Production on the upcoming live action How to Train Your Dragon film is currently underway!!
The new adaptation of the franchise sees writer and director Dean DeBlois returning to write and helm the film after directing the previous three animated movies.
Based on the books by Cressida Cowell, the first animated movie followed Hiccup, a young Viking who defies tradition and befriends one of his deadliest foes – a ferocious dragon he calls Toothless. Together, the unlikely heroes fight against the odds to save both their worlds in this wonderful, feel-good hit.
The movie kicked off filming back in January after strike-related delays, and as of early March, was still underway in Ireland.
Cressida even visited the set and teased, “Everyone is in for a Treat!”
How to Train Your Dragon is currently slated for a June 13, 2025 release.
While we await more details, we do know who will be starring in the upcoming live action adaptation,...
The new adaptation of the franchise sees writer and director Dean DeBlois returning to write and helm the film after directing the previous three animated movies.
Based on the books by Cressida Cowell, the first animated movie followed Hiccup, a young Viking who defies tradition and befriends one of his deadliest foes – a ferocious dragon he calls Toothless. Together, the unlikely heroes fight against the odds to save both their worlds in this wonderful, feel-good hit.
The movie kicked off filming back in January after strike-related delays, and as of early March, was still underway in Ireland.
Cressida even visited the set and teased, “Everyone is in for a Treat!”
How to Train Your Dragon is currently slated for a June 13, 2025 release.
While we await more details, we do know who will be starring in the upcoming live action adaptation,...
- 4/24/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The cast of How to Train Your Dragon just got bigger!
The upcoming live action adaptation, from writer and director Dean DeBlois, who made the original animated films, has added four more young actors to its cast to bring the characters to life.
Filming on the movie started last Monday, January 15th!
“Our first week was a rousing success! The shots are breathtaking, our crew is top notch, and our cast is amazing! Wait ‘til you see them in action – trust me, they’re Fantastic! More on the rest of them soon….
The upcoming live action adaptation, from writer and director Dean DeBlois, who made the original animated films, has added four more young actors to its cast to bring the characters to life.
Filming on the movie started last Monday, January 15th!
“Our first week was a rousing success! The shots are breathtaking, our crew is top notch, and our cast is amazing! Wait ‘til you see them in action – trust me, they’re Fantastic! More on the rest of them soon….
- 1/24/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The cast of Universal’s live-action “How to Train Your Dragon” movie is shaping up with the additions of Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James and Harry Trevaldwyn.
Dennison, Howell, James and Trevaldwyn have been respectively cast as Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut in the live-action adaptation of the hit DreamWorks Animation movie.
The quartet join Mason Thames and Nico Parker, who are set to star as Hiccup and Astrid; Gerard Butler, who reprises his role from the animated movies as Stoick the Vast; and Nick Frost, who joins the franchise as Gobber the Belch. The animated entries, backed by Universal and DreamWorks and based on the books by Cressida Cowell, has generated more than $1.6 billion worldwide.
The new “How to Train Your Dragon” — which is set to hit theaters on June 13, 2025 — is written, directed and produced by Dean DeBlois, who earned three Oscar nominations for his work on the animated features.
Dennison, Howell, James and Trevaldwyn have been respectively cast as Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut in the live-action adaptation of the hit DreamWorks Animation movie.
The quartet join Mason Thames and Nico Parker, who are set to star as Hiccup and Astrid; Gerard Butler, who reprises his role from the animated movies as Stoick the Vast; and Nick Frost, who joins the franchise as Gobber the Belch. The animated entries, backed by Universal and DreamWorks and based on the books by Cressida Cowell, has generated more than $1.6 billion worldwide.
The new “How to Train Your Dragon” — which is set to hit theaters on June 13, 2025 — is written, directed and produced by Dean DeBlois, who earned three Oscar nominations for his work on the animated features.
- 1/24/2024
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
The live action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon has officially begun filming!
Dean DeBlois, who wrote and directed the original, animated film trilogy, returns as writer and director for the new live action version.
The filmmaker took to social media on Monday (January 15) to reveal that filming is underway.
“First day of the shoot!
Dean DeBlois, who wrote and directed the original, animated film trilogy, returns as writer and director for the new live action version.
The filmmaker took to social media on Monday (January 15) to reveal that filming is underway.
“First day of the shoot!
- 1/17/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Dean DeBlois wrote and directed all three of the animated How to Train Your Dragon movies, which were inspired by the series of books by written by Cressida Cowell. Now DeBlois is set to write, direct, and produce a live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon – and he’s assembling a strong cast for it. Mason Thames (The Black Phone) is set to play Hiccup, with Nico Parker (The Last of Us) as Astrid and Gerard Butler, who voiced Stoick the Vast, the leader of the Viking clan and Hiccup’s father in the animated films, will be reprising the role in live-action. Now The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Nick Frost – whose credits include Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End, Paul, and Fighting with My Family – has been cast as the Viking character Gobber the Belch, the trusted friend and advisor of Stoick.
- 1/11/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Nick Frost has entered the Viking village.
Frost, perhaps best known for his starring turns in Edgar Wright movies such as Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, has joined the cast of Universal Pictures’ live-action adaptation of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon.
Dean DeBlois, who co-wrote and directed the original and revered trilogy, is steering the new feature, returning as writer, director and producer.
The project already has Mason Thames (The Black Phone) and Nico Parker (The Last of Us) set to star as Hiccup and Astrid, the young teens who befriend dragons. Gerard Butler, who voiced Stoick the Vast, the leader of the Viking clan and Hiccup’s father, is reprising his role in the flesh.
Frost will play Gobber the Belch, the trusted friend and adviser of Stoick.
Using the books by Cressida Cowell as a jumping-off point, How to Train Your Dragon focused...
Frost, perhaps best known for his starring turns in Edgar Wright movies such as Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead, has joined the cast of Universal Pictures’ live-action adaptation of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon.
Dean DeBlois, who co-wrote and directed the original and revered trilogy, is steering the new feature, returning as writer, director and producer.
The project already has Mason Thames (The Black Phone) and Nico Parker (The Last of Us) set to star as Hiccup and Astrid, the young teens who befriend dragons. Gerard Butler, who voiced Stoick the Vast, the leader of the Viking clan and Hiccup’s father, is reprising his role in the flesh.
Frost will play Gobber the Belch, the trusted friend and adviser of Stoick.
Using the books by Cressida Cowell as a jumping-off point, How to Train Your Dragon focused...
- 1/11/2024
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actor Gerard Butler is set to reprise his role as the burly Viking leader Stoick in the live-action remake of the animated movie ‘How to Train Your Dragon’. He’s the first legacy cast member to make the jump, which will reteam him with Dean DeBlois, who returns to write, direct and produce the newest entry in the popular franchise, reports Entertainment Weekly.
Joining Butler are previously announced stars Mason Thames and Nico Parker, who will star as Hiccup and Astrid. Further casting has yet to be revealed.
As per Entertainment Weekly, the live-action adaptation will be “rooted in stories that are as sweeping as they are intimate” and will “draw audiences deep into DreamWorks Animation’s imaginative lore.”
The first film in the animated franchise was released in 2010, and captivated audiences with the unlikely friendship of an adolescent Viking named Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and a fearsome Night...
Joining Butler are previously announced stars Mason Thames and Nico Parker, who will star as Hiccup and Astrid. Further casting has yet to be revealed.
