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1980s Arcade Game ‘Dragon’s Lair’ Getting a Live Action Film from Netflix and ‘Scary Stories’ Writers

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Featured in the second season of “Stranger Things,” the 1983 arcade game Dragon’s Lair is now getting a live action feature film, and wouldn’t ya know it, it’s found a home at Netflix!

THR reports that Ryan Reynolds is in talks to star in the Netflix film, which is being penned by Dan and Kevin Hageman (The Lego Movie, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark).

Wiki explains the game’s plot:

“Protagonist Dirk the Daring is a knight attempting to rescue Princess Daphne from the evil dragon Singe who has locked the princess in the foul wizard Mordroc’s castle.”

The groundbreaking game had been turned into a short-lived animated series back in the ’80s. A potential feature film adaptation has been talked about many times over the years.

Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee (IT) will produce alongside Reynolds. Game creator Don Bluth is also on board to produce, as are Trevor Engelson, Gary Goldman and Jon Pomeroy.

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Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ Is Now Available to Watch at Home!

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After pulling in $28 million at the worldwide box office this month, director (and star) Dev Patel’s critically acclaimed action-thriller Monkey Man is now available to watch at home.

You can rent Monkey Man for $19.99 or digitally purchase the film for $24.99!

Monkey Man is currently 88% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with Bloody Disgusting’s head critic Meagan Navarro awarding the film 4.5/5 stars in her review out of SXSW back in March.

Meagan raves, “While the violence onscreen is palpable and painful, it’s not just the exquisite fight choreography and thrilling action set pieces that set Monkey Man apart but also its political consciousness, unique narrative structure, and myth-making scale.”

“While Monkey Man pays tribute to all of the action genre’s greats, from the Indonesian action classics to Korean revenge cinema and even a John Wick joke or two, Dev Patel’s cultural spin and unique narrative structure leave behind all influences in the dust for new terrain,” Meagan’s review continues.

She adds, “Monkey Man presents Dev Patel as a new action hero, a tenacious underdog with a penetrating stare who bites, bludgeons, and stabs his way through bodies to gloriously bloody excess. More excitingly, the film introduces Patel as a strong visionary right out of the gate.”

Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite. As his childhood trauma boils over, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution to settle the score with the men who took everything from him.

Monkey Man is produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions.

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