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More affable fire-breathing is coming to the large surface successful live-action form. Universal is producing a live-action adaption of DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon that rides into theaters successful 2025. The upcoming film, starring 2 young rising actors, volition research the human-dragon dynamic that’s made the franchise specified a occurrence crossed 3 diagnostic films, respective TV shows, and more. Here is everything you request to cognize astir the How To Train Your Dragon live-action film.
How To Train Your Dragon (Photo: DreamWorks SKG/Everett Collection)
Release Date
The live-action movie volition beryllium released March 14, 2025. The merchandise date, which is ever taxable to change, was confirmed successful February 2023. Filming is acceptable to statesman successful the summertime of 2023 successful Los Angeles, according to Deadline. Universal is besides releasing the second Wicked movie successful 2025.
Cast & Crew
Cast
Mason Thames (Photo: Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock for HCA)
Mason Thames, 15 and Nico Parker, 18, person been formed successful the live-action How To Train Your Dragon. Mason is playing Hiccup, the young Viking lad who finds courageousness erstwhile helium forms a adjacent enslaved with the dragon Toothless. Nico is playing Astrid, the Viking warrior who has an archetypal disdain towards dragons, but that changes erstwhile she bonds with Hiccup. Mason and Nico’s casting was announced connected May 30, 2023.
Mason and Nico are some rising stars successful Hollywood close now. Mason had his breakout relation successful the 2022 fearfulness movie The Black Phone alongside Ethan Hawke. He antecedently had a recurring relation successful the Apple TV+ series For All Mankind.
Nico Parker (Photo: JM HAEDRICH/SIPA/Shutterstock)
Nico, meanwhile, made her movie debut successful Tim Burton‘s 2019 feature Dumbo. She received praise for her impermanent show arsenic Pedro Pascal‘s on-screen girl successful HBO’s The Last Of Us. Nico is the girl of histrion Thandiwe Newton and director/producer Ol Parker.
Crew
Dean DeBlois is acceptable to constitute and nonstop the live-action film. Dean directed the How To Train Your Dragon animated trilogy for DreamWorks. John Powell, who composed the people for the animated movies, is returning to enactment connected the live-action movie. The movie volition beryllium produced by Marc Platt Productions and volition beryllium distributed by Universal Pictures.
The How To Train Your Dragon Franchise
The How To Train Your Dragon franchise is really based connected a bid of children’s books by British writer Cressida Cowell. The movie franchise began with 2010’s How To Train Your Dragon, which was followed by sequels successful 2014 and 2019. The dependable formed for the animated trilogy included Jay Baruchel (Hiccup), Gerard Butler (Stoick), Craig Ferguson (Gobber), America Ferrara (Astrid), Jonah Hill (Snotlout), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Fishlegs) Kristen Wiig (Ruffnut), David Tennant (Spitelout), Cate Blanchett (Valka), and Kit Harington (Eret). The 3 films earned implicit $1.6 cardinal worldwide full and were each nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
How To Train Your Dragon (Photo: Paramount Pictures/Everett Collection)
In summation to the 3 diagnostic films, there’s besides been 5 abbreviated films from the animated franchise. DreamWorks besides produced 3 animated HTTYD TV shows: DreamWorks Dragons, DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders, and DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms. The franchise has besides spawned video games, taxable parks, and an arena show.
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