"Eragon" is a filmed adaptation of part one of The Inheritance Trilogy.

When Eragon finds a blue stone in the forest, he thinks the lucky discovery will buy his family meat for the winter. But the stone brings a dragon hatchling.

Eragon's simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of destiny, magic, and power. He and the dragon must cross the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds.