter the news that a movie pitch presentation for a dragons lair movie has been completed, along with what might be a first still from the film. Once there, you will be introduced to the team where you will participate in the production process including story discussion, art direction and animation. He could have approached this in so many other ways, like setting up a campaign to create a 4minute short that would have recreated. Don bluth and gary goldman have come together once again to bring the classic arcade game dragons lair to the big screen. Dirk the daring lives again, as the second attempt to crowdfund the dragons lair movie has been successful. This idea was unfortunately scrapped 1984, but not before some ideas were put on paper. The movie pitch presentation is finished we want to thank all of you for your support and contributions. The campaign was poorlyconstructed, and thus not a big hit, so he closed it a couple days early, before trying again at indiegogo. Animated movie veterans don bluth and gary goldman want to make a movie from their classic arcade game, dragons lair, and theyve turned to. Animated short created to pitch a fulllength dragons lair film to investors.
A set of 10 original story sketches from dragon s lair. According to imdb, the movie s pitch to executives was funded by an online indiegogo campaign. Today, dragons lair creators don bluth and gary goldman are rejuvenating that old idea, and new work has begun on a dragons lair feature film. It follows the adventures of dirk the daring and his relationship with princess daphne, that lead up to her rescue from the game. I was surprised when he apparently finished the pitch animation this week. On october 26, 2015, don bluth and gary goldman started a kickstarter campaign to create an animated featurelength film of dragons lair, his first since titan a. Syfy wire spoke with don bluth and his producing and directing partner, gary goldman titan a. We have 490 original animation drawings left from dragons lair.
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