How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film)
How to Train Your Dragon is an upcoming American action fantasy film produced by Marc Platt Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. A live-action adaptation and remake of DreamWorks Animation's 2010 animated film of the same name, which itself is loosely based on the 2003 book of the same name by Cressida Cowell, it is written, produced, and directed by Dean DeBlois, who also wrote and directed the animated film trilogy. The film stars Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, and Ruth Codd, with Gerard Butler reprising his role as Stoick the Vast from the animated films.
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| Directed by | Dean DeBlois |
| Written by | Dean DeBlois |
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| Cinematography | Bill Pope |
| Music by | John Powell |
Production company | Marc Platt Productions |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plans for a live-action remake of 2010's How to Train Your Dragon were announced in February 2023, with DeBlois returning to write, direct, and produce, while John Powell, who worked on the original trilogy, also returned to compose the score of the film. Thames and Parker joined the cast by May 2023, with additional casting revealed in January 2024. Filming began later that month in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
How to Train Your Dragon is set to be released theatrically in the United States on June 13, 2025.