First Look at Netflix's Animated Film MY FATHER'S DRAGON and All-Star Cast Announced
Netflix has shared the first look at their upcoming animated fantasy adventure film My Father’s Dragon and they also announced the project’s all-star voice cast.
The impressive cast in the movie includes Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo, Golshifteh Farahani, Dianne Wiest, Rita Moreno, Chris O’Dowd, Judy Greer, Alan Cumming, Yara Shahidi, Jackie Earle Haley, Mary Kay Place, Leighton Meester, Spence Moore II, Adam Brody, Charlyne Yi, Maggie Lincoln, and Jack Smith with Whoopi Goldberg and Ian McShane.
The movie is inspired by the book written by Ruth Stiles Gannett, and in the story, “Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer 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.”
The script was written by Inside Out scribe Meg LeFauve from a story co-written with John Mogran. My Father’s Dragon is being directed by Nora Twomey, who previously helmed the animated film The Breadwinner.
My Father’s Dragon is produced by Cartoon Saloon’s Paul Young, with Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn of Mockingbird Pictures.