The book was made into
a Japanese animated film, which premiered in 1997. It starred the voices of Yu-ki of the pop group
TRF as Elmer Elevator and
Megumi Hayashibara as Boris the Dragon. In 2011, the book was adapted into an American children's stage musical by Travis Tagart. In 2018,
Netflix announced that the book would be adapted into
an animated feature film of the same name by Irish animation studio
Cartoon Saloon for November 11, 2022 release.
Nora Twomey was announced as the director with
Meg LeFauve as the film's screenwriter. Netflix announced the cast in April 2022 which included
Jacob Tremblay as Elmer Elevator and
Gaten Matarazzo as Boris the dragon alongside
Golshifteh Farahani,
Dianne Wiest,
Rita Moreno,
Chris O'Dowd,
Judy Greer,
Alan Cumming,
Yara Shahidi,
Jackie Earle Haley,
Mary Kay Place,
Leighton Meester,
Adam Brody,
Charlyne Yi, with
Whoopi Goldberg and
Ian McShane.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/jacob-tremblay-gaten-matarazzo-golshifteh-farahani-more-voice-netflix-animation-my-fathers-dragon-1235006378/ In 2022, the book was featured as a bedtime story in the
HBO series
Westworld Season 4, Episode 1 "
The Auguries". ==External links==