The live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon has cast a major role. How to Train Your Dragon, which follows the adventures of a Viking boy named Hiccup and his dragon Toothless, is a children’s book series by Cressida Cowell that was adapted into a trilogy of animated features between 2010 and 2019. Returning director Dean DeBlois will helm the live-action update, which is slated to premiere in 2025, featuring Mason Thames as Hiccup and Nico Parker as his love interest, dragon training student Astrid Hofferson. Gerard Butler will also reprise his role as Hiccup’s father Stoick the Vast.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, the live-action How to Train Your Dragon has added comedian Nick Frost to the cast. He will be playing Gobber the Belch, the character formerly voiced by Craig Ferguson in the animated trilogy. Gobber the Belch, who is implied to be gay in various moments throughout the sequels, is a mentor to Hiccup and advisor to Stoick the Vast in addition to his duties as the blacksmith on the island of Berk.
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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.
- Release Date
- June 13, 2025
- Director
- Dean DeBlois
- Cast
- Mason Thames , Nico Parker
- Genres
- Action , Adventure , Family
- Writers
- Dean DeBlois
- Studio(s)
- DreamWorks Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Franchise(s)
- How to Train Your Dragon
