How To Train Your Dragon (Live action remake)

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How To Train Your Dragon - In Theaters June 13 From three-time Oscar® nominee and Golden Globe winner Dean DeBlois, the creative visionary behind DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon trilogy, comes a stunning live-action reimagining of the film that launched the beloved franchise.

On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup (Mason Thames; The Black Phone, For All Mankind) stands apart. The inventive yet overlooked son of Chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler, reprising his voice role from the animated franchise), Hiccup defies centuries of tradition 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.

With the fierce and ambitious Astrid (BAFTA nominee Nico Parker; Dumbo, The Last of Us) and the village’s quirky blacksmith Gobber (Nick Frost; Snow White and the Huntsman, Shaun of the Dead) by his side, Hiccup confronts a world torn by fear and misunderstanding. As an ancient threat emerges, endangering both Vikings and dragons, Hiccup’s friendship with Toothless becomes the key to forging a new future. Together, they must navigate the delicate path toward peace, soaring beyond the boundaries of their worlds and redefining what it means to be a hero and a leader.

The film also stars Julian Dennison (Deadpool 2), Gabriel Howell (Bodies), Bronwyn James (Wicked), Harry Trevaldwyn (Smothered), Ruth Codd (The Midnight Club), BAFTA nominee Peter Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Murray McArthur (Game of Thrones).How to Train Your Dragon is written, produced and directed by DeBlois. It is also produced by three-time Oscar® nominee Marc Platt (Wicked, La La Land) and Emmy winner Adam Siegel (Drive, 2 Guns). How To Train Your Dragon is part of the Filmed For IMAX® Program, which offers filmmakers IMAX® technology to help them deliver the most immersive movie experience to audiences around the world.

Inspired by Cressida Cowell’s New York Times bestselling book series, DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon franchise has captivated global audiences, earning four Academy Award® nominations and grossing more than $1.6 billion at the global box-office. Now, through cutting-edge visual effects, DeBlois transforms his beloved animated saga into a breathtaking live-action spectacle, bringing the epic adventures of Hiccup and Toothless to life with jaw-dropping realism as they discover the true meaning of friendship, courage and destiny.
 
It'll be interesting to see whether all of the adults still have Scottish accents while the children have American ones...
 
Flibster said:
Well that looks... like the animated film just with people instead.

I really don't get the current obsession for live action versions of animated films. Thanks Disney...
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Disney absolutely suck. Animated one was great for the kids and had some decent grown up jokes too, a bit like Shrek.
 
As much as I love the franchise I'm not paying to see what is basically a reskinned version of something I have already seen.
 
Like @Flibser, I am nonplussed. What is the point of this? What's going to make it better than the original? It seems like a story well suited to animation, and I can't see the live action version improving on it and it feels most like an attempt to cash in on the nostalgia of people who watched the original when they were kids and will bring the next generation along.

Still, I did love the original, so if it gets a positive reception I'm willing to give it a chance.
 
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I really enjoyed the animated movies, I'm told the TV series is decent too but I've never watched it.

That said, I'm struggling to see the point of this as the animated movies aren't even that old. I'm not a fan on theses sorts of remakes to begin with, but I can at least understand the reasoning when there's a few decades between the remake and original.
 
The first reviews are appearing and it does not look good. Soulless and by-the-numbers seems to be the order of the day. Don't think I'll go out of my way for this one.
 
I’ve seen it and thought it was good fun. No idea what that review is on about, but I guess I’m allowed to share my opinion if the journos are now. I’m no mega fan of the series but I’ve seen the first one and enjoyed it. I saw this one with a friend who really likes the animated series, and he really liked it too. The performances were all good, it’s funny, it’s got good action sequences and it all looks great too. Kids are gonna love it.
 
Mr Jack said:
Glad to see the general response seems more enthusiastic than the reviewers :)
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I heard it was on 98% at RT. Might have dropped now but I’m honestly at a loss to see all these mega negative reviews lumping it in with the Disney remakes sausage factory. It’s nothing of the sort.
 
MatsyLR said:
It didn't need made but not mad about it.
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That's my take really, I don't know if it's good or bad but mostly just don't care all that much outside of a peripheral interest. I'll not be going to see it and I'll probably never even stream it, I'm more stuck in the "why was this necessary?" mindset for a movie that isn't all that old, the CGI series/final movie wasn't even all that long ago.

I got the reasoning behind some of the Disney remakes even if I thought they were silly or even bad ideas, but the last CGI movie in the series was only back in 2019. You're not bringing a classic to a modern audience at this point, you're just rehashing something that's still around.
 
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