Live-Action 'How To Train Your Dragon' Behind-the-Scenes Featurette

"People get caught up in that energy, and they believe the story." Universal unveiled a fascinating making of featurette for the live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie, ready to land in theaters this June during the summer. This highly anticipated remake of the beloved animated classic has already received rave reviews after premiering at CinemaCon last month. The original HTTYD opened back in 2010, which went on to get two more sequels. The story follows a young Viking boy as he aspires to help hunt dragons, and how he becomes unexpectedly a friend of a young dragon he decides to name Toothless. From the same director as all three of the original animated movies that came before - Dean DeBlois is behind this live-action one as well. In this new HTTYD movie, Mason Thames (seen in The Black Phone) stars as Hiccup, Gerard Butler as Stoick, Nico Parker as Astrid, with Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Ruth Codd, plus Peter Serafinowicz & Murray McArthur. This is a great promo featurette, spending plenty of time with Dean as he talks about making this movie real - building massive sets with full-on realistic costumes and props […]

May 1, 2025 - 18:15

Live-Action 'How To Train Your Dragon' Behind-the-Scenes Featurette

"People get caught up in that energy, and they believe the story." Universal unveiled a fascinating making of featurette for the live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie, ready to land in theaters this June during the summer. This highly anticipated remake of the beloved animated classic has already received rave reviews after premiering at CinemaCon last month. The original HTTYD opened back in 2010, which went on to get two more sequels. The story follows a young Viking boy as he aspires to help hunt dragons, and how he becomes unexpectedly a friend of a young dragon he decides to name Toothless. From the same director as all three of the original animated movies that came before - Dean DeBlois is behind this live-action one as well. In this new HTTYD movie, Mason Thames (seen in The Black Phone) stars as Hiccup, Gerard Butler as Stoick, Nico Parker as Astrid, with Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Ruth Codd, plus Peter Serafinowicz & Murray McArthur. This is a great promo featurette, spending plenty of time with Dean as he talks about making this movie real - building massive sets with full-on realistic costumes and props and more. Yep this is going to be fantastic. // Continue Reading ›