Editing Don Bluth (section)

=== 2015–present: return to animation ===
In October 2015, Bluth and Goldman started a [[Kickstarter]] campaign in hopes of resurrecting hand-drawn animation by creating an animated feature-length film of ''[[Dragon's Lair]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/donbluth/dragons-lair-the-movie?ref=video|title=Dragon's Lair: The Movie (Canceled)|website=Kickstarter|date=October 26, 2015 }}</ref> Bluth plans for the film to provide more backstory for Dirk and Daphne and show that she is not a "blonde airhead".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dragons-lair-movie-wont-depict-sexualized-version-/1100-6433325/|title=Dragon's Lair Movie Won't Depict "Sexualized" Version of Princess Daphne|work=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=September 13, 2016}}</ref> The Kickstarter funding was canceled when not enough funds had been made close to the deadline, but an [[Indiegogo]] page for the project was created in its place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dragon-s-lair-returns/x/12369452|title=Dragon's Lair Returns|website=[[Indiegogo]]}}</ref> Two months later, Indiegogo campaign reached its goal of $250,000, 14 days after the campaign launched.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dragon-s-lair-returns#/updates|title=Dragon's Lair Returns|website=[[Indiegogo]]}}</ref> As of February 2018, the total exceeded $728,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dragon-s-lair-returns#/|title=Dragon's Lair Returns|website=[[Indiegogo]]}}</ref> A live-action ''Dragon's Lair'' film starring [[Ryan Reynolds]] was announced to be released in 2020, but it ended up being postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/dragons-lair-movie-ryan-reynolds/|title=Netflix requires rights to the Dragon's Lair film|work=[[/Film]]|date=March 27, 2020}}</ref> Bluth was listed as a producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/3/28/21198013/dragons-lair-movie-netflix-ryan-reynolds-don-bluth-live-action|title=Dragon's Lair movie coming to Netflix, with Ryan Reynolds starring|website=Polygon|date=March 28, 2020}}</ref>

In 2020, Bluth launched a new animation studio called Don Bluth Studios with animator and vice president of the company Lavalle Lee, founder of traditionalanimation.com. His goal is to bring a "renaissance of hand-drawn animation", in the belief that there is an audience demand for it. His first project is called ''Bluth's Fables'', an anthology of short stories written, narrated, and drawn by Bluth. The stories are intended to stylistically resemble [[Aesop's Fables]] and [[nursery rhyme]]s. The studio's productions are live-streamed first, and then uploaded to [[YouTube]]. ''Bluth's Fables'' is done with pencil tests and then traced and colored in [[Clip Studio Paint]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=BLUTH FABLES – NEW CONCEPT BY THE NEWLY FORMED DON BLUTH STUDIOS |url=https://www.traditionalanimation.com/2020/bluth-fables-new-concept-by-the-newly-formed-don-bluth-studios/ |last=Lee |first=Lavalle |website=Traditional Animation |date=September 11, 2020 |access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hakim |first=Nicole |url=https://www.cbr.com/don-bluth-studio-renaissance-hand-drawn-animation/ |title=Don Bluth Launches New Studio, Hopeful for a 'Renaissance of Hand-Drawn Animation' |website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]] |date=September 11, 2020 |access-date=September 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Don Bluth Forms New 'Totally Transparent' 2D Studio|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/don-bluth-forms-new-totally-transparent-2d-studio/|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|work=[[Animation Magazine]]|date=September 11, 2020|access-date=September 12, 2020}}</ref> Bluth's memoir, ''Somewhere Out There: My Animated Life'', was released on July 19, 2022.<ref>{{cite tweet|url=https://twitter.com/DonBluth/status/1471941219416559620|user=DonBluth |title=I am very excited to announce the publication of my autobiography, "Somewhere Out There: My Animated Life". The pre-order is now available. I think, for anyone going into the art of animation, this is a must-read. I hope you enjoy it. |number=1471941219416559620 |date=December 17, 2021 |access-date=January 3, 2022 |archive-date=December 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217203230/https://twitter.com/DonBluth/status/1471941219416559620 |via=[[Twitter]] |url-status=live}}</ref> His first children's picture book, ''Yuki, Star of the Sea'', was released on April 1, 2024. It tells the story of a whale who is captured and taken to Hollywood to become a movie star.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.donbluthstudios.com/|title=Don Bluth Studios|website=www.donbluthstudios.com}}</ref>