Quinn (Christian Bale, right) and his right-hand man, Creedy (Gerard Butler, left) stand guard over a castle that houses some of the last survivors on earth

Left: Christian Bale, Right: Matthew McConaughey. 

Left to right: Izabella Scorupco, Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale. 

(Left to right) Quinn (Christian Bale), Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey)

(Left to right):  Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey) (third from left), Alex Jensen (Izabella Scorupco), Creedy (Gerard Butler), Ajay (Alexander Siddig), Quinn (Christian Bale), Gideon (Terence Maynard).

Pictured (Left to right):  Quinn (Christian Bale), Alex Jensen (Izabella Scorupco), Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey).

Quinn (Christian Bale, pictured) makes a terrifying discovery that threatens their future: a dragon egg.

Alex Jensen (Izabella Scorupco), Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey), Quinn (Christian Bale).

Matthew McConaughey (left) on set between takes

Ajay (Alexander Siddig), Quinn (Christian Bale)

Matthew McConaughey in Reign of Fire (2002)

Matthew McConaughey, Christian Bale, and Izabella Scorupco in Reign of Fire (2002)

Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey, pictured) reacts to the dragon's latest attack

Van Zan (Matthew McConaughey, right), an American mercenary, with his pilot, Alex Jensen (Izabella Scorupco, left) arrives in Britain with the firepower to bring down the beasts.

Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale in Reign of Fire (2002)