{"id":125763,"date":"2022-09-28T16:35:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T15:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=125763"},"modified":"2022-09-28T16:35:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T15:35:35","slug":"my-fathers-dragon-heartwarming-trailer-for-cartoon-saloons-netflix-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/my-fathers-dragon-heartwarming-trailer-for-cartoon-saloons-netflix-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"My Father&#8217;s Dragon: Heartwarming trailer for Cartoon Saloon&#8217;s Netflix animation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first trailer from the latest movie by five-time Oscar-nominated studio Cartoon Saloon <strong><em>My Father\u2019s Dragon\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>is here and it&#8217;s just the heart-warming content you&#8217;d expect from the makers of <em><strong>Song of the Sea<\/strong><\/em> and <em><strong>Wolfwalkers<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Watch it here (we&#8217;re already crying)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0giW36Fb69c\" width=\"375\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the Newbery honored book of the same title by Ruth Stiles Gannett,\u00a0<strong><em>My Father\u2019s Dragon\u00a0<\/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\u2019s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>The movie stars Jacob Tremblay (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/reviews\/luca-review-caught-in-a-fish-bromance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Luca<\/strong><\/em><\/a>), Gaten Matarazzo (<em><strong>Stranger Things<\/strong><\/em>), Golshifteh Farahani (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/tv\/invasion-humanitys-greatest-battle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><b>Invasion<\/b><\/em><\/a>), Dianne Wiest (<em><strong>I Care a Lot<\/strong><\/em>), Rita Moreno (<em><strong>West Side Story<\/strong><\/em>), Chris O\u2019Dowd (<em><strong>The Cloverfield Paradox<\/strong><\/em>), Judy Greer (<em><strong>Archer<\/strong><\/em>), Alan Cumming (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/tv\/schmigadoon-magical-musical-trailer-released\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Schmigadoon!<\/strong><\/em><\/a>), Yara Shahidi (<em><strong>Trollhunters<\/strong><\/em>), Jackie Earle Haley (<em><strong>Alita: Battle Angel<\/strong><\/em>), Mary Kay Place (<em><strong>The Prom<\/strong><\/em>), Leighton Meester (<em><strong>Killer Movie: Director\u2019s Cut<\/strong><\/em>), Spence Moore II (<em><strong>All American<\/strong><\/em>), Adam Brody (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/reviews\/ready-or-not-film-review-one-of-the-best-genre-crowd-pleasers-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Ready Or Not<\/strong><\/em><\/a>), Charlyne Yi (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/reviews\/the-mitchells-vs-the-machines-quirky-comedy-with-heart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>The Mitchells vs the Machines<\/strong><\/em><\/a>), Maggie Lincoln, Jack Smith with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/tv\/anansi-boys-whoopi-goldberg-cast-as-bird-woman-in-neil-gaiman-adaptation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Whoopi Goldberg<\/a>\u00a0(<em><strong>The Stand<\/strong><\/em>) and Ian McShane (<em><strong>American Gods<\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Check out some stills from the movie in our gallery here&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The film is directed by Studio Cartoon co-founder Nora Twomey (<em><strong>The Breadwinner<\/strong><\/em>), from a screenplay by Meg LeFauve (<strong><em>Inside Out<\/em><\/strong>) and a screen story by John Morgan and Meg LeFauve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur actors, animators and artists at Cartoon Saloon have worked together to craft this film, inspired by Ruth Stiles Gannett\u2019s amazing book,\u201d Nora Twomey said. \u201cWe 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<p>\u201cThis 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<p><em><strong>My Father\u2019s Dragon will be released on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/browse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>. Air date is TBC<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first trailer for Cartoon Saloon&#8217;s latest animation My Father&#8217;s Dragon is here and we&#8217;re already crying&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":125769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","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\/09\/MFD_Friends-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125763"}],"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=125763"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125775,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125763\/revisions\/125775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}