• Don Bluth & Gary Goldman take to Kickstarter! Their goal? A FUCKING DRAGON'S LAIR MOVIE!
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[quote]THE WAIT IS OVER. DRAGON'S LAIR IS BACK!!! Jump on-board for a unique and awesome experience! Don Bluth and Gary Goldman are coming together once again to bring the classic arcade game Dragon's Lair to the big screen. We are seeking your help to create a pitch to make Dragon’s Lair, the Movie through a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign. Dragon's Lair continues to be loved by millions around the world since 1983, and fans have been waiting patiently to see Dirk and Daphne at it again. Join us in this adventure as we prepare to bring Dragon's Lair to a new generation. We’ve worked on '20' successful animation motion pictures, some of them “iconic”, The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven and Anastasia to name a few. [/quote] Source: [url]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/donbluth/dragons-lair-the-movie[/url] The big Animation god of the 80s is coming back for one final show!
holy shit yes
Dragon's Lair was the shit, I'd totally back this.
OH MY GGGAAADDD! This is great!
Being an avid fan of Don Bluth and Gary Goldman's work, I would definitely see this movie upon its release.
I'd love this but half a mill? That's gonna be pretty fucking hard to pull off. And so far this things going at a snail's pace. I don't think this is gonna happen. [editline]26th October 2015[/editline] And also it's worth noting this kickstarter isn't to make the movie, but to make a pitch to get the movie made. Which is also pretty optimistic since they're asking for $70 million to make this, an amount I don't really see a movie like this making at the box office.
Holy fuck, for some reason I thought Bluth had died! Good to see he's still kickin', and eager to make another film! I fondly remember An American Tale, The Land Before Time, and All Dogs Go To Heaven, wonder if he's still got it...
well my wallet just attacked my computer screen for some reason...
As long as it's classically animated, I'll be happy.
Awww man, I would have loved something Titan A.E related, but this is still pretty cool.
This is an extremely expensive kickstarter for an extremely niche thing. As much as I fucking love high quality animation, im really holding my breath for this. Theres a reason very very very few video games have high quality 2D animation these days.(better paychecks making cartoons)
Please, please give to this. Don Bluth is like 75. He deserves a better last hurray than fading away after Titan AE.
[QUOTE=postal;48989521]I'd love this but half a mill? That's gonna be pretty fucking hard to pull off. And so far this things going at a snail's pace. I don't think this is gonna happen. [editline]26th October 2015[/editline] And also it's worth noting this kickstarter isn't to make the movie, but to make a pitch to get the movie made. Which is also pretty optimistic since they're asking for $70 million to make this, an amount I don't really see a movie like this making at the box office.[/QUOTE] Honestly, $550k sounds about right for a pitch, if they keep it short and don't overproduce it. Blur Studios did similar for [URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/624061548/the-goon-movie-lets-kickstart-this-sucker/posts/1175491"]"The Goon" on Kickstarter[/URL] in 2012 for $440k, and by the looks of things, they've ended up with an 80-minute animatic for a film. (Who knows how much of that was made possible through self-funding though. They already had previous self-funded efforts, including a [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgrCrzM1FcQ"]3D-animated short[/URL] which helped fuel interest) What folk really need to understand is, even if Bluth's Kickstarter does get funded, there is absolutely no guarantee that the pitch will lead to a feature film. Especially considering the source material, which is dated as hell. It'll be awesome if they somehow manage to pull it off, but my hopes for it aren't high.
[QUOTE=3noneTwo;48991771]Honestly, $550k sounds about right for a pitch[/QUOTE] Yeah I'm not doubting that, I'm doubting the level of interest that exists for something like this is enough to reach a goal like that.
[QUOTE=Zero-Point;48989776]Holy fuck, for some reason I thought Bluth had died! [/QUOTE] You could be thinking of Dom DeLuise. He did a few voices for Bluth's films. Most people know him for Tiger and Itchy.
yo I wanna see me some Dirk the Daring
You had me at "Don Bluth".
[QUOTE=postal;48994631]Yeah I'm not doubting that, I'm doubting the level of interest that exists for something like this is enough to reach a goal like that.[/QUOTE] You doubt the goldmine that can be found in the pockets of nerds who like old niche shit. Don't get me wrong, I get your point and you're probably right, but more money has been raised for less worthy goals and with a name like Bluth you've got a hell of an incentive there
Didn't Disney say that they weren't making 2D animated films since The Princess and the Frog because it just wasn't making as much money as they hoped. It would be depressing if they didn't make the movie, because 2D animation is fantastic.
[QUOTE=megafat;48999696]Didn't Disney say that they weren't making 2D animated films since The Princess and the Frog because it just wasn't making as much money as they hoped. It would be depressing if they didn't make the movie, because 2D animation is fantastic.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/mar/07/disney-hand-drawn-animation"]Apparently.[/URL] [QUOTE]The studio subsequently put the hand-drawn animation The Princess and the Frog into production. The traditional musical, based on the Brothers Grimm story the Frog Prince but relocating the action to 1920s New Orleans, was well-reviewed [B]but failed to mirror the astounding success of Pixar at the box office with a middling return of $267m (£178m).[/B] Another hand-drawn animation – 2011's Winnie the Pooh – drew praise from critics but pulled in just $33m across the globe. Meanwhile, [B]Disney CGI efforts such as 2009's Bolt and 2010's Tangled grossed $310m and $590m respectively[/B].[/QUOTE] 3D is just much easier and faster to work with regardless, and a lot more people can contribute simultaneously. That being said, 2D has a certain charm to it, especially when it's Don Bluth.
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