Is It Possible To Make Good A Dragon Movie Anymore?? And, Can Universal Make One Out Of DRAGONOLOGY??

Merrick here...
I haven't read these books, so my knowledge of the source material is limited. This said, Universal has acquired the rights to the DRAGONOLOGY books by Dugald A. Steer (I smell a pseudonym - am I right?)

The faux nonfiction books by Dugald A. Steer are based on the conceit that dragons actually exist as revealed by the Victorian dragonologist Ernest Drake. An underlying theme is that dragons should be studied and revered in the same way as any rare species. Hartman's fantasy adventure take revolves around a group of dragonologists who go on a globetrotting quest to keep a corrupt man from taking control of the world's dragons and using them to wipe out humanity.

...says THIS ARTICLE in Hollywood Reporter. As far as I'm concerned, there hasn't been an even vaguely passable dragon movie since DRAGONSLAYER back in 1981 (elements of REIGN OF FIRE were okay, but I don't think the whole sustained). The highest profile of recent attempts to make a dragon film...D-WARS (DRAGON WARS)...was awkward, bewildering, and just plain dopey. So, I think it's fair to ask...as far as films go...is their any juice left in this conceit? And, why is it so damn hard to make a bad-ass dragon movie? Leonard Hartman will write & Executive Produce the adaptation.