Dragon Hunters (film)

Dragon Hunters
French theatrical release film poster
French theatrical release film poster
Directed byGuillaume Ivernel
Arthur Qwak
Written byFrédéric Engel-Lenoir
Arthur Qwak
Based onDragon Hunters
by Arthur Qwak
Produced byPhilippe Delarue
Tilo Seiffert
StarringFrench version:
Vincent Lindon
Patrick Timsit
Marie Drion
English version:
Forest Whitaker
Rob Paulsen
Mary Mouser
CinematographyArthur Qwak
Edited bySoline Guyonneau
Music byKlaus Badelt
Production
companies
Distributed byFuturikon
BAC Films (France)
Universum Film (UFA) (Germany)
Release dates
  • 20 March 2008 (2008-03-20) (Russia and New Zealand)
  • 26 March 2008 (2008-03-26) (France)
  • 5 April 2008 (2008-04-05) (United States)
  • 24 April 2008 (2008-04-24) (Germany)
Running time
82 minutes
CountriesFrance
Luxembourg
Germany
LanguageEnglish
Budget€12,000,000 ($14,107,778)
Box office$12,389,088 (€10,406,585)[1]

Dragon Hunters (French: Chasseurs de dragons) is a 2008 animated fantasy film telling the adventures of two dragon hunters, written by Frédéric Engel-Lenoir, directed by creator Arthur Qwak and Guillaume Ivernel with music by Klaus Badelt and produced by Philippe Delarue and Tilo Seiffert. It features the voices of Vincent Lindon, Patrick Timsit, Marie Drion in the French version and Forest Whitaker, Rob Paulsen and Mary Mouser in the English version. The film was produced by Futurikon, and co-produced by LuxAnimation, Mac Guff Ligne and Trixter. It shares the same creative universe as the Dragon Hunters TV series. It was released on March 26, 2008, in France and on March 20, 2008, in Russia and New Zealand. It was also distributed by Icon Productions and Bac Films. The film received a Cristal Award nomination for Best Feature and it earned $12,235,843 on a €12,000,000 budget. Dragon Hunters was released on DVD on April 5, 2008, in the United States by Peace Arch Entertainment, and on November 5, 2008, in France by Warner Home Video.

  1. ^ "Dragon Hunters". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2022-05-15.