Toymaker Mega Bloks Inc. and children’s entertainment company Bardel Ent. are working on a sequel to last year’s award-winning direct-to-video animated feature, Dragons Fire & Ice. Titled Dragons Metal Ages, the followup will be distributed by Lions Gate, Paramount and Alliance Atlantis, and will have its Canadian television premiere on YTV this fall. A U.S. broadcast partner is being finalized.
Dragons Metal Ages has Prince Dev and Princess Kyra embarking on a new adventure aided by a mysterious young Odaku rebel named Gorhagar. Together, the three teens must fulfill a dangerous destiny that generations before them set in place, while the fates of the human and dragon worlds hang in the balance.
While the first Dragons feature was nominated for a 2005 DVDX award and four 2005 Leo awards, Bardel CEO Delna Bhesania says that her company has incorporated new technologies into its production pipeline to lift the quality of animation for the sequel.
The Dragons toy line is sold in more than 50 countries around the world, including the U.S., Mexico, the U.K., France, Italy, Spain and Australia. The animated Dragons movie franchise is an integral component of Montreal-based Mega Bloks’ strategy to extend the brand over time.
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