How To Train Your Dragon Live-Action Star Reveals How Faithful The Remake Will Be To Original

How to Train Your Dragon live-action star Nico Parker discusses how the remake of the 2010 movie will be faithful to the original. Starring Mason Thames as Hiccup and Parker as Astrid, the live-action remake will be written and directed by Dean DeBlois, the same filmmaker who brought the 2010 original to life. Beyond DeBlois returning as director, Gerard Butler will also be reprising his role, from