Smaug on The Colbert Report
To call attention to the theatrical release of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Benedict Cumberbatch and a bunch of Weta Digital artisans brought the mighty Smaug to The Colbert Report on Comedy Central, December 11, 2014. Here it is: And the aftermath: Probably the most expensive talk show guest ever!
The Return of Hissyoxyillammochogannatoss
On June 13, Universal Home Entertainment released the fourth installment of the Dragonheart series, Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire. It continues the adventures of a benevolent dragon named Hissyoxyillammochogannatoss—“Drago” for short, with Patrick Stewart taking over the role originally voiced by Ben Kingsley in the third film. Drago’s mission is to improve human-dragon relations and […]
Dragonheart 4 is Coming!
Universal Pictures uploaded the trailer on March 21, 2017. Have a look: Patrick Stewart replaces Ben Kingsley as the voice of Drago. Available on Bluray, DVD & Digital HD on June 13, 2017.
Greetings from the Justice Dragon!
Greetings, my friends. I am the Justice Dragon. It is my honor, and my pleasure, to protect you from the unsavory villains usually called Monsters. Have you not been menaced by one lately? Then you know I have done my duty. Thankfully, many that remain in your world sleep in the winter, as I do. […]
Who wants to buy a Dragon?
Brienne is for sale. Yes, the charming dragonette created by the world-class sculptor, Kim Beaton, is looking for home. Brienne is made with tender loving care, highly-skilled craftsmanship, and a virtually weatherproof sculpting material, Pal Tiya, which can now be purchased in the U.S. if you want to make your own fantastic sculptures. Here’s Brienne […]
Pal Tiya in the News: Meet Brienne
This Wednesday, February 22, 2017, the gifted sculptor Kim Beaton will present her new creation, Brienne the Dragon, while extolling the virtues of the revolutionary sculpting material, Pal Tiya. She will be at Booth 2258 at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show, from February 22 to 26. Watch for Kim’s booth here: Live action videos […]
Tom Bancroft, Animation Master
Photo © W.R. Miller. To help promote the soon-to-be-released live action Pete’s Dragon, Disney has released The Art of Disney’s Dragons, published on June 28. As one would expect, the book showcases designs, drawings, paintings and CG renderings of all of Disney’s dragons from The Reluctant Dragon to both hand-drawn and CG versions of Elliot. […]
Promoting Pete’s Dragon
This week it appears Disney is pulling out all the stops in promoting its new live-action Pete’s Dragon, unleashing a torrent of videos on the web and social media. Here are a few videos in chronological order of release: Disney’s Pete’s Dragon Trailer https://youtu.be/A7vWCd2Jj-U Uploaded on June 14, 2016 Elliot in the Air July 4, […]
How to Fly Your Dragon
The Creative Talent Network has uploaded a video in which Cal State San Bernardino biology professor Stuart Sumida and Simon Otto, Head of Character Animation for How to Train Your Dragon, discuss developing real-life references on how dragons could fly. The presentation can be viewed here. Mark Muckenfuss wrote about Sumida’s animated career for the […]
Pete’s Puppy
On February 15, 2016, Disney released their teaser trailer for their new version of Pete’s Dragon: And on April 15, 2016, Entertainment Weekly published an image of what Elliot the Dragon looked like: This is a dragon? My curiosity brought me over to Amazon.com to see what books would be published as a tie-in. One […]