How to Train Your Dragon (2025)

Directed by

Dean DeBlois

Genre

fantasy film, action film, adventure film, teen film, family film, monster film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 05m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 2,954 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Viking named Hiccup befriends a dragon called Toothless on the island of Berk. Their friendship challenges the long war between their peoples and changes how his village sees dragons.

epicheartfeltadventurouswarmupliftingsuspensefulvisually grandemotional

What happens

How to Train Your Dragon is a 2025 American fantasy adventure film and a live-action remake of the 2010 animated film by DreamWorks Animation, itself loosely based on the 2003 novel by Cressida Cowell. The film was written and directed by Dean DeBlois, who co-wrote and directed the animated film. It stars Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gabriel Howell, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Peter Serafinowicz, and Nick Frost, with Gerard Butler reprising his role as Stoick the Vast. The film is set on the rugged Isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations. Hiccup (Thames), the inventive yet overlooked son of Chief Stoick the Vast (Butler), befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society. Plans for a live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon were announced in February 2023, with DeBlois returning to write and direct. Veteran composer John Powell also returned to score the remake. Thames and Parker joined the cast in May 2023, with additional casting announced in January 2024. Filming began later that month in Belfast, Northern Ireland and wrapped in May. It is DreamWorks Animation's first live-action film since it was spun off from the original live action studio in 2004. How to Train Your Dragon premiered at CinemaCon on April 2, 2025, and was released by Universal Pictures in the United States on June 13. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $636.4 million worldwide, becoming the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2025 and the second-highest-grossing live-action/animated hybrid of all time. It earned a nomination for Best Special Visual Effects at the 79th British Academy Film Awards. A sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2, based on the animated film's 2014 follow-up is scheduled to be released on June 11, 2027. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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