{"id":7730,"date":"2018-03-10T13:22:37","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T18:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=7730"},"modified":"2018-03-10T13:22:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T18:22:37","slug":"march-preview-animated-ice-dragon-offers-positive-faith-animated-adventure-whole-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2018\/03\/march-preview-animated-ice-dragon-offers-positive-faith-animated-adventure-whole-family.html","title":{"rendered":"March Preview: Animated &#8220;Ice Dragon&#8221; offers positive faith animated adventure for the whole family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27219\" class=\"yiv4713395729paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27223\" class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27222\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27221\">Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and culture:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4713395729paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">Some faith-themed films worth keeping an eye on this month.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Ice Dragon: Legend of the Blue Daisies - In U.S. Cinemas 3\/24 &amp; 3\/26\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IDdwdBt2XfI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27234\">Fathom Events, Chelsea Road Productions and Tricord Media present <span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27233\" class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\"><strong><em>Ice Dragon: Legend of the Blue Daisies<\/em> in movie theaters nationwide on Saturday, March 24 at 12:55\u00a0 and Monday, March 26 at 6:30 PM (all local times). <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27241\" class=\"yiv4713395729paragraph\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27228\" class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27227\">Based on a short story by Canadian director and producer <b>Bruce Stacey<\/b> (<em>God <\/em><\/span><\/span><em><span class=\"yiv4713395729contextualspellingandgrammarerror\">Rocks!, <\/span><\/em><span class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\"><em>Journey to Christmas<\/em>), the film<\/span><b> <\/b><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27217\" class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27216\">will premiere in U.S. cinemas for a two-day-only event. <\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27230\">This is the \ufb01rst of a planned trilogy that will follow the adventures of Melody, a gifted young dreamer, and her feisty friend Leif, as they work together to save their village from a menacing dragon.<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27234\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27244\" class=\"yiv4713395729paragraph\"><span class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\">\u201cThe original story sat in my drawer for more than 20 years until I was encouraged by friends at Cartoon Conrad Productions (Kulipari-Net\ufb02ix Original Series) to dust it off and adapt it for the screen,&#8221; Director and Producer<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27247\" class=\"yiv4713395729scxw250621589\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27246\">\u00a0Bruce Stacey says. \u201cI am thrilled this family adventure is making it to the big screen for audiences nationwide to enjoy.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27251\" class=\"yiv4713395729paragraph\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27250\" class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27249\"><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Melody, a gifted young dreamer, and her feisty friend Leif must set aside their differences and use the power of magical Blue Daisies and an ancient Song to save their world from an evil Ice Dragon. When the blue flowers that once bloomed all around her village began to disappear, Melody and her eccentric grandfather recognize this as a sign of great danger&#8230; but no one believes them! Racing against time, Melody must convince Leif and the other villagers before it\u2019s too late. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27254\" class=\"yiv4713395729paragraph\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27244\" class=\"yiv4713395729paragraph\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27256\" class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27260\">Starring the voice talents of <b>Rheal Rees <\/b>(Melody), <b>Justin Deb\u00e9 <\/b>(Leif)<b> <\/b>and <b>Bill Bray <\/b> (Nicholai), \u201c<b id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27259\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27234\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27233\" class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\"><strong><em>Ice Dragon: Legend of the Blue Daisies<\/em> <\/strong><\/span><\/span>gend of the Blue Daisies<\/b>\u201d<b> <\/b>features original songs<\/span><\/span> and engaging characters that highlight this inspiring animated adventure for the whole family.<span class=\"yiv4713395729scxw250621589\">\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 <span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27234\"><span class=\"yiv4713395729eop\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><span class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\">Tickets for<\/span><span class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\">\u202f<\/span><em><span class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\"><b>Ice Dragon: Legend of the Blue Daisies<\/b><\/span><\/em><span class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\">\u202f<\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27240\" class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27239\">can be purchased beginning Friday, February 9 online by visiting <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fathomevents.com\/events\/ice-dragon?utm_source=fathom&amp;utm_medium=press+releases&amp;utm_campaign=ice+dragon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.FathomEvents.com<\/a><span class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\"> or at participating theater box offices. The event will take place in nearly 700 select movie theaters through Fathom\u2019s Digital Broadcast Network (DBN). For a complete list of theater locations, click on the above link visit the Fathom Events<\/span><span class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\">\u202f<\/span><span class=\"yiv4713395729normaltextrun\">website <i>(theaters and participants are subject to change).<\/i><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520179218324_27260\" class=\"yiv4713395729paragraph\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4713395729paragraph\"><strong>March 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Paul, Apostle of Christ: Official Trailer | Now Playing\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LyOqQZUDdO4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4713395729paragraph\"><strong>Also coming (March 30):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"God&#039;s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness Official Teaser Trailer (2018)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aepZ-nrPA-w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520696961493_17321\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520696961493_17320\"><\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520696961493_17286\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520696961493_17285\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and culture: Some faith-themed films worth keeping an eye on this month. Fathom Events, Chelsea Road Productions and Tricord Media present Ice Dragon: Legend of the Blue Daisies in movie theaters nationwide on Saturday, March 24 at 12:55\u00a0 and Monday, March 26 at 6:30 PM (all&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,24,1],"tags":[9291,9293,7845,9292,9294],"class_list":["post-7730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-movies","category-uncategorized","tag-bruce-stacey-god-rocks","tag-chelsea-road-productions","tag-fathom-events","tag-journey-to-christmas","tag-tricord-media-ice-dragon-lice-dragon-leice-dragon-leice-dragon-legend-of-the-blue-daisies-gend-of-the-blue-daisies-gend-of-the-blue-daisies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>March Preview: Animated &quot;Ice Dragon&quot; offers positive faith animated adventure for the whole family<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2018\/03\/march-preview-animated-ice-dragon-offers-positive-faith-animated-adventure-whole-family.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"March Preview: Animated &quot;Ice Dragon&quot; offers positive faith animated adventure for the whole family\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here&#8217;s this week&#8217;s dispatch from the crossroads of faith and culture: Some faith-themed films worth keeping an eye on this month. 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