“How to Train Your Dragon” is getting the live-action adaptation treatment.

The 2010 DreamWorks animated film directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders was based on Cressida Cowell’s book series of the same name and is getting a lavish live-action adaptation from DeBlois, who returned to write and direct, due out in June. August 13, 2025. And below you can watch the first teaser of the film.

Mason Thames takes over the role of Hiccup, with Nico Parker as Astrid and Gerard Butler reprising his role as Stoick in the animated films. Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James and Ruth Codd also star. Composer John Powell also returns.

If you’ve never seen the original film, it follows a boy named Hiccup, whose Viking kingdom is based on fearing (and hunting) dragons. Of course, their entire worldview is challenged by the friendship that develops between Hiccup and Toothless, a black dragon that is part of the Night Fury species – the most mysterious of all dragons. Their

2025 will be a big year for ‘How to Train Your Dragon’. In addition to the live-action feature, the franchise will take center stage as one of its opening days lands at Epic Universe, Universal’s groundbreaking new theme park in Orlando, Florida. Set between the second and third films in the animated franchise, it features three attractions and a show that premiered at Universal’s park in Beijing. Epic Universe is scheduled to open on May 22, 2025.

Since 2010, the “How to Train Your Dragon” franchise has inspired three separate television series, several short films, comic books, video games, holiday specials, an ice show and much, much more. It is one of DreamWorks Animation’s most popular franchises. And this new live-action film will bring it to a whole different audience.

“How to Train Your Dragon” will be released in theaters on June 13, 2025.

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