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Live-action How To Train Your Dragon reboot is in the works

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Updated 07:39 16 Feb 2023 GMTPublished 07:30 16 Feb 2023 GMT

Live-action How To Train Your Dragon reboot is in the works

Universal has set a release date for a live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon.

Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck

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Poppy Bilderbeck
Poppy Bilderbeck

Poppy Bilderbeck is a Senior Journalist at LADbible Group. She graduated from The University of Manchester in 2021 with a First in English Literature and Drama, where alongside her studies she was Editor-in-Chief of The Tab Manchester. Poppy is most comfortable when chatting about all things mental health, is proving a drama degree is far from useless by watching and reviewing as many TV shows and films as possible and is such a crisp fanatic the office has been forced to release them in batches.

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Universal has set a release date for a live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon.

Remind yourself of the magic of the original film here:

It's, quite frankly, the best news I've heard all week - if not all month. No matter if you're an adult or a child, Hiccup and Toothless' unlikely friendship was enough to have all of us reaching for the tissues.

It's been over 10 years since the very first How To Train Your Dragon was released, two more films following in 2014 and 2019, but this news has the power to change everything.

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Universal Pictures has confirmed a live-action adaptation of the trilogy of films - loosely based on the books by Cressida Cowell - is currently in the works and it's even announced a release date.

Although, don't be misled, just because it's a live-action remake, doesn't mean there will be real life dragons just yet *sobs*.

A live-action remake of 'How To Train Your Dragon' is in the works.
Paramount Pictures

Dean DebLois - who co-wrote and co-directed the first How To Train Your Dragon - is taking on the live-action remake too, as per The Hollywood Reporter. It'll be the Canadian producer, director and screenwriter's first live-action movie.

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Marc Platt - best known for his work on La La Land, The Girl on the Train and Dear Evan Hansen - is also joining the team of the live-action reboot as a producer under Marc Platt Productions.

President of Marc Platt Productions, Adam Siegal is also on board and the project is being overseen by Universal's VP of production development Lexi Barta.

The cast is yet to be announced, but the search is reportedly underway.

In 2019, DeBlois spoke to CinemaBlend about how the third movie concluded and the possibility of Hiccup and Toothless' story continuing.

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Dean DebLois is onboard for the remake.
Paramount Pictures

He said: "We definitely wanted it to feel hopeful but also conclusive. And I think what we tried to do was deliver a satisfying ending that ultimately meant that Hiccup and Toothless would go their separate ways, but also reassure the audience it was for the best, that we see them thrive in their adulthood.

"For me it's a satisfying end, and that was the intention, to really kind of bring it back to the disappearance of dragons and having them kind of fall away into legend, but we the audience kind of know they're still around.

"And beyond that, I don't own the franchise, so I think if Dreamworks wanted to open it up again at some point, I would hope that it a different timeline, different characters, with the Hiccup/Toothless story remained intact."

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The current release date for the live-action remake has been set for 14 March, 2025.

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