The Last Dragonslayer on Sky1 at Christmas: Watch the bedazzling trailer HERE
CHRISTMAS and fantasy adaptations go hand-in-hand, and this year Sky1 will premiere their highly-anticipated reimagined version of The Last Dragonslayer.
The Last Dragonslayer arrives to Sky1 this Christmas
Jasper Fforde’s stunning novel is set in a wonderfully colourful universe, perfect for the small screen.
Poldark’s Ellise Chappell takes centre stage as Jennifer Strange - an orphan who has an awakening that she is, as the title suggests, a Dragonslayer.
Game of Thrones actor John Bradley also stars in the standalone film, who of course, already has some exercise with working with the mythical beasts.
What’s more, Ricky Tomlinson, Pauline Collins and Matt Berry also join the stellar cast.
The Last Dragonslayer stars Ellise Chappell and John Bradley
What we're trying to do with The Last Dragonslayer is deliver this big fantastical thing you've never seen before
Sky1 director Adam MacDonald recently claimed that he’s been dead set on shaking up the Christmas schedule with The Last Dragonslayer.
“The terrestrial channels' Christmas line-ups... they're good, but they're familiar, they're very predictable," he told Digital Spy. "They're kind of the same schedules they've had for the last four or five years, so we're focusing on making Christmas feel fresh and different.
"When I was a kid, I remember the big Christmas Day movie and it was the first time you'd ever seen it. Now – particularly with terrestrial television – the shows and even the movies... you've seen them all before.
The Last Dragonslayer is one of the most highly-anticipated TV events of the year
"What we're trying to do with The Last Dragonslayer is deliver this big fantastical thing you've never seen before."
The show runner added that he hopes to bring all four of Fforde’s novels to Sky1.
"We don't want to get ahead of ourselves and jinx the whole project, but if it it goes down as well as we hope it does with our audience, then it's something we can bring back,” he enthused.
The Last Dragonslayer will air on Christmas Day at 5.45pm on Sky1.