Toothless will be able to show its teeth again in 2025 – this time How to Train Your Dragon will return as a live-action film adaptation. Image source: Universal Pictures
How to Train Your Dragon can be done with a clear conscience one of the best fantasy series ever
The last film in the series to date was released in 2019, but fans can expect it next year the return of Hiccup and Toothless be happy. However, the new How to Train Your Dragon adventure looks completely different than what viewers are used to.
How to Train Your Dragon – only in real
How to Train Your Dragon (as the film series is called in the original English) is getting a live-action adaptation. Already on 13 June 2025 The story of Hiccup and Toothless is told again.
Now the very first image of the new How to Train Your Dragon has been officially released, showing young Hiccup (Mason Thames) in the Viking arena:
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By the way, not just anyone is responsible for directing the live-action film adaptation: Dean DeBlois has already directed all three parts of the animated trilogy.
The effort works [in der Realverfilmung] much higher when you see a photorealistic dragon stomping around, the [Hicks] tried to kill. [Sein Charakter] represents all of us oddballs out there, of which there are quite a few. He brings with him a certain strangeness and vulnerability that he showed in his audition when he was still 15 years old.
By the way, another How to Train Your Dragon veteran is returning. Gerard Butler (300, Law of Vengeance) appears again as Viking chief Haudrauf. Nico Parker (The Last of Us) can be seen as the young Astrid, while Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) becomes the Viking ruffian.
The live-action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon opens in cinemas on June 13, 2025 and it will be exciting to see how well the new adaptation by Dean DeBlois will fare. At least the original from 2010 can to an impressive critic average of 99 percent at Rotten Tomatoes look back!
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How to Train Your Dragon 3 – Hiccup saves the dragons in the official trailer for the finale of the animated series
If you’re feeling a little nostalgic now, we’ve included the trailer for the third and final part of the animated trilogy for you here. If you want to stream the How to Train Your Dragon films that have been released so far, you can currently find what you’re looking for with a subscription to Sky and Wow – with Netflix, Prime Video or Disney Plus it’s like crazy.
