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The Age of Dragons is Here!

Posted on Friday, March 18, 2011 by Robert Hood

Once upon a time, when we first reported on it, Age of Dragons was called Dragon Fire (see previous Backbrain article). Based on Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick, it translates the 19th Century setting of the novel into a land-based … Continue reading →

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First Trailer: Age of the Dragons

Posted on Monday, August 16, 2010 by Robert Hood

In the previous Backbrain post, we revealed the Asylum’s modernised take on Herman Melville’s iconic novel, Moby Dick. Now we get the first trailer for Ryan Little’s draconic remix of the same story, starring Danny Glover as the medieval dragon-hunting … Continue reading →

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Moby Dick Goes Dragon

Posted on Saturday, March 6, 2010 by Robert Hood

Herman Melville’s seminal American novel, Moby Dick, has always been a giant monster tale, particularly as depicted in what remains the best film version, the 1956 John Huston one starring Gregory Peck as the obsessed Captain Ahab. If you can’t … Continue reading →

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