Things are heating up for Hiccup and Toothless in the teaser trailer for Universal Pictures’ live-action remake How to train your dragon.

The feature film from writer-director Dean DeBlois will be in theaters on June 13, 2025 and is a shot-for-shot remake of the successful animated film of the same name from DreamWorks Animation, which was released in 2010. The new version stars Mason Thames as Hiccup and Nico Parker. as Astrid. The cast is completed by Gerard Butler, Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Ruth Codd, Peter Serafinowicz and Murray McArthur.

The live action How to train your dragon revolves around a young Viking named Hiccup (Thames), who goes hunting for dragons, but finds himself befriending someone named Toothless.

“Daddy, I can’t kill dragons,” he says in the trailer to his father, Stoick the Vast (Butler, reprising his role from the animated franchise). Hiccup’s father answers firmly, “But you will.”

DeBlois, who has been involved with the franchise since its launch, wrote and directed the new project. It is based on the 2010 animated film that he co-directed with Chris Sanders, which was itself inspired by author Cressida Cowell’s book series. The producers of the new film are DeBlois, Marc Platt and Adam Siegel.

The How to train your dragon film franchise has earned four Oscar nominations and surpassed $1.6 billion at the worldwide box office. The 2010 animated film spawned two sequels, the last of which was 2019’s How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. There have also been five short films and three television series.

Thames is known for projects like Universal’s 2022 horror film The black phone and Netflix’s recent teen comedy Incoming. Jay Baruchel voiced Hiccup in the animated films.