Live-Action How to Train Your Dragon Movie in progress

Something Disney can do, DreamWorks Animation can… too? After years of facing (and sometimes beating) the Mouse House in terms of animated franchises, the company is now on the road to creating live-action versions of its greatest hits. In the first row? How to train your dragon.

The original film trilogy used Cressida Cowell’s books as a starting point, focusing on the special friendship between a non-heroic Viking youth named Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and Toothless, an injured dragon that he nurses back to health. until he regains his health. The films chronicle Hiccup and Toothless’ quest to combat humanity’s prejudice against dragons, the grief of overcoming the loss of a parent, and first love. With critical acclaim and box office success, the film also spawned several spin-off television series.

Reassuringly, writer/director Dean DeBlois, who was the driving force behind the big-screen trilogy, will return to oversee the live-action version, who will have to walk a fine line in bringing the lovable Toothless in particular into/animation. live. Action field

Universal is ready for distribution as usual and there is a release date in the books for March 14, 2025.