Word of a live-action adaptation of the iconic 1983 video game Dragon's Lair at Netflix first surfaced back in early 2020, with word that Ryan Reynolds was set to star as the game's lead character Dirk the Daring as he enters a dark and dangerous castle to save Princess Daphne from the evil dragon Singe and the wizard Mordroc. In the over two years since that initial report, however, there hasn't been much word on the project.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY I can say that Netflix has approached Dragon's Lair in a spirit of partnership that I've never really seen before. They're taking such a swing with it. How we're approaching it and attacking it and what we're doing with it, I think will be pretty surprising to a lot of people. In its scope I mean. And I'm not sure, but I don't think anyone's ever tried it before quite like this. So I'm curious to see how it'll go.
Reynolds went on to describe the Dragon's Lair adaptation as a "living, breathing thing as opposed to just a piece of entertainment you watch." He also pointed out that his production company, Maximum Effort, has been working on the project for the last two years which was part of the original report back in 2020.
Stay tuned to Collider for future updates on the Dragon's Lair live-action adaptation. Finally, if you missed what Reynolds told us about Deadpool 3 and Hugh Jackman returning to play Wolverine, you can check it out.
Honestly I wished dragon's lair got a full animated feature from Don Bluth.