As per Entertainment Weekly, the live-action adaptation will be “rooted in stories that are as sweeping as they are intimate” and will “draw audiences deep into DreamWorks Animation’s imaginative lore.”
The first film in the animated franchise was released in 2010, and captivated audiences with the unlikely friendship of an adolescent Viking named Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and a fearsome Night...
- 1/6/2024
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Gerard Butler is returning to the How to Train Your Dragon fold, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The actor will reprise the father role of Stoick the Vast in the live-action remake that hails from original co-director Dean DeBlois.
The Black Phone‘s Mason Thames and The Last of Us‘ Nico Parker are leading the project, playing Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel in the original) and Astrid (America Ferrera), respectively. Universal has set a June 13, 2025 date for the project.
The original DreamWorks Animation trilogy was based on the books by Cressida Cowell, and told the story of a viking boy and his dragon, Toothless. The trilogy was released from 2010-19 and grossed more than $1.6 billion globally.
Marc Platt is producing via Marc Platt Productions alongside Adam Siegel, president of Platt’s banner. Lexi Barta is overseeing for Universal.
Butler broke out with the 2006 feature 300 and recently led the Lionsgate actioner...
The Black Phone‘s Mason Thames and The Last of Us‘ Nico Parker are leading the project, playing Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel in the original) and Astrid (America Ferrera), respectively. Universal has set a June 13, 2025 date for the project.
The original DreamWorks Animation trilogy was based on the books by Cressida Cowell, and told the story of a viking boy and his dragon, Toothless. The trilogy was released from 2010-19 and grossed more than $1.6 billion globally.
Marc Platt is producing via Marc Platt Productions alongside Adam Siegel, president of Platt’s banner. Lexi Barta is overseeing for Universal.
Butler broke out with the 2006 feature 300 and recently led the Lionsgate actioner...
- 1/5/2024
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Universal and DreamWorks Animation have rescheduled the release of the live-action adaptation of “How to Train Your Dragon” from March 14, 2025, to June 13, 2025, the companies said Friday.
The live-action adaptation takes the place of and untitled film, which has been pushed to July 2, 2025.
Three-time Oscar nominee Dean DeBlois, who co-directed the 2010 blockbuster hit with Chris Sanders, and directed both the sequel in 2014 and the threequel in 2019, will write, direct and produce this live-action offering.
The film will be produced by three-time Oscar nominee Marc Platt, Dean DeBlois and Emmy winner Adam Siegel.
The “How to Train Your Dragon” trilogy, inspired by Cressida Cowell’s book series, stands as a significant achievement for the animation studio founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg. It has earned a total of $1.6 billion worldwide and received three Oscar nominations for Best Animated Feature, and won the Golden Globe award for “How to Train Your Dragon 2.”
“How to Train Your Dragon...
The live-action adaptation takes the place of and untitled film, which has been pushed to July 2, 2025.
Three-time Oscar nominee Dean DeBlois, who co-directed the 2010 blockbuster hit with Chris Sanders, and directed both the sequel in 2014 and the threequel in 2019, will write, direct and produce this live-action offering.
The film will be produced by three-time Oscar nominee Marc Platt, Dean DeBlois and Emmy winner Adam Siegel.
The “How to Train Your Dragon” trilogy, inspired by Cressida Cowell’s book series, stands as a significant achievement for the animation studio founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg. It has earned a total of $1.6 billion worldwide and received three Oscar nominations for Best Animated Feature, and won the Golden Globe award for “How to Train Your Dragon 2.”
“How to Train Your Dragon...
- 11/3/2023
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
More theatrical release date changes due to the actors strike which is clocking 113 days. The good news: this one doesn’t impact 2024.
Universal and DreamWorks Animation said Friday that their live-action take on the animated movie How to Train Your Dragon is moving from March 14, 2025 to June 13, 2025.
Uni had the latter date already on hold on the release calendar.
Any rivals out there, March 14, 2025 is now empty of any wide entries. How to Train Your Dragon‘s new date currently has an untitled Pixar movie on it.
The new live-action How to Train Your Dragon is written and directed by three-time Oscar nominee Dean DeBlois, who has written and directed the entire Dragon trilogy based on the bestselling books series by Cressida Cowell. The new film will be produced by three-time Oscar nominee Marc Platt, DeBlois and Emmy winner Adam Siegel.
The...
Universal and DreamWorks Animation said Friday that their live-action take on the animated movie How to Train Your Dragon is moving from March 14, 2025 to June 13, 2025.
Uni had the latter date already on hold on the release calendar.
Any rivals out there, March 14, 2025 is now empty of any wide entries. How to Train Your Dragon‘s new date currently has an untitled Pixar movie on it.
The new live-action How to Train Your Dragon is written and directed by three-time Oscar nominee Dean DeBlois, who has written and directed the entire Dragon trilogy based on the bestselling books series by Cressida Cowell. The new film will be produced by three-time Oscar nominee Marc Platt, DeBlois and Emmy winner Adam Siegel.
The...
- 11/3/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The upcoming American computer-animated sci-fi adventure movie ‘Nimona’ is adapted from the same named graphic novel by Nd Stevenson.
The plot revolves around the titular Nimona who is a teenager and possesses the power of shapeshifting.
After she finds herself targeted by a knight, she also discovers that she is the one who can exonerate the knight from a crime of which he is accused.
American actress Chloë Grace Moretz has given voice to the character of Nimona. Nimona Was released on Netflix on June 30, 2023.
Following is a number of animated films that you might enjoy if you are a fan of animated movies.
Also Read: Top 10 Films Like The Out-Laws 2023.
Top 10 Films Like Nimona 2023. Frozen (2013)- Slash Film
This computer-animated musical fantasy movie is loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale of 1844- ‘The Snow Queen’.
The plot finds royal sisters Elsa and Anna in the kingdom...
The plot revolves around the titular Nimona who is a teenager and possesses the power of shapeshifting.
After she finds herself targeted by a knight, she also discovers that she is the one who can exonerate the knight from a crime of which he is accused.
American actress Chloë Grace Moretz has given voice to the character of Nimona. Nimona Was released on Netflix on June 30, 2023.
Following is a number of animated films that you might enjoy if you are a fan of animated movies.
Also Read: Top 10 Films Like The Out-Laws 2023.
Top 10 Films Like Nimona 2023. Frozen (2013)- Slash Film
This computer-animated musical fantasy movie is loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale of 1844- ‘The Snow Queen’.
The plot finds royal sisters Elsa and Anna in the kingdom...
- 7/16/2023
- by Suvechchha Saha
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
The "How to Train Your Dragon" franchise is one of the biggest success stories for Universal and DreamWorks Animation, so it should come as no surprise that the beloved film will be the first from the company to get a live-action remake. Dragons have consistently been presented as dangerous beasts that need to be slain by heroes in much of our storytelling but in more recent years, dragons have been presented as misunderstood creatures deserving of affection, dedicated companions, and even friends. While Daenerys Targaryen of "Game of Thrones" certainly helped the PR for dragons across the globe, credit must be given to Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III and his dragon bestie Toothless.
What makes the "How to Train Your Dragon" films so wonderful is the sweet, empathetic approach to storytelling at the heart of each installment, giving the films a timeless feel that can be appreciated by viewers of all ages.
What makes the "How to Train Your Dragon" films so wonderful is the sweet, empathetic approach to storytelling at the heart of each installment, giving the films a timeless feel that can be appreciated by viewers of all ages.
