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It made $249 million worldwide, which would usually be enough to warrant a sequel, especially as the written material to base it on already existed. But I hope we're going to change that now.'ĭespite the release date delays, having an unknown young actor in the lead (well, it didn't hurt the Harry Potter movies) and the movie-going public's apparent aversion to dragon movies, Eragon didn't die at the box office. 'We've had more time, but the downside is that that also gives everyone time to change their minds, and elements like the dragon's wing design have been refined and changed right up until the last minute,' he said, before adding: 'Traditionally, dragons have never been big box office. Reading that interview back again now, there are some early hints that trouble was brewing.įirstly, Fangmeier comments that the movie's release was moved from summer to the end of the year so more time could be spent on the post-production. The same motion rig that was used in the Harry Potter movies was used to film Eragon/Ed Speleers sitting on an animatronic dragon and, in the Post article, Fangmeier confirmed that the film had more than 500 special effects shots and post-production, where all the effects were added, took a long 11 months. So we did a lot of work on that first, and it was complicated by the fact that we needed three dragons in terms of design: there’s the hatchling, then the teenager, and then the mature adult.' 'Creating the right dragon and its character was crucial. ' dealing with the dragon and all the flying sequences,' he said.

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Fangmeier discussed how important the dragon effects were with film magazine Post back when the movie was released.

'CGI is part of the game and it has been part of my whole career – you have to get yourself in the position where you can think and imagine like a five-year-old.'Ĭertainly, the CGI effects were a big part of the movie as Eragon's dragon, Saphira (as voiced by Rachel Weisz) is as much the star as Eragon is. 'My first ever job when I was 17 was about a boy and a dragon and that was terrifying as it was so many scenes with just me and the dragon that wasn’t there – you're reacting to a tennis ball,' he recalled.

20th Century Fox no doubt thought they had the next Harry Potter on their hands.

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There was a mythical land (Alagaësia), dragons, a dark sorcerer named Durza, elves, dwarves, dragon riders, magic and a sinister king – plus the added YA crossover appeal of a teenage boy who becomes part of a bigger quest than he could have ever imagined. The success of the three Lord of the Rings movies earlier in the decade had proved that moviegoers were in the mood for epic fantasy adventures, something Eragon and the follow-up books promised. Stefen Fangmeier – an acclaimed visual effects supervisor who had worked on Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Twister and Saving Private Ryan – made his debut as the movie's director. A big studio – 20th Century Fox – purchased the rights to Paolini's book and fantasy and science fiction fan Peter Buchman, whose credits include Jurassic Park III, was brought in to write the screenplay. On paper, the 2006 Eragon movie looked destined to be a guaranteed hit.

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So, while we wait for the new series to go into production, what happened to that original Eragon movie and why were the sequels never made? There was a movie of the same name in 2006, one that at the time was expected to be first instalment of a new blockbuster fantasy movie series. As fans of the novels know, the proposed Disney+ series is not the first time that Eragon has been adapted for the screen. 'This has been a long time coming,' Paolini wrote on Twitter after the announcement, and it certainly does seem like an adaptation was a long time in the making. Paolini has now told Eragon's story over four books – The Inheritance Cycle – and last month, it was reported that Disney+ is developing a live-action series, co-written by Paolini, based on the novels. The story of a farm boy named Eragon who finds a dragon egg in the mountains and becomes bonded to the dragon (Saphira) that emerges from inside, the book became something of a publishing sensation, and ripe for a big (or small) screen adaptation. Back in 1998, Montana teenager Christopher Paolini began writing a YA fantasy novel entitled Eragon.