Not content with grossing $1.6 billion worldwide, Saga of Dragons has established itself as one of the best animated films of all time combined. And the broadcast of the second episode, this Sunday, October 20, on 6ter, reminds us a little more, while the third and final part brings a perfect end to the trilogy.
However, the adventure will continue in the cinema for Harold and Crocom, as the new film is already scheduled to hit our cinemas on June 11, 2025.
Not Dragons 4, but…
Despite this critical and commercial triumph, director Dean DeBlois has always maintained that there will be no theatrical Dragons Episode 4. “The franchise is over. The animated series is no longer running, there are currently no plans to make a feature film. If the studio decides to make a new movie, hopefully they will choose a different era and new characters.”He entrusted us with the microphone in June 2019.
“I deliberately tried to give this trilogy a satisfying ending so it wouldn’t be touched upon again. And then I always wanted to write this saga in three acts. Today I accomplished my mission and I’m proud of these three. movies, but I don’t own the rights to the franchise, so if they want Making another movie, I hope they don’t do it with my characters is already done!Confirmed by Dean de Blois a year later Télé Loisirs columns.
Therefore, the director is very clear, there is no talk of a continuation of his trilogy. “I feel like I’ve reached the end of my ideas and I really want to start a new project, to do something completely different. Why not live-action cinema?”– he told us in our interview in 2019.
Towards (and beyond?) live action
Dean DeBlois didn’t think he sounded so good when talking about the live-action project. However, it will not be so different from what he thought. Indeed, in February 2023, term states that new dragons are being made.
The film will be a live-action adaptation of the original work and will be directed by Dean DeBlois himself. This will be his first live action film. So far, he has only directed animated films.
“In terms of reports, and extraterrestrial It’s usually the kind of film I want to sign. Maybe I’ll do something for a family audience with fantasy or supernatural elements… in the style of a Harry Potter ! I also really like movies that explore memories and dreams. I’m a big fanThe Eternal Sun of the Immaculate Mind from Michael Gondry“He emphasized in 2020.
Obviously, the director preferred to return to the original world, because he could not do another project. Still, we can wonder if Dean didn’t agree to take over the reins from DeBlois to guarantee that the spirit of his saga remains intact.
“I know it’s necessary to work on multiple stories in parallel, because studios can abandon an animated project overnight, but what I’m looking for above all is an adventure story in a world steeped in supernatural elements.”He explained during our interview in 2019.
What is the release date for these new Dragons?
Upon announcing the project, Dreamworks and Universal set the release date: March 12, 2025! But the writers’ and actors’ strike is over, and takeoff in our country is scheduled for June 11.
Also, is Dreamworks planning to follow in Disney’s footsteps with live-action remakes of its big animated hits (which could lead to something weird if Shrek gets the treatment)? A way to revive one of its most beloved and famous brands? A bit of both perhaps?
Dragons in Live Action: What would he say?
We don’t yet know where the live-action Dragons plot will go. Dreamworks has not specified whether the feature film will return to the roots of the story inspired by Cressida Cowell’s novels.
Like the animated version, this one should logically take us back to Viking times. Harold, the son of Berk village chief Stoick, befriends the wounded dragon Toothless and discovers a lot about these mythical creatures.
We don’t yet know how far this live-action remake will depart from its predecessor, or the appearance that Toothless will have in the film, but these new dragons will have a lot to do after one of the best trilogies in cinema. ‘Animation.
The studio also invites a “new chapter” In the story of friendship between Viking Hiccup and Toothless Dragon. Which does not completely rule out the possibility that this remake is actually a sequel.
An option that remains to be confirmed and doesn’t immediately answer all the questions we might have about this movie, which could just as easily produce a result of the caliber of a live-action remake of Peter and Elliot the Dragon as a new Eragon.
Dragons in live action… but with the same cast?
Gerard Butler will return as the gruff and burly Stoic, Viking chieftain and father of the hero he voiced in the animated saga.
After Black Phone, in which he was the hero opposite Boggham, played by Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames will play Harold, voiced by Jay Baruchelli, in the Dreamworks trilogy.
In the first memorable sequences of the first season of The Last of Us, as the daughter of Joel (Pedro Pascal), Nico Parker will be Astrid. America Ferrera has provided her voice in animated feature films. And, in a similar vein, Nick Frost will play Craig Ferguson as Guelfor (Burp).
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