Dean DeBlois' upcoming live-action fantasy film, How To Train Your Dragon, will be a reboot of the 2010 movie going by the same name. The story has been originally adapted from the novel by Cressida Cowell.
Universal Pictures will theatrically release the movie on June 13, 2025, and viewers will get to experience the magical world of dragons in RealD 3D. Marc Platt will produce the film alongside DreamWorks Animation.
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How To Train Your Dragon will reportedly star Mason Thames, Nico Parker, and Gerard Butler in the lead cast. Filming took place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in early January and was wrapped up within a few months. The official synopsis of the movie reads:
"Follows a young Viking as he aspires to hunt dragons and how he becomes unexpectedly a friend of a young dragon."
Disclaimer: This article contains spoilers from the movie How To Train Your Dragon. Please be advised.
When will How To Train Your Dragon be released?
How To Train Your Dragon will hit the theaters in the United States on June 13, 2025. Though the date was originally set for March, there were delays caused by the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike.
The movie's first look was revealed on November 14, 2024, in the 2025 preview of Empire magazine. The first official teaser trailer was released three days later.
What is the story of How To Train Your Dragon?
As per reports, the upcoming live-action remake of the fantasy franchise will supposedly follow in the footsteps of the original film released in 2010. The story revolves around Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (Mason Thames), a young but clumsy Viking from Berk village.
He is the son of Stoik the Vast (played by 300 star Gerard Butler), the head of the village. The natives have a cruel favorite sport—that is, slaying dragons. However, Hiccup does not like engaging in all that.
So, to impress his father, he embarks on a journey to invent new ways of communicating with dragons. While on his quest, Hiccup comes across a very dangerous breed of dragon called Night Fury and names it Toothless.
However, he grows fond of the beast and soon learns the dragon is not as harmful as it appears. So he starts to train Toothless, and their bond becomes stronger. He eventually proves that dragons and Vikings can be a part of the same ecosystem.
Hiccup's invention changes the whole scenario, as Berk is now a place filled with dragon riders. The 2025 spin-off will likely follow a plot close to this with minor additions or changes from the original novel, which have not been confirmed yet.
Who is in the cast of How To Train Your Dragon?
Mason Thames will play the role of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the first person to train a dragon in the village of Berk. He is also the son of Stoick the Vast. Hiccup is young and ambitious, but also awkward and clumsy. 300 star Gerard Butler will reprise the part of Stoick the Vast, the tribal head of Berk.
Nico Parker (known for her work in The Last Of Us) will be cast as Astrid Hofferson, a fellow student of Hiccup in dragon training and also his love interest. The other cast members are as follows:
- Nick Frost as Gobber the Belch (the blacksmith of Berk village and Stoick's close friend)
- Julian Dennison as Fishlegs Ingerman (also portrayed as the best friend of Hiccup)
- Bronwyn James as Ruffnut Thorston
- Harry Trevaldwyn as Tuffnut Thorston
- Ruth Codd as Phlegma
- Gabriel Howell as Snotlout Jorgenson
- Peter Serafinowicz
- Murray McArthur
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