- 6/4/2023
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Nico Parker and Mason Thomas will star in the live-action adaptation of 'How to Train Your Dragon'.The 'Last of Us' actress will portray Astrid, while the 15-year-old 'Black Phone' actor will play fellow human rider Hiccup in the upcoming movie, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed.According to the outlet, writer and director Dean DeBlois - who also helmed the original films - spent months looking for the right actors who would be able to grow into the roles in the way the characters grow into maturity throughout the series, which saw jumps in age across the three movies to highlight different stages of life.Jay Baruchel and America Ferrera originally voiced Hiccup and Astrid in the animated trilogy.The original 'How To Train Your Dragon' came to screens in 2010 and was a considerable success.The movie introduced Hiccup, a misfit teenager who studies at a...
- 5/31/2023
- by Viki Waters
- Bang Showbiz
As they move ahead with their plan to make a live-action version of How To Train Your Dragon, DreamWorks Animation and Universal have tracked down the people to play main characters Hiccup and Astrid in the film. The Black Phone's Mason Thames and The Last Of Us' Nico Parker have landed the roles.
The original trilogy of movies used the books by Cressida Cowell as a jumping off point and focused on the special friendship between a young and unheroic Viking boy named Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and Toothless, an injured dragon he nurses back to health. The movies told Hiccup and Toothless’ quest to combat humanity’s prejudice against dragons, the ache of overcoming the loss of a parent, and first love. With critical appreciation and success at the box office, the film has also spawned several spin-off TV series. Astrid in the animated films was voiced by America Ferrera.
The original trilogy of movies used the books by Cressida Cowell as a jumping off point and focused on the special friendship between a young and unheroic Viking boy named Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and Toothless, an injured dragon he nurses back to health. The movies told Hiccup and Toothless’ quest to combat humanity’s prejudice against dragons, the ache of overcoming the loss of a parent, and first love. With critical appreciation and success at the box office, the film has also spawned several spin-off TV series. Astrid in the animated films was voiced by America Ferrera.
- 5/30/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Universal’s live-action adaptation of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon has found its human riders.
Mason Thames, who starred in Universal’s horror hit The Black Phone, and Nico Parker, the rising actress who was last seen in HBO’s The Last of Us, are set to star as Hiccup and Astrid in the feature being directed by Dean DeBlois.
Universal has dated the feature for a March 14, 2025, release and is planning on a film shoot this summer.
Using the books by Cressida Cowell as a jumping-off point, How to Train Your Dragon focused on the special friendship between a young and unheroic Viking boy named Hiccup and Toothless, an injured dragon he nurses back to health. The movies chronicled Hiccup and Toothless’ quest to combat humanity’s prejudice against dragons, the ache of overcoming the loss of a parent, and first love.
The character of Astrid...
Mason Thames, who starred in Universal’s horror hit The Black Phone, and Nico Parker, the rising actress who was last seen in HBO’s The Last of Us, are set to star as Hiccup and Astrid in the feature being directed by Dean DeBlois.
Universal has dated the feature for a March 14, 2025, release and is planning on a film shoot this summer.
Using the books by Cressida Cowell as a jumping-off point, How to Train Your Dragon focused on the special friendship between a young and unheroic Viking boy named Hiccup and Toothless, an injured dragon he nurses back to health. The movies chronicled Hiccup and Toothless’ quest to combat humanity’s prejudice against dragons, the ache of overcoming the loss of a parent, and first love.
The character of Astrid...
- 5/30/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mason Thames and Nico Parker are set to star as Hiccup and Astrid in Universal’s new live-action adaptation of DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon. Dean DeBlois is directing the pic with the film set to bow on March, 14, 2025.
The new live-action adaptation will draw audiences deep into DreamWorks Animation’s imaginative lore. Working from a single narrative tapestry, the astonishing adventures of Hiccup and Toothless have captivated fans across three blockbuster films, which have grossed more than $1.6 billion.
The original DreamWorks Animation’s animated epic was first introduced, fans have been captivated by the unlikely friendship of an adolescent Viking and a fearsome Night Fury dragon and the astonishing adventures of Hiccup and Toothless. The franchise has been lauded with four Academy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award for the second filmed chapter. The franchise is based on the best-selling books series by Cressida Cowell...
The new live-action adaptation will draw audiences deep into DreamWorks Animation’s imaginative lore. Working from a single narrative tapestry, the astonishing adventures of Hiccup and Toothless have captivated fans across three blockbuster films, which have grossed more than $1.6 billion.
The original DreamWorks Animation’s animated epic was first introduced, fans have been captivated by the unlikely friendship of an adolescent Viking and a fearsome Night Fury dragon and the astonishing adventures of Hiccup and Toothless. The franchise has been lauded with four Academy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award for the second filmed chapter. The franchise is based on the best-selling books series by Cressida Cowell...
- 5/30/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
The sun never sets in the world of streaming. After a jam-packed March that saw both "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" series going head-to-head with "Ted Lasso" -- not to mention, the much-buzzed-about return of "Yellowjackets" and the final hurrah of the Shakespearean tragedy that is "Succession" — it seems April is angling to keep the party going. Between "Schmigadoon!" and "The Afterparty" coming back, "Barry" setting sail for the Grey Havens with its final season, and whatever the hell Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof have cooked up for us with "Mrs. Davis," next month won't be hurting for appointment TV.
Not about to be left in the dust by its competitors, Netflix has its own plans for April. In addition to its typical monthly smattering of non-exclusive titles, the streamer will be dropping a 30th anniversary "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" reunion special, "Once & Always," just to make all you Millennials...
Not about to be left in the dust by its competitors, Netflix has its own plans for April. In addition to its typical monthly smattering of non-exclusive titles, the streamer will be dropping a 30th anniversary "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" reunion special, "Once & Always," just to make all you Millennials...
- 3/22/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
“How to Train Your Dragon” will be getting a live-action adaptation which will fly into theatres in 2025.
The original writer for the blockbuster franchise, Dean DeBlois, is returning to pen the live-action plot, ensuring the real-world version stays within the animated series’ magic.
The three animated “How to Train Your Dragon” films boast massive critical acclaim, with all three films earning Best Animation nominations at the Oscars.
Read More: ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Live Action Remake In The Works At Disney
The film premise revolves around Hiccup, a misfit teen in a mythical Viking village who befriends an injured dragon he names Toothless. The story’s success, based on a children’s book written by Cressida Cowell, has earned more than 1.6 billion worldwide.
There has yet to be any information on whether any of the voice actors, who include Kristen Wiig, Gerard Butler, Kit Harrington and Cate Blanchett, will return for the live-action reimagining.
The original writer for the blockbuster franchise, Dean DeBlois, is returning to pen the live-action plot, ensuring the real-world version stays within the animated series’ magic.
The three animated “How to Train Your Dragon” films boast massive critical acclaim, with all three films earning Best Animation nominations at the Oscars.
Read More: ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Live Action Remake In The Works At Disney
The film premise revolves around Hiccup, a misfit teen in a mythical Viking village who befriends an injured dragon he names Toothless. The story’s success, based on a children’s book written by Cressida Cowell, has earned more than 1.6 billion worldwide.
There has yet to be any information on whether any of the voice actors, who include Kristen Wiig, Gerard Butler, Kit Harrington and Cate Blanchett, will return for the live-action reimagining.
- 2/16/2023
- by Emerson Pearson
- ET Canada
A live-action adaptation of ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ is soaring to theaters in 2025.
