How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film)

How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film)
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Directed by	Dean DeBlois
Produced by	Dean DeBlois Marc Platt Adam Siegel
Written by	Dean DeBlois
Starring	Mason Thames Nico Parker Julian Dennison Nick Frost Gerard Butler
Music by	John Powell
Cinematography	Bill Pope
Production company(s)	DreamWorks Animation Marc Platt Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Dog Man (2025)
Followed by	The Bad Guys 2 (2025)

How to Train Your Dragon is a upcoming 2025 American live-action action adventure comedy film. It is a live-action retelling of the original animated film and will be the first of DreamWorks Animation’s films to get a live action adaptation.

How to Train Your Dragon is scheduled to be released theatrically on June 13, 2025 by Universal Pictures.

Premise

On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the inventive yet overlooked son of Chief Stoick the Vast, defies centuries of traditional dragon-fighting practice when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.

Cast

• Mason Thames as Hiccup Haddock
• Nico Parker as Astrid Hofferson
• Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast
• Nick Frost as Gobber the Belch
• Julian Dennison as Fishlegs Ingerman
• Gabriel Howell as Snotlout Jorgenson
• Bronwyn James as Ruffnut Thornston
• Harry Trevaldwyn as Tuffnut Thornston
• Ruth Codd as Phlegma, a member of the Viking village.

Development

On February 15, 2023, it was revealed that Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon would return to the big screen 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. Additionally, John Powell announced he was going to be working on the films score.

On April 23, 2023, Daniel Richtman shared on his Patreon that actors Jack Dylan Grazer, Auli’i Cravalho, and Joel Edgerton had been considered for the roles of Hiccup, Astrid, and Stoick respectively.

Casting

On May 30, 2023, Mason Thames and Nico Parker joined the cast in the lead roles. In January 5th 2024, Gerard Butler will be reprising the role of Stoick the Vast.

Filming

Filming is scheduled to begin June 30, 2023 in Los Angeles.

Release

The film will be released theatrically on June 13, 2025. There are no other wide releases on that date.

Trivia

• The first DreamWorks Animation live-action film adaptation and remake, instead of DreamWorks Pictures.

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Media Feature Length Films: How to Train Your Dragon (2010) • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) • How to Train Your Dragon (2025) Short Films: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010) • Book of Dragons (2010) • Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014) Television Specials: Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury (2011) • How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019) Characters Hiccup Haddock • Toothless • Astrid Hofferson • Stoick the Vast • Gobber the Belch • Fishlegs Ingerman • Snotlout Jorgenson • Ruffnut Thorston • Tuffnut Thorston Other Characters: Valka • Eret • Drago Bludvist • Grimmel the Grisly • Zephyr Haddock • Nuffink Haddock • Heather Dragons Characters: Stormfly • Hookfang • Meatlug • Barf and Belch • Cloudjumper • Skullcrusher • Grump • Light Fury • Valka's Bewilderbeast • Drago's Bewilderbeast • The Red Death • Yetiwing Locations

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