{"id":123756,"date":"2022-04-21T09:01:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T08:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=123756"},"modified":"2022-04-21T09:01:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T08:01:52","slug":"my-fathers-dragon-first-look-at-cartoon-saloons-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/my-fathers-dragon-first-look-at-cartoon-saloons-latest\/","title":{"rendered":"My Father’s Dragon: First look at Cartoon Saloon’s latest"},"content":{"rendered":"

From five-time Oscar-nominated studio Cartoon Saloon comes a first look at a brand new animation My Father\u2019s Dragon\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>which will be showing on Netflix.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the Newbery honored book of the same title by Ruth Stiles Gannett, My Father\u2019s Dragon <\/em><\/strong>follows Elmer who, after struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.<\/p>\n

The amazing cast has also been announced for the movie which includes Jacob Tremblay (Luca<\/strong><\/em><\/a>), Gaten Matarazzo (Stranger Things<\/strong><\/em>), Golshifteh Farahani (Invasion<\/b><\/em><\/a>), Dianne Wiest (I Care a Lot<\/strong><\/em>), Rita Moreno (West Side Story<\/strong><\/em>), Chris O\u2019Dowd (The Cloverfield Paradox<\/strong><\/em>), Judy Greer (Archer<\/strong><\/em>), Alan Cumming (Schmigadoon!<\/strong><\/em><\/a>), Yara Shahidi (Trollhunters<\/strong><\/em>), Jackie Earle Haley (Alita: Battle Angel<\/strong><\/em>), Mary Kay Place (The Prom<\/strong><\/em>), Leighton Meester (Killer Movie: Director’s Cut<\/strong><\/em>), Spence Moore II (All American<\/strong><\/em>), Adam Brody (Ready Or Not<\/strong><\/em><\/a>), Charlyne Yi (The Mitchells vs the Machines<\/strong><\/em><\/a>), Maggie Lincoln, Jack Smith with Whoopi Goldberg<\/a> (The Stand<\/strong><\/em>) and Ian McShane (American Gods<\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n

The film is directed by Studio Cartoon co-founder Nora Twomey (The Breadwinner<\/strong><\/em>), from a screenplay by Meg LeFauve (Inside Out<\/em><\/strong>) and a screen story by John Morgan and Meg LeFauve.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur actors, animators and artists at Cartoon Saloon have worked together to craft this film, inspired by Ruth Stiles Gannett\u2019s amazing book,” Nora Twomey said. “We were drawn together by a desire to tell a very special tale of friendship, adventure, and true bravery. I fell in love with storytelling as a child and Netflix excels at celebrating all kinds of stories, through different styles and distinct voices.<\/p>\n

“This has given me the opportunity to look through a beautiful lens and I am excited to share what I see with our audience around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

My Father’s Dragon will be released on Netflix<\/a>. Air date is TBC<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the makers of Song of the Sea and Wolfwalkers comes a brand new animated movie on Netflix with My Father’s Dragon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":123757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Entertainment","MSN_Publish_Option":true,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[3,207],"tags":[7399],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/My-Fathers-Dragon.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123756"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123756"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123759,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123756\/revisions\/123759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}