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Dragonology is a series of books for children and young adults about dragons, written in a non-fictional style. [1] The series contains information on dragons, including about how to befriend and protect them as well as an alphabet of the dragon language, ancient runes, and replica samples of dragon scales. The series later expanded to include figures, plush toys, models, a strategic board game, a card game, and a video game for the Nintendo DS. Books in the series are credited to fictional authors such as Dr. Ernest Drake, a member of the Secret and Ancient Society of Dragonologists, and the author of the series' first book, Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons .
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The Dragonology books launched the Ologies book series in 2003. The publishers eventually published books with similar formats and themes on both real and fictional topics such as egyptology, wizardry, pirates, Greek mythology, monsters, and several others. [2] As of 2025, there are 15 main books in the Ologies series.
In 2008, Universal Pictures acquired the film rights to the Dragonology series and Leonard Hartman was set to write and executive produce the adaptation. [3] Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci were attached to produce the film for Universal. [4] [5] In 2018, Paramount Pictures acquired the rights to develop a film franchise based on all Ologies books, including a Dragonology portion of the series. Akiva Goldsman was hired to oversee a writers' room to write scripts for interconnected family films based on the books and supplemental materials, partnering with Weed Road studio colleague Greg Lessans as the film's producers. [6]