Dean DeBlois, who wrote and directed the animated trilogy 2010’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon’, 2014’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ and 2019’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ – is returning to write and direct the newest entry in the franchise.
It’s slated to release on March 14, 2025, reports ‘Variety’.
The Oscar-nominated ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ takes place in the mythical Viking village of Berk and follows the adventures of a misfit teen named Hiccup who befriends an injured dragon he calls Toothless.
The fantasy series, backed by Universal and DreamWorks and based on the books by Cressida Cowell, has generated more than 1.6 billion worldwide.
Their journeys have taken them beyond the big screen, spawning three TV series – ‘DreamWorks Dragons’, ‘Rescue Riders’ and ‘The Nine Realms’ – as well as theme park rides and the live show,...
Dean DeBlois, who wrote and directed the animated trilogy 2010’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon’, 2014’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ and 2019’s ‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ – is returning to write and direct the newest entry in the franchise.
It’s slated to release on March 14, 2025, reports ‘Variety’.
The Oscar-nominated ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ takes place in the mythical Viking village of Berk and follows the adventures of a misfit teen named Hiccup who befriends an injured dragon he calls Toothless.
The fantasy series, backed by Universal and DreamWorks and based on the books by Cressida Cowell, has generated more than 1.6 billion worldwide.
Their journeys have taken them beyond the big screen, spawning three TV series – ‘DreamWorks Dragons’, ‘Rescue Riders’ and ‘The Nine Realms’ – as well as theme park rides and the live show,...
- 2/16/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and his Night Fury dragon Toothless lead the Dragon Riders in DreamWorks Animation’s ‘How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ (Photo © 2019 DreamWorks Animation)
Universal Pictures is betting fans of the animated How to Train Your Dragon movie franchise will get on board with a live-action film. Academy Award nominee Dean DeBlois, the writer and director of all three How to Train Your Dragon animated films, will make his live-action feature film directorial debut with this new addition to the franchise. DeBlois will also write and produce.
The announcement did not include any casting details, and Universal hasn’t confirmed if Jay Baruchel – the voice of Hiccup – will be involved in the live-action film. The franchise is based on Cressida Cowell’s bestselling books. Three-time Oscar nominee Marc Platt and Emmy winner Adam Siegel join DeBlois as producers.
Universal offered this description of the live-action project:
“For more than a decade,...
Universal Pictures is betting fans of the animated How to Train Your Dragon movie franchise will get on board with a live-action film. Academy Award nominee Dean DeBlois, the writer and director of all three How to Train Your Dragon animated films, will make his live-action feature film directorial debut with this new addition to the franchise. DeBlois will also write and produce.
The announcement did not include any casting details, and Universal hasn’t confirmed if Jay Baruchel – the voice of Hiccup – will be involved in the live-action film. The franchise is based on Cressida Cowell’s bestselling books. Three-time Oscar nominee Marc Platt and Emmy winner Adam Siegel join DeBlois as producers.
Universal offered this description of the live-action project:
“For more than a decade,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Anything Disney can do, DreamWorks Animation can… also do? After years of going toe-to-toe (and sometimes besting) the Mouse House in terms of animated franchise, the company is now also going down the route of making live-action versions of its big hits. First in line? How To Train Your Dragon.
The original trilogy of movies used the books by Cressida Cowell as a jumping off point and focused on the special friendship between a young and unheroic Viking boy named Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and Toothless, an injured dragon he nurses back to health. The movies told Hiccup and Toothless’ quest to combat humanity’s prejudice against dragons, the ache of overcoming the loss of a parent, and first love. With critical appreciation and success at the box office, the film has also spawned several spin-off TV series.
Reassuringly, writer/director Dean DeBlois, who has been the guiding force for the big screen trilogy,...
The original trilogy of movies used the books by Cressida Cowell as a jumping off point and focused on the special friendship between a young and unheroic Viking boy named Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and Toothless, an injured dragon he nurses back to health. The movies told Hiccup and Toothless’ quest to combat humanity’s prejudice against dragons, the ache of overcoming the loss of a parent, and first love. With critical appreciation and success at the box office, the film has also spawned several spin-off TV series.
Reassuringly, writer/director Dean DeBlois, who has been the guiding force for the big screen trilogy,...
- 2/16/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Dean DeBlois, director of all three animated hits, will also steer the adaptation.
Universal Pictures is to make a live-action feature based on the DreamWorks Animation franchise How to Train Your Dragon, with a March 14, 2025 release date already set.
Dean DeBlois, who has written and directed all three of the animated Dragon films – which are based on based on the best-selling book series by Cressida Cowell - will also write and direct the live-action adaptation. DeBlois, Marc Platt and Adam Siegel will produce.
The original How to Train Your Dragon, about hapless young Viking Hiccup who befriends a dragon in...
Universal Pictures is to make a live-action feature based on the DreamWorks Animation franchise How to Train Your Dragon, with a March 14, 2025 release date already set.
Dean DeBlois, who has written and directed all three of the animated Dragon films – which are based on based on the best-selling book series by Cressida Cowell - will also write and direct the live-action adaptation. DeBlois, Marc Platt and Adam Siegel will produce.
The original How to Train Your Dragon, about hapless young Viking Hiccup who befriends a dragon in...
- 2/16/2023
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
DreamWorks Animation is taking a page out of Disney’s remake book. The animated film franchise “How to Train Your Dragon” will receive a new live action film from Universal Pictures, set for worldwide release on March 14, 2025.
The film will be written and directed by Dean DeBlois, the filmmaker behind the three animated “How to Train Your Dragon” films released between 2010 and 2019. It will be DeBlois’ live action narrative film debut, after directing the “Dragon” trilogy, Disney’s beloved 2002 animated feature “Lilo & Stitch,” and 2007 documentary “Heima.”
Based loosely on the book series by Cressida Cowell, the “How to Train Your Dragon” franchise is set in mythical Berk: a viking village where the residents train to fight and kill attacking dragons. Main character Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel in the original movies) is the awkward outcast son of chieftain Stoick (Gerard Butler), and struggles to prove himself worthy of serving as a warrior for the village.
The film will be written and directed by Dean DeBlois, the filmmaker behind the three animated “How to Train Your Dragon” films released between 2010 and 2019. It will be DeBlois’ live action narrative film debut, after directing the “Dragon” trilogy, Disney’s beloved 2002 animated feature “Lilo & Stitch,” and 2007 documentary “Heima.”
Based loosely on the book series by Cressida Cowell, the “How to Train Your Dragon” franchise is set in mythical Berk: a viking village where the residents train to fight and kill attacking dragons. Main character Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel in the original movies) is the awkward outcast son of chieftain Stoick (Gerard Butler), and struggles to prove himself worthy of serving as a warrior for the village.
- 2/15/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
We haven’t seen the last of How to Train Your Dragon, but this time the animated franchise will be returning as a live-action movie based on the book series by Cressida Cowell.
Deadline reports that Dean DeBlois, who wrote and directed all three of the animated movies, will return to write, direct, and produce the live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie as well. Universal has already set a release date for the project, with the movie set to be released on March 14, 2025. The casting process is already said to be underway.
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The first How to Train Your Dragon movie takes place in a mythical Viking village and follows Hiccup (Jay Baruchel), a young Viking who aspires to continue his tribe’s tradition of becoming a dragon slayer. But after finally capturing his first dragon, Toothless, he learns that there is more to the creatures than he had assumed.
