Thunder Road Sets Valkyries on a Collision Course with Dragons

Steve Barton   |  

May 27, 2013

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Thanks in no small part to “Game of Thrones,” movies about dragons are really starting to gain some momentum, which means that yes, The Asylum will release ten of them within the next three months even though not a single one has been announced or is in production.

The next film announced that will fire up the mythical beasts is Thunder Road’s Valkyries, which they acquired via pitch by scribe Nick Schoenfeld for a large-scale fantasy film based on the Norse hero Sigurd. Most famously recounted in the 13th century Volsunga saga and the four-part opera by Richard Wagner, Sigurd’s feature will be drawn about his recruitment to slay the monstrous dragon Fafnir to ward off a generations-long curse.

Sigurd’s exploits were also chronicled by The Hobbit author J.R.R. Tolkien. Schoenfeld, who just scripted Attila for Warner Bros., pitched a take that blends the traditional dragon-hunting plot with an original thread involving a fallen daughter of Odin (called Valkyries) and her desire to retake a place in the heavens.

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