Universal Pictures has confirmed a live-action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon is in the works, even giving it a 2025 release date!
Yes, the reports swirling around turned out to be true. Universal is taking a page out of Disney’s book and taking their animated classics and giving them the live-action treatment. That’s right, we’re getting a live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie! While it’s okay to be hesitant about such things, it is nice to know Dean DeBlois, who wrote/directed all three HTTYD films, is returning to write and direct this new version.
Seems like Universal has been planning this for a bit and has already set the film up with a March 14, 2025 release date.
For more than a decade, DreamWorks Animation’s epic animated film trilogy about the friendship between a young man and his dragon has moved, inspired and delighted audiences worldwide.
Now, a new live-action adaptation of the blockbuster How to Train Your Dragon franchise will transport audiences for the first time into a new cinematic experience and a bold, thrilling new chapter in the beloved story of Viking Hiccup and his Night Fury dragon, Toothless.
The film will be written and directed by three-time Academy Award® nominee Dean DeBlois, who has written and directed all three films in animated trilogy (How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World). The franchise is based on the best-selling books series by Cressida Cowell.
The live-action film will be produced by three-time Oscar® nominee Marc Platt (La La Land, Bridge of Spies), Dean DeBlois and Emmy winner Adam Siegel (2 Guns, Drive).
How do you feel about seeing How to Train Your Dragon come to live action?
