Seaman‘s 2016 horror movie The Barn (from Terror Films), a retro throwback horror movie that took you back to 1989. When Vern’s world collides with a human teen named Squib, who becomes mixed up in some trouble while running booze for the local mob, their mutual struggle for survival becomes entangled in the most unlikely of friendships.”ĭavey Holmes (“Get Shorty”) is adapting the novel for the small screen.Ĭage will executive produce in addition to starring in the MGM series. It isn’t much of a life but he’s alive to live it, and Vern is prepared do whatever it takes – even if its violent – to preserve his own hide. Highfire has become plain old ‘Vern’ and, by day, he hides out among the alligators, watches cable-TV and drinks obscene amounts of vodka to pass the time. But this is not once upon a time, this is now, and now all Lord Highfire rules is his shack in Louisiana’s Honey Island Swamp. “Once upon a time, dragons ruled the earth and Lord Highfire ruled the dragons from his eyrie.

Its central character, Highfire (Cage) is a vodka-drinking, Flashdance-loving dragon who lives an isolated existence in the bayous of Louisiana.” Deadline reports that Nicolas Cage is voicing a vodka-drinking dragon in an upcoming series for Paramount+ that’s titled “ Highfire,” an adaptation of Eoin Colfer‘s novel that’s being described as “True Detective meets Swamp Thing.” What does that even mean? We have no idea, but we’re going to need it immediately.ĭeadline details, “The genre-bending, live-action series Highfire is a gritty crime-thriller with doses of magical realism. There’s a lot to take in here so bear with us.