My Father’s Dragon release date, trailer, cast, synopsis, and more

My Father’s Dragon is an upcoming animated movie created by Oscar-nominated studio Cartoon Saloon. The adaptation of Ruth Stiles Gannett’s Newbery-honored children’s book was announced by Netflix all the way back in 2018, but after several delays and setbacks, the highly anticipated feature film is finally finding its way to our Netflix screens in 2022!

Here’s everything you need to know about My Father’s Dragon.

My Father’s Dragon release date

After waiting nearly four years for the release of My Father’s Dragon, Netflix has finally announced that the upcoming animated adaptation will make its debut at the 66th BFI London Film Festival in October 2022! Then it will be available to stream

My Father’s Dragon cast

The upcoming family movie has a stellar cast attached to voice the animated characters. In the lead, as Boris the Dragon, is none other than Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo, who will surely put a fun twist on the striped dragon.

Joining him as runaway Elmer Elevator is Jacob Tremblay, who at just 16 has already collected an impressive sheet of acting/voicing credits. Check out the full cast lending their voice to the animation below!

• Gaten Matarazzo
• Jacob Tremblay
• Leighton Meester
• Judy Greer
• Ian McShane
• Adam Brody
• Alan Cumming
• Jackie Earle Haley
• Dianne Wiest
• Chris O’Dowd
• Rita Moreno
• Golshifteh Farahani
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Charlyne Yi
• Yara Shahidi
• Mary Kay Place
• Spence Moore II
• Eric Tiede

My Father’s Dragon synopsis

The official synopsis from Netflix reads:

"“Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime.”"

My Father’s Dragon writer and director

The movie, which was written by Ruth Stiles Gannett and Meg LeFauve, is directed by Nora Twomey.

My Father’s Dragon trailer

My Father’s Dragon run time

According to IMDb, the animation will be 1 hour and 39 minutes long.