Hear ye, hear ye: Netflix‘s Dragon’s Lair online game adaptation with Ryan Reynolds may need simply discovered its knight in shining armor in The Muppets and Muppets Most Needed helmer James Bobin. The filmmaker could also be more proficient at coping with frogs and swamps than knights and kingdoms, however he’s reportedly in talks to direct the live-action spin of the Nineteen Eighties arcade traditional. The mission was greenlit by Netflix again in 2020 after a yr of negotiations making an attempt to safe the rights to the sport franchise that’s headlined by Dirk the Daring.
Bobin is maybe finest recognized for helming the 2 puppet footage led by Kermit the Frog, however he has additionally taken the reins on a number of different family-friendly movies within the years since, together with Disney’s Alice By means of the Wanting Glass and Paramount’s Dora the Misplaced Metropolis of Gold. He most lately directed two episodes of the Disney+ collection Percy Jackson and the Olympians, so the fantasy journey story of Dragon’s Lair looks like it may very well be a superb match for the director, given his expertise with thrilling tales and eccentric worlds in his previous initiatives.
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Supply: The InSneider through The Hollywood Reporter