Deadline reports that Dean DeBlois, who wrote and directed all three of the animated movies, will return to write, direct, and produce the live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie as well. Universal has already set a release date for the project, with the movie set to be released on March 14, 2025. The casting process is already said to be underway.
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The first How to Train Your Dragon movie takes place in a mythical Viking village and follows Hiccup (Jay Baruchel), a young Viking who aspires to continue his tribe’s tradition of becoming a dragon slayer. But after finally capturing his first dragon, Toothless, he learns that there is more to the creatures than he had assumed.
- 2/15/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Universal Pictures will be releasing a live-action adaptation of DreamWorks’ “How to Train Your Dragon” into theaters on March 14, 2025. Three-time Oscar nominee Dean DeBlois, who co-directed the 2010 blockbuster hit with Chris Sanders, and directed both the sequel in 2014 and the threequel in 2019, will write, direct and produce this live-action offering.
The “How to Train Your Dragon” trilogy, based on the book series by Cressida Cowell, is one of the artistic milestones of the Katzenberg-founded animation studio, with total global grosses of 1.6 billion and three Best Animated Feature Oscar nominations.
Strong grosses – over 520 million global – for “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” in early 2019 as the animated sequels like “The Lego Movie 2” and “The Angry Birds Movie 2” showed that Toothless and Hiccup were marquee characters with some generational nostalgia pull. Puss in Boots is also a marquee character with generational nostalgia appeal, as the Oscar-nominated sequel is...
The “How to Train Your Dragon” trilogy, based on the book series by Cressida Cowell, is one of the artistic milestones of the Katzenberg-founded animation studio, with total global grosses of 1.6 billion and three Best Animated Feature Oscar nominations.
Strong grosses – over 520 million global – for “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” in early 2019 as the animated sequels like “The Lego Movie 2” and “The Angry Birds Movie 2” showed that Toothless and Hiccup were marquee characters with some generational nostalgia pull. Puss in Boots is also a marquee character with generational nostalgia appeal, as the Oscar-nominated sequel is...
- 2/15/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
The dragons and Vikings are taking to the skies once again, this time in live-action.
Taking a massive swing, Universal Pictures has put in motion a How to Train Your Dragon live-action movie, with Dean DeBlois, the filmmaker behind the original animated trilogy, back in the saddle as writer, director and producer.
The feature project is already steps into the development process. Universal has dated the feature for a March 14, 2025 release. And sources also say the casting process is already underway.
This new Dragon will adapt the trilogy of movies that were made by DreamWorks Animation and released in the 2010s to great acclaim. The first movie, released in 2010, earned Academy Award nominations for best animated film and best score. The second and third notched best animated film Oscar nominations. The trilogy was also a hit with audiences, grossing more than 1.6 billion at the box office.
The franchise is one...
Taking a massive swing, Universal Pictures has put in motion a How to Train Your Dragon live-action movie, with Dean DeBlois, the filmmaker behind the original animated trilogy, back in the saddle as writer, director and producer.
The feature project is already steps into the development process. Universal has dated the feature for a March 14, 2025 release. And sources also say the casting process is already underway.
This new Dragon will adapt the trilogy of movies that were made by DreamWorks Animation and released in the 2010s to great acclaim. The first movie, released in 2010, earned Academy Award nominations for best animated film and best score. The second and third notched best animated film Oscar nominations. The trilogy was also a hit with audiences, grossing more than 1.6 billion at the box office.
The franchise is one...
- 2/15/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s How to Trian Your Dragon will return to the big screen, but as a live-action feature adaptation with the franchise’s 3x Oscar nominated and Golden Globe winning filmmaker Dean DeBlois returning to write, direct and produce the newest entry.
How to Train Your Dragon is based on the book series by Cressida Cowell.
A theatrical release date of March 14, 2025 has been set. At this point, there are no other wide releases on that date.
The first How to Train Your Dragon follows a hapless young Viking, Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) who aspires to hunt dragons and becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon, Toothless, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed. The animated franchise through three movies has amassed more than 1.6 billion.
The series has notched four Academy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award for the second filmed chapter.
How to Train Your Dragon is based on the book series by Cressida Cowell.
A theatrical release date of March 14, 2025 has been set. At this point, there are no other wide releases on that date.
The first How to Train Your Dragon follows a hapless young Viking, Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) who aspires to hunt dragons and becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon, Toothless, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed. The animated franchise through three movies has amassed more than 1.6 billion.
The series has notched four Academy Award nominations and a Golden Globe Award for the second filmed chapter.
- 2/15/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
A live-action adaptation of “How to Train Your Dragon” is soaring to theaters in 2025.
Dean DeBlois, who wrote and directed the animated trilogy — 2010’s “How to Train Your Dragon,” 2014’s “How to Train Your Dragon 2” and 2019’s “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” — is returning to write and direct the newest entry in the franchise. It’s slated to release on March 14, 2025.
The Oscar-nominated “How to Train Your Dragon” takes place in the mythical Viking village of Berk and follows the adventures of a misfit teen named Hiccup who befriends an injured dragon he calls Toothless. The fantasy series, backed by Universal and DreamWorks and based on the books by Cressida Cowell, has generated more than 1.6 billion worldwide. Their journeys have taken them beyond the big screen, spawning three TV series — “DreamWorks Dragons,” “Rescue Riders” and “The Nine Realms” — as well as theme park rides and the live show,...
Dean DeBlois, who wrote and directed the animated trilogy — 2010’s “How to Train Your Dragon,” 2014’s “How to Train Your Dragon 2” and 2019’s “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” — is returning to write and direct the newest entry in the franchise. It’s slated to release on March 14, 2025.
The Oscar-nominated “How to Train Your Dragon” takes place in the mythical Viking village of Berk and follows the adventures of a misfit teen named Hiccup who befriends an injured dragon he calls Toothless. The fantasy series, backed by Universal and DreamWorks and based on the books by Cressida Cowell, has generated more than 1.6 billion worldwide. Their journeys have taken them beyond the big screen, spawning three TV series — “DreamWorks Dragons,” “Rescue Riders” and “The Nine Realms” — as well as theme park rides and the live show,...
- 2/15/2023
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster and #1 Canadian podcaster, today shared details about the launch of its popular Q with Tom Power show in a podcast-first format. Starting on January 30th, the show - which releases new episodes five days a week– will feature acclaimed interviewer Tom Power sitting down to chat with the artists, writers, actors and musicians who define this cultural moment in time.
Whether he’s ribbing Adele, singing a boyband classic with Simu Liu, or dissecting faith with U2 frontman Bono – Tom brings the same curiosity, respect and meticulous preparation into every interview. Plus, Tom talks to artists on the precipice of stardom – both Lizzo and Billie Eilish were on Q well before becoming Grammy award-winning artists.
Now, the show, launching as a podcast-first incarnation every morning before airing each weekday on radio, will have upcoming guests that include:
Monday, January 30: Sam Smith and Shania Twain Tuesday,...
Whether he’s ribbing Adele, singing a boyband classic with Simu Liu, or dissecting faith with U2 frontman Bono – Tom brings the same curiosity, respect and meticulous preparation into every interview. Plus, Tom talks to artists on the precipice of stardom – both Lizzo and Billie Eilish were on Q well before becoming Grammy award-winning artists.
Now, the show, launching as a podcast-first incarnation every morning before airing each weekday on radio, will have upcoming guests that include:
Monday, January 30: Sam Smith and Shania Twain Tuesday,...
- 1/30/2023
- Podnews.net
“Peanuts” owner WildBrain, a leading kids and family content group, has struck an overall first-look deal with producer Bonnie Arnold.
Under the deal, the Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated Arnold will spearhead episodic projects, TV specials and feature films for WildBrain. Initial projects include “Which Way to Anywhere,” the latest novel from Cressida Cowell, the bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon series, as well as Cowell’s “Emily Brown” picture books. WildBrain has exclusively optioned both properties from Cowell.
Arnold produced all three How to Train Your Dragon movies for DreamWorks Animation, based on Cowell’s novels, which have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. The Dragon film franchise has grossed more than 1.6 billion worldwide. Cowell’s newest project, “Which Way to Anywhere” (pictured), was published in September 2022 by Hachette Children’s Group and topped the children’s and YA fiction bestsellers lists in the U.K.
The book follows a group of stepsiblings,...
Under the deal, the Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated Arnold will spearhead episodic projects, TV specials and feature films for WildBrain. Initial projects include “Which Way to Anywhere,” the latest novel from Cressida Cowell, the bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon series, as well as Cowell’s “Emily Brown” picture books. WildBrain has exclusively optioned both properties from Cowell.
Arnold produced all three How to Train Your Dragon movies for DreamWorks Animation, based on Cowell’s novels, which have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. The Dragon film franchise has grossed more than 1.6 billion worldwide. Cowell’s newest project, “Which Way to Anywhere” (pictured), was published in September 2022 by Hachette Children’s Group and topped the children’s and YA fiction bestsellers lists in the U.K.
The book follows a group of stepsiblings,...
- 11/3/2022
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
The fantasy of animation often draws inspiration from realism of life. British author Cressida Cowell would vouch for the fact.
Children's author Cowell wrote the popular "How To Train Your Dragon" series of 12 books, which have already inspired three successful animation hits in Hollywood. Cowell says her fantasy imagination reflects realities of her childhood.
"The series is based on a true story," Cowell told Ians when asked about the starting point of the idea behind the story.
"I grew up in London because my dad's job was in London. He was a businessman, and he lived in a house (around) a garden in central London. He was an environmentalist and every year from when I was a baby we would go to this uninhabited island off the West Coast of Scotland.
"There was nothing on the island, no houses, no roads, no electricity and we were just camping. It was...
Children's author Cowell wrote the popular "How To Train Your Dragon" series of 12 books, which have already inspired three successful animation hits in Hollywood. Cowell says her fantasy imagination reflects realities of her childhood.
"The series is based on a true story," Cowell told Ians when asked about the starting point of the idea behind the story.
"I grew up in London because my dad's job was in London. He was a businessman, and he lived in a house (around) a garden in central London. He was an environmentalist and every year from when I was a baby we would go to this uninhabited island off the West Coast of Scotland.
"There was nothing on the island, no houses, no roads, no electricity and we were just camping. It was...
- 9/19/2020
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&a, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysterious end of the equation, Deadline is repeating our Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament for 2019, using data culled by seasoned and trusted sources.
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Universal/DreamWorks Animation
The irony in the wake of DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour heading into homes...
The Film
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Universal/DreamWorks Animation
The irony in the wake of DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls World Tour heading into homes...
- 4/19/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
For producer Bonnie Arnold, saying goodbye to the world of How to Train Your Dragon has been bittersweet. Bringing three films to life over the past 13 years, Arnold aimed to be as creatively bold with series closer The Hidden World as she had been with the prior two films, sticking to her guns with an ending that felt right, as sad as it was.
A coming-of-age trilogy directed by Dean DeBlois, based on books by Cressida Cowell, the How to Train Your Dragon films centered on Hiccup, a hapless young Viking who initially dreamed of hunting dragons, before developing a life-changing friendship with Toothless, a dragon of his own. In the third film, which debuted in February, Hiccup and Toothless are all grown up, chasing after a secret Dragon Utopia called The Hidden World, while ultimately coming to realize that their lives may be taking them in different directions.
Given...
A coming-of-age trilogy directed by Dean DeBlois, based on books by Cressida Cowell, the How to Train Your Dragon films centered on Hiccup, a hapless young Viking who initially dreamed of hunting dragons, before developing a life-changing friendship with Toothless, a dragon of his own. In the third film, which debuted in February, Hiccup and Toothless are all grown up, chasing after a secret Dragon Utopia called The Hidden World, while ultimately coming to realize that their lives may be taking them in different directions.
Given...
- 12/20/2019
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Dean DeBlois doesn’t want to take anything away from the amazing work that his lighting department and visual effects department did on “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” but in our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video above) he couldn’t help singling out the perspective that Oscar-winner Roger Deakins brought as a consultant. “I don’t think you can really extract Roger’s influence from any of the imagery in the films.” Deakins became involved with the series during the first film. DeBlois and his co-director, Chris Sanders, having come from hand-drawn animation wanted to bridge the lighting process with how it’s done in CG by bringing on someone who’s known for their work behind the camera. He came in for a pitch and later said that he would come fully on board the project. “It was a huge surprise for us. We thought...
- 11/15/2019
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Note to would-be directors of animated features: get your composer involved from the start. That was one of the key observations from The Contenders L.A. DreamWorks Animation panel Saturday, that featured filmmaking talent behind How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and Abominable.
“I try to put get [composer] John [Powell] involved as early as possible, sending him scripts from the earliest drafts,” said Dean DeBlois, director of all three Dragon films including The Hidden World.
“This is our third installment of a trilogy so we have honed a partnership over a 10-year period in which I completely trust John and his instincts and know that he is a great storyteller in his own right,” DeBlois added. “He finds themes that I might not be as aware of as I’m writing on the surface and they play like harmonies to the intention that I try to put on screen.
“I try to put get [composer] John [Powell] involved as early as possible, sending him scripts from the earliest drafts,” said Dean DeBlois, director of all three Dragon films including The Hidden World.
“This is our third installment of a trilogy so we have honed a partnership over a 10-year period in which I completely trust John and his instincts and know that he is a great storyteller in his own right,” DeBlois added. “He finds themes that I might not be as aware of as I’m writing on the surface and they play like harmonies to the intention that I try to put on screen.
- 11/2/2019
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World director Dean DeBlois came to The Contenders London with the third and final entry in the Oscar-nominated animated franchise, which debuted in 2010 and has since grossed $1.6B at the global box office. Adapted from the book series by British author Cressida Cowell, the latest instalment finds the human Hiccup and his dragon Toothless bonding to defend the now-peaceful isle of Berk from the arrival of aggressive hunters who plan to wipe out dragons forever.
As well as featuring state-of-the art animation techniques, the series has been praised for its compassion in having a lead character with a disability. Speaking to Deadline’s Tom Grater, DeBlois revealed that it was actually Dreamworks Animation founder Jeffrey Katzenberg who encouraged them in this regard.
“As we were completing story reels for the first film,” DeBlois recalled, “(we realized that) although we’d tried to take...
As well as featuring state-of-the art animation techniques, the series has been praised for its compassion in having a lead character with a disability. Speaking to Deadline’s Tom Grater, DeBlois revealed that it was actually Dreamworks Animation founder Jeffrey Katzenberg who encouraged them in this regard.
“As we were completing story reels for the first film,” DeBlois recalled, “(we realized that) although we’d tried to take...
- 10/5/2019
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
DreamWorks Animation has gone through its share of upheaval, with a few big successes and some notable failures. Since its first animation releases in 1998, it has changed, diversified, merged and been acquired by major studios. Given those fluctuations it’s not surprising that its roster of 33 movies are of varying quality. With their latest –Trolls– opening Friday, we take a look at the best and worst that DreamWorks has to offer.
1. How to Train Your Dragon (2010): Audiences are joyfully transported watching Hiccup, a gangly teenage boy and Toothless, his beloved, green-eyed winged dragon, soar above the Nordic landscape. It’s a rare movie aimed at children in which the hero faces– but doesn’t fully overcome– peril. While Hiccup is undeniably courageous, he loses a leg. There’s nuance, mystery and narrative heft here amid the brisk pacing and exhilaration. The 3D animation is indelibly beautiful.
2. How to Train Your Dragon 2...
1. How to Train Your Dragon (2010): Audiences are joyfully transported watching Hiccup, a gangly teenage boy and Toothless, his beloved, green-eyed winged dragon, soar above the Nordic landscape. It’s a rare movie aimed at children in which the hero faces– but doesn’t fully overcome– peril. While Hiccup is undeniably courageous, he loses a leg. There’s nuance, mystery and narrative heft here amid the brisk pacing and exhilaration. The 3D animation is indelibly beautiful.
2. How to Train Your Dragon 2...
- 9/27/2019
- by Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
The new children’s laureate and How to Train Your Dragon author talks about how to get kids reading and why we need the space to make mistakes
There is a primary school across the road from Cressida Cowell’s west London home, so the author of the How to Train Your Dragon series writes with a backdrop of shouts and yells from the playground. The little garden shed where she dreams up and illustrates the stories of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III and his dragon Toothless is stuffed with drawings and maps, pencils and paints, and piles and piles of books.
“I have been into that school but not recently, so maybe I’m incognito to this generation,” says Cowell, who has lived in the area for decades. She does sometimes get recognised when she’s out and about. After all, she’s sold over 11m books around the world,...
There is a primary school across the road from Cressida Cowell’s west London home, so the author of the How to Train Your Dragon series writes with a backdrop of shouts and yells from the playground. The little garden shed where she dreams up and illustrates the stories of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III and his dragon Toothless is stuffed with drawings and maps, pencils and paints, and piles and piles of books.
“I have been into that school but not recently, so maybe I’m incognito to this generation,” says Cowell, who has lived in the area for decades. She does sometimes get recognised when she’s out and about. After all, she’s sold over 11m books around the world,...
- 7/12/2019
- by Alison Flood
- The Guardian - Film News
Under Childhood is a monthly column on children’s cinema—movies about and for kids.1The Chinese animated series The Leader (currently on its first season) is a crisp condensation of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engel’s formation of communist thought via a timeline that starts from Marx’s childhood and continues towards his completion of Capital: Critique of Political Economy. The success of the series relies on the explicit connection made between the foundational tenets of Marxism and the ambitions of young people. Flowers and sparkles float across blue skies as a theme song by rap group Nzbz describes a fearless journey towards liberation and hope for “all people.” Its refrain, an extremely catchy one, proclaims that each of these dreams is “very Marx”! The man himself is of chiseled features and fiery charm. Children, onscreen projections of the audience, approach him with variations of a question: Why must we—the poor and sick,...
- 3/4/2019
- MUBI
Composer John Powell knows a little something about scoring for animation. One-third of his entire feature-film output has been for such top-grossing pics as “Kung Fu Panda,” “Happy Feet,” the “Ice Age” series and “How to Train Your Dragon.” The latter earned him a 2010 Oscar nomination for original score.
The adventures of Toothless the dragon and Hiccup the reluctant Viking leader reach a moving conclusion in “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” and Powell’s music plays an even greater role in this installment, released by Universal on Feb. 22.
“Music does half of the storytelling,” says writer-director Dean DeBlois, “and in the case of John Powell, a storyteller in his own right, he is a partner from the beginning. He finds themes that I might not even be consciously aware of and brings them to the surface.”
Music from the first two “Dragon” films returns in “Hidden World,...
The adventures of Toothless the dragon and Hiccup the reluctant Viking leader reach a moving conclusion in “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” and Powell’s music plays an even greater role in this installment, released by Universal on Feb. 22.
“Music does half of the storytelling,” says writer-director Dean DeBlois, “and in the case of John Powell, a storyteller in his own right, he is a partner from the beginning. He finds themes that I might not even be consciously aware of and brings them to the surface.”
Music from the first two “Dragon” films returns in “Hidden World,...
- 2/28/2019
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
It’s franchise time (when is it not) at the multiplex this weekend, though it’s not another superhero sequel or an even faster, more furious action series installment. No, this is fairly unique to this new century, this is an animated feature franchise. Back when Walt Disney made the first Hollywood cartoon features, sequels weren’t considered, rather the folks at the “Mouse House’ were well into the next iconic fable. That was still the case for many years after “Uncle Walt” left his kingdom, though The Rescuers returned a dozen years later. Sequels were mainly the domain of the “direct to home video” market (mocked in some circles as “cheap-quels”). Pixar changed this in 1999 when they too were making a home video follow-up to their first hit, Toy Story, and then decided that it was deserving of a theatrical release (brilliant move). One of their main rivals, Dreamworks Animation,...
- 2/21/2019
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
As much as we’d like the appearance of a threequel to mean, “Hey, here are all the cool ideas we couldn’t wedge into the first two,” the cold reality always starts with, “We think there’s more money to be made!” But sometimes, there are organically convincing extenders, and in the animation world, those exceptions include “Toy Story 3” — arguably that series’ crowning achievement — and now, “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” writer-director Dean DeBlois’ delightful, gorgeous, and touchingly conclusive third adaptation of author Cressida Cowell’s fantastical universe of Vikings and fire-breathers.
That the third one doesn’t disappoint is hardly surprising, since over two movies so far, “Dragon” steward DeBlois’s enriching approach has been to treat the story of scrappy Viking scion Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and his trusted dragon partner Toothless as a carefully seeded trilogy with the emotional contours of a coming-of-age epic.
That the third one doesn’t disappoint is hardly surprising, since over two movies so far, “Dragon” steward DeBlois’s enriching approach has been to treat the story of scrappy Viking scion Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and his trusted dragon partner Toothless as a carefully seeded trilogy with the emotional contours of a coming-of-age epic.
- 2/21/2019
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
Dean DeBlois always knew how he wanted to end his “How to Train Your Dragon” trilogy, with a grownup Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) uttering author Cressida Cowell’s mysterious line, “There were dragons when I was a boy.” But getting there required a painful narrative course correction in explaining why humans and dragons could no longer peacefully co-exist.
Still, the end result in exploring the different paths to leadership for the Viking ruler and his faithful dragon pal, Toothless, concludes the DreamWorks franchise on a stirringly emotional note. In addition, “The Hidden World” displays a richness and beauty unmatched at the studio, making it an Oscar contender next season.
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“After several drafts of being quite loyal to the continuity of the first and second films, I set it aside and decided what threads I must keep...
Still, the end result in exploring the different paths to leadership for the Viking ruler and his faithful dragon pal, Toothless, concludes the DreamWorks franchise on a stirringly emotional note. In addition, “The Hidden World” displays a richness and beauty unmatched at the studio, making it an Oscar contender next season.
Read More: ‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ Review: A Visually Arresting Conclusion
“After several drafts of being quite loyal to the continuity of the first and second films, I set it aside and decided what threads I must keep...
- 2/20/2019
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Don Kaye Feb 21, 2019
The director and writer of the How to Train Your Dragon films tells us why the story ends here.
The acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon film franchise is coming to an end with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, the third and final installment in the visually astonishing and thematically resonant animated series.
Written and directed by Dean DeBlois (who had the same duties on the second film while co-directing and co-writing the first), the action-filled yet poignant new adventure finds Hiccup (voiced again by Jay Baruchel) now the ruler of Berk and trying to find a way for his kingdom of humans and dragons to exist on their own terms. But new enemies and discoveries eventually lead Hiccup and his beloved dragon Toothless to realize that there is only one decision they can make to save both their species.
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The director and writer of the How to Train Your Dragon films tells us why the story ends here.
The acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon film franchise is coming to an end with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, the third and final installment in the visually astonishing and thematically resonant animated series.
Written and directed by Dean DeBlois (who had the same duties on the second film while co-directing and co-writing the first), the action-filled yet poignant new adventure finds Hiccup (voiced again by Jay Baruchel) now the ruler of Berk and trying to find a way for his kingdom of humans and dragons to exist on their own terms. But new enemies and discoveries eventually lead Hiccup and his beloved dragon Toothless to realize that there is only one decision they can make to save both their species.
Read More: How to...
- 2/20/2019
- Den of Geek
It’s not often a studio as big as Dreamworks goes on record to say the third installment of a critically acclaimed series and box office success will be its last. Why paint yourself into a corner like that when the possibility for more is right at your fingertips? Dare I say the answer is integrity? That’s not a word you hear much in Hollywood, but I have to believe it’s the reasoning behind Dean DeBlois’ adaptation of Cressida Cowell’s How to Train Your Dragon. At a certain point the only reason to keep going is to cash in while the law of diminishing returns sets in quickly. So why not pump the brakes, iron out a thematically satisfying arc, and deliver a trilogy worth remembering?
Maybe it helps that this cinematic franchise has only been a “modest” hit at just over a billion dollars after two chapters.
Maybe it helps that this cinematic franchise has only been a “modest” hit at just over a billion dollars after two chapters.
- 2/20/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
As with practically every North American kid of his generation, Dean DeBlois had his mind blown by the original “Star Wars” trilogy. DeBlois — who was born in the tiny town of Aylmer, Quebec, where “Hollywood seemed so, so far away” — had just turned 7 when the first “Star Wars” movie opened in summer 1977, and three years later, soon after experiencing “The Empire Strikes Back,” he felt compelled to write his own fanfiction stories about the characters.
A case could be made that no film event has had a greater impact on the school of animation storytellers working today than George Lucas’ space opera, mostly in the form of inside jokes and hidden homages designed to amuse other “Star Wars” fans. Such hat tips are woven throughout nearly every show on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, and regularly find their way into animated features as well. When it came time for Pixar — a...
A case could be made that no film event has had a greater impact on the school of animation storytellers working today than George Lucas’ space opera, mostly in the form of inside jokes and hidden homages designed to amuse other “Star Wars” fans. Such hat tips are woven throughout nearly every show on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, and regularly find their way into animated features as well. When it came time for Pixar — a...
- 2/20/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Hiccup and Toothless face their greatest challenge in an emotional send-off to this beloved series.
While the How to Train Your Dragon films have perhaps not had the same massive cultural footprint as something like Toy Story or Frozen, the first two entries in the series provided a rich bounty of in-depth and engaging characters, substantial and sophisticated narratives and profound themes, all wrapped in some of the most beautiful visuals that Dreamworks Animation--or any animation shop for that matter--have committed to the screen.
Now the story comes to an end with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, written and directed once again by Dean DeBlois (who had the same duties on the second film while co-directing and co-writing the first), and based loosely off the dozen novels penned by Cressida Cowell. Having one major creative voice leading the thousands who work on a film like this--in...
While the How to Train Your Dragon films have perhaps not had the same massive cultural footprint as something like Toy Story or Frozen, the first two entries in the series provided a rich bounty of in-depth and engaging characters, substantial and sophisticated narratives and profound themes, all wrapped in some of the most beautiful visuals that Dreamworks Animation--or any animation shop for that matter--have committed to the screen.
Now the story comes to an end with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, written and directed once again by Dean DeBlois (who had the same duties on the second film while co-directing and co-writing the first), and based loosely off the dozen novels penned by Cressida Cowell. Having one major creative voice leading the thousands who work on a film like this--in...
- 2/19/2019
- Den of Geek
All the excitement of the earlier films has been lost in this third outing for the animated series based on Cressida Cowell’s books
Here is the third and – we have to hope – the last in a franchise that could be renamed How to Drain Your Dragon. All the fire and lifeblood of this idea has been sucked out and we are left with something bland.
The first two films from 2010 and 2014, amiable enough, emerged during the 3D boom and the theme-park-type dragonback ride was an important part of the show. That novelty is now long gone. What we’re left with is screensaver cinema: a swirly succession of pretty pictures and colours. This insipid spectacle has nothing like the strong flavour of Cressida Cowell’s Milliganesque illustrations in her original books.
Here is the third and – we have to hope – the last in a franchise that could be renamed How to Drain Your Dragon. All the fire and lifeblood of this idea has been sucked out and we are left with something bland.
The first two films from 2010 and 2014, amiable enough, emerged during the 3D boom and the theme-park-type dragonback ride was an important part of the show. That novelty is now long gone. What we’re left with is screensaver cinema: a swirly succession of pretty pictures and colours. This insipid spectacle has nothing like the strong flavour of Cressida Cowell’s Milliganesque illustrations in her original books.
- 1/31/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
In the year since his father (Gerard Butler) died and his mother (Cate Blanchett) returned from exile, Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) has assumed responsibility for Berk and rehabilitated hundreds more dragons from trappers across the known world. With the island now overpopulated and a new threat emerging in the form of Grimmel the Grisly (F. Murray Abraham), the feared dragon killer responsible for the near-extinction of the Night Fury, Hiccup must reckon with his dream of peaceful cohabitation and determine whether that is truly in the best interests of both species. The answer might lie in the mythical Hidden World, a long-rumoured haven for dragon-kind, but when Toothless becomes distracted by a female ‘Light Fury’ Hiccup faces the challenge of finding it without his best friend’s help.
The How To Train Your Dragon series has never been your average animated fare. Treated more like live-action than animation, director Dean DeBlois...
The How To Train Your Dragon series has never been your average animated fare. Treated more like live-action than animation, director Dean DeBlois...
- 1/25/2019
- by Steven Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Loosely based on the Cressida Cowell novels of the same name, How to Train Your Dragon has been wildly successful with both critics and audiences ever since the first movie flew onto cinema screens back in 2010. Bringing us the story of Hiccup (Jay Baruchel), a scrawny teenage Viking who hoped to become a prolific dragon slayer, as is his tribe’s tradition, it ultimately grossed nearly half a billion dollars worldwide and is a staggering 98% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, giving the studio an Academy Award nomination in the Best Animated Feature category.
As such, it’s no surprise that an entire trilogy has materialized and now, we stand on the verge of the threequel, titled The Hidden World. Already, the critics are singing its praises, with early reactions being very positive. But just in case you need a little more convincing that the series is about to go out on a high,...
As such, it’s no surprise that an entire trilogy has materialized and now, we stand on the verge of the threequel, titled The Hidden World. Already, the critics are singing its praises, with early reactions being very positive. But just in case you need a little more convincing that the series is about to go out on a high,...
- 1/5/2019
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
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