The Live-Action How To Train Your Dragon Remake: Release Date, Cast & Everything We Know

Summary The live-action How to Train Your Dragon remake is confirmed for a 2025 release, and it will be based on the original book that inspired the 2010 animated hit.

Gerard Butler will reprise his role as Stoick the Vast in the live-action reboot.

The plot of the live-action remake will closely mirror the original 2010 animated film, focusing on Hiccup and Toothless.

A live-action How to Train Your Dragon remake is in the works with original franchise director Dean DeBlois at the helm, and there’s already much to discuss ahead of the projected 2025 release date. The original How to Train Your Dragon introduced audiences to Hiccup, Astrid, the village of Berk, and of course the adorable-yet-deadly dragon Toothless back in 2010. Since then two sequels alongside numerous TV spinoffs have arrived. DreamWorks and Universal are next taking a nod from Disney and delivering a live-action How to Train Your Dragon reboot.

Like the original animated franchise, the live-action How to Train Your Dragon will be loosely based on the original 2003 book by Cressida Cowell, with which it shares a title. The remake will bring Hiccup and Toothless into live-action, adapting the story of the original for a new audience. With the release date set and cast updates already arriving it’s clear that the live-action How to Train Your Dragon remake could be the start of another box-office-smashing franchise for DreamWorks and Universal.

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Latest Live-Action How To Train Your Dragon News

Production Wraps On The Live-Action Movie

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With the live-action epic beginning to take shape, the latest news confirms that How to Train Your Dragon has wrapped filming. Though much is still unknown about the upcoming live-action movie, principal photography is officially concluded. The occasion was celebrated by director Dean DeBlois who shared a post on Instagram to announce the conclusion of the current phase of the film's production. With more than a year until the expected release date, it's unclear how long the post-production process will take.

The Live-Action Adaptation Arrives In 2025

The release date for the live-action How to Train Your Dragon remake was originally set for March 2025. Filming was due to start in June 2023. However, due to the WGA and then SAG-AFTRA strikes that began in May production had to be delayed (via CBR). The release date has since been moved to June 13, 2025.

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Live-Action How To Train Your Dragon Cast

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There have already been several announcements for the live-action How to Train Your Dragon cast. Hiccup, the protagonist of the franchise and first dragon trainer in Berk, will be played by Mason Thames (The Black Phone). Nico Park (The Last of Us) is assuming the role of Astrid, and Gerard Butler has signed on to reprise his role as Stoick the Vast, Hiccup's father. Various other newcomers have also been added to the cast, including funnyman Nick Frost as Gobber the Belch.

The cast of the live-action How to Train Your Dragon includes:

Actor How To Train Your Dragon Live Action Role Mason Thames Hiccup Nico Park Astrid Gerard Butler Stoick the Vast Nick Frost Gobber the Belch Julian Dennison Fishlegs Gabriel Howell Snotlout Bronwyn James Ruffnut Harry Trevaldwyn Tuffnut

Live-Action How To Train Your Dragon Story

A Live-Action Remake Of The First Movie Is Expected

As a remake, the upcoming live-action How to Train Your Dragon plot is expected to mirror the original 2010 movie closely. The story focuses on Hiccup, a young, clumsy Viking from the village of Berk. The Vikings of Berk have one favorite pastime — slaying Dragons. However, Hiccup doesn’t share their obsession but does want to impress his father, the legendary village chief Stoic the Vast. Therefore, he uses his knack for invention to create novel ways of taking down Dragons.

This leads Hiccup to capture a Night Fury, one of the rarest and most dangerous varieties of Dragon, but Hiccup soon learns that the Night Fury, whom he names Toothless, isn’t as fearsome as he first appeared. He trains Toothless, proving that Vikings and Dragons can coexist. This starts a new age of Dragon Riders in Berk, spawning several sequels and spinoff TV shows from the incredibly successful, yet simple, premise. When the live-action How to Train Your Dragon release date arrives in 2025 the plot will likely follow the same basic structure.

How to Train Your Dragon (2025) How to Train Your Dragon is a live-action adaptation of the 2010 film of the same name. Co-director of the first film, Dead DeBlois, is returning to direct the live-action treatment, with Nico Parker starring as Astrid and Mason Thames as Hiccup. Director Dean DeBlois Release Date June 13, 2025 Studio(s) DreamWorks Pictures Distributor(s) Universal Pictures Writers Dean DeBlois Cast Mason Thames , Nico Parker Franchise(s) How to Train Your Dragon Expand