Gerardo Butler will reprise his role as Hiccup’s father, Stoick the Vast, in Universal Pictures’ live-action adaptation of the classic DreamWorks Animation film How to train your dragon. It will join Mason Thames (The black phone) AND Nico Parker (The last of us), previously cast as the live-action versions of Hiccup and Astrid.
Live action How to train your dragon will be written, directed and produced by Dean DeBlois, who was behind the original animated films in the series. With the film she is making her live-action directorial debut. It will be produced by Marc Platt (Legally blonde, evil).
This new film is said to “adapt the trilogy of films made by DreamWorks.” How to Train Your Dragon is based on the books by Cressida Cowell and the story focuses on the special friendship between a young Viking boy named Hiccup and Toothless, an injured dragon who he nurses back to health. It was a coming-of-age story that followed them as they attempted to defeat humanity’s prejudices against dragons.
It’s great to see that Butler will reprise his role in the film, but there’s really no need to remake the film in live-action. This is obviously a money grab for the studio, as they have seen some of the success that Disney has had with their remakes.
The film will be released on June 13, 2025.
Source: deadline
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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