Disney+ plans its own fantasy epic and gives Eragon a second chance
After streaming giant Netflix with “Sandman”, Wow with House of the Dragon and Amazon Prime Video with Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power promise epic fantasy adventures this year, now wants to Disney+ pull along with a reboot of Eragon.
The rocky road from Eragon to Disney+
The “Eragon” tetralogy, also “The Inheritance Cycle” (original title “The Inheritance Cycle”) by Christopher Paolini was in the 2000s a big success. The first 2006 film adaptation however, was one big disappointment for the fans and critics, which is why a sequel was never worked on.
Noisy Variety should himself Disney recently secured the rights to “Eragon” and now wants to use it produce a series. Paolini is said to be a co-writer, while Bert Salke is directing.
fans of the novel series have, despite the disappointing film adaptation, always committed to a sequel. This commitment could at least have contributed to Disney’s story about the young dragon rider Eragon and his dragon lady Saphira gives a second chance. The author himself seems very happy about these plans and thanks the fans.
That’s what Eragon is all about
The orphaned title character Eragon grows up with his uncle on the outskirts of the small village of Carvahall. When the 15-year-old went hunting find a dragon eggfrom which soon the female dragon Sapphires hatcht, his world changes entirely.
Since the boy himself does not know anything about dragons, he lets himself be fooled by the old one Storyteller Brom teach and learn in this way dragon rider to become.
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However, he must do this before himself Galbatorix, the reigning king of Alagaësia. This was once also a dragon rider, however, had all the other dragon riders killed long ago. Finally, it is up to Eragon and Saphira to carry the legacy of the Dragon Riders and to save Alagaësia.
The story itself is already one fantasy epic and promises to be a visually stunning adventure in the hands of Disney. Nonetheless, the franchise is stepping in with it heavy legacy at, because film-technically there is here to make amends.
Reference-www.playcentral.de