How to Train Your Dragon (2025 movie)

How to Train Your Dragon
Directed byDean DeBlois
Written byDean DeBlois
Produced by
  • Marc Platt
  • Dean DeBlois
  • Adam Siegel
Starring
CinematographyBill Pope
Edited byWyatt Smith
Music byJohn Powell
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • April 2, 2025 (2025-04-02) (CinemaCon)
  • June 13, 2025 (2025-06-13) (United States)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$150 million
Box office$386 million

How to Train Your Dragon is an American fantasy movie. It is expected to first be shown at CinemaCon on April 2, 2025 and then released on June 13, 2025.[1][2] It was directed by Dean DeBlois. He also wrote and co-produced the movie with Marc Platt and Adam Siegel.[3] It is a live-action remake of the 2010 movie of the same name.

The movie follows a boy named Hiccup as he makes friends with a dragon named Toothless and trains him, going against viking traditions. Most of the movie follows the plot of the 2010 movie.[4]

Principal photography for the movie started in Belfast, Northern Ireland on January 15, 2024 and ended on May 16.[5][6] The film has gained a IMDb ranking of 8.1/10, which is the exact same as the original original film[7]

Cast

  • Mason Thames as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III
  • Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast
  • Nico Parker as Astrid Hofferson
  • Nick Frost as Gobber the Belch
  • Julian Dennison as Fishlegs Ingerman
  • Gabriel Howell as Snotlout Jorgenson
  • Bronwyn James as Ruffnut Thorston
  • Harry Trevaldwyn as Tuffnut Thorston
  • Ruth Codd as Phlegma

References

  1. "'How to Train Your Dragon' to World Premiere at CinemaCon". Variety. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  2. "'How To Train Your Dragon' Live-Action Feature Pushed Due To Actors Strike". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  3. "'How to Train Your Dragon' Live-Action Movie in the Works from Dean DeBlois, Universal". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  4. "Live-Action 'How To Train Your Dragon': Release Date, Creative Team, and Everything We Know About the Upcoming Remake". Collider. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  5. "'How To Train Your Dragon' Live Action Takes Flight as Production Begins". Collider. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  6. "Live-Action 'How to Train Your Dragon' Wraps Filming in Northern Ireland". Collider. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  7. DeBlois, Dean (2025-06-13), How to Train Your Dragon (Action, Adventure, Comedy), Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler, Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, Marc Platt Productions, retrieved 2025-06-28

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