Danny Glover Goes Moby Dicking for a White Dragon
March 5th, 2010
He's killed a Predator, been murdered by Jigsaw, and spent considerable time being too old for this shit with Mel Gibson; now Danny Glover is taking on the Captain Ahab role and hunting a great white dragon in Dragon Fire, a fantasy reworking of the classic tale of Moby Dick.
The $5 million Herman Melville-inspired dragon flick shooting on location in Utah is being directed by Ryan Little (Forever Strong, House of Fears). As if dragons weren't ferocious enough, Vinnie Jones co-stars as Stubbs. Call Corey Sevier (Decoys 2, House of Fears) Ishmael. A possible limited theatrical release could be in the works for the fall.
Not much else about Dragon Fire out there at this time. In the meantime here's a YouTube video of a local Utah news station's set report complete with a look at crazy-eyed Glover and a rubbery dragon.
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Danny Glover's becoming the black Shatner isn't he?
Submitted by Gus Bjork on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 8:30pm.
Might as well. Samuel L. Jackson has already become the black Vincent Price.
Submitted by Foywonder on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 10:10pm.
Danny Glover must be hungry, that scene got thoroughly chewed.
Submitted by Avid Fan on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 8:16pm.
If this does hit theaters I'm so there! Sounds cool!
Submitted by Avery on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 8:11pm.
This does not sound cool to me. I love Moby Dick and I love dragons but a Moby Dick/dragon movie set in Utah? Ha. I'll just stick to Reign of Fire and patiently wait for Smaug.
Submitted by Floydian Trip on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 8:16pm.
Filmed in Utah, not actually taking place in Utah. It's not called Reign of Osmonds.
Submitted by Foywonder on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 10:11pm.
Haha, that cracked me up.
Submitted by Floydian Trip on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:14am.
Well, this is probably as good as it gets for Danny Glover. Why exactely is DC covering this movie?
Submitted by Floydian Trip on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 8:06pm.
It's got dragons, man! Actually, Foy is allowed to stray outside the strict horror boundaries because what he uncovers is always so damn entertaining. And as we've said over and over, we're willing to stretch the definition of "genre" if it's something we think our readers would be interested in.
Submitted by The Woman In Black on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 8:17pm.
Ah, I missed that is was Foy. I should have known. Makes more sense now.
Submitted by Floydian Trip on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 8:23pm.
Know what makes more sense? It's a movie about a killer dragon, which is a subject the site has covered before, and it's a movie about a crazy guy hunting a killer monster, also a subject we have covered before. This is hardly that far out of the genre to warrant a "Why exactly are you covering this?" Don't you start going Terminal on me too or I'll lock the two of you in a room with only the steak bone from Law Abiding Citizen to fight each other to the death.
Submitted by Foywonder on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 10:14pm.
I knew you'd mention me in this thread. Either I'm vain or you're predictable.
And you laugh, but I'm a scrapper. I've learned to fight to the death with anything handheld. Being piss poor can do that to a person.
Submitted by Terminal on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:47am.
Haha, it was the whole Moby Dick angle that threw me off.
Submitted by Floydian Trip on Sat, 03/06/2010 - 12:16am.
And we are interested! Dragons vs. Danny Glover, hell yeah!
Submitted by Avery on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 8:21pm.