Upcoming ‘Dragon’s Lair’ Film Seeks to Rekindle Lost Secrets of Walt Disney

When Walt Disney was in a room filled with artists and musicians, something magic really did happen.
Upcoming ‘Dragon’s Lair’ Film Seeks to Rekindle Lost Secrets of Walt Disney
Filmmakers Don Bluth (L) and Gary Goldman (R) sit in front of posters of some of their works, including the games "Dragon's Lair" and "Space Ace," and the films "An American Tail" and "Rock-a-Doodle." The two are now hoping to rekindle traditional animation with their upcoming film, "Dragon's Lair." Don Bluth Animation
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When Walt Disney was in a room filled with artists and musicians, something magical really did happen. The animators gathered around Disney were pioneers of a new artform, and they brought to that art the care and depth that was still the norm of craftsmanship.

Director and producer Don Bluth remembers it well. He worked on “Sleeping Beauty” at Disney Studios when Disney was still there, and said in a phone interview the film was “supposed to be a new level of art” with a budget as high as “Ben Hur.”

“Walt said animation is already getting too expensive,” Bluth said, “but I had a wonderful experience of watching the animators draw ... the whole thing had a sort of magic to it, but all of that has been pushed away.”

“Maybe it’s time to bring it back,” he said.

Bluth is hoping to do just that. He and director and producer Gary Goldman, known for films including “An American Tail” and “The Secret of N.I.M.H.,” are coming together once again to breathe new life into animation with their upcoming film, “Dragon’s Lair.”

A poster for the "Dragon's Lair" feature film. The film will use traditional animation techniques created by Walt Disney, but that have largely been forgotten. (Don Bluth Animation)
A poster for the "Dragon's Lair" feature film. The film will use traditional animation techniques created by Walt Disney, but that have largely been forgotten. Don Bluth Animation
Joshua Philipp
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Joshua Philipp is senior investigative reporter and host of “Crossroads” at The Epoch Times. As an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker, his works include "The Real Story of January 6" (2022), "The Final War: The 100 Year Plot to Defeat America" (2022), and "Tracking Down the Origin of Wuhan Coronavirus" (2020).
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