Template:Featured film (Week 48, 2006)



Eragon is a forthcoming 2006 fantasy/action/adventure film based on the novel of the same name by Christopher Paolini. It is scheduled to be released on December 14, 2006 (Australia, New Zealand) and December 15, 2006 (UK, USA, Canada) by 20th Century Fox.

The film is directed by Stefen Fangmeier, a first-time director, who has previously worked as a visual effects director on such films as Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. The screenwriter is Peter Buchman, who is best known for his script for Jurassic Park III. The movie began principal photography at the Mafilm Fot Studios in Hungary on August 1, 2005. In December 2005, the movie entered post-production. Special visual effects and animation by Industrial Light & Magic and Weta Digital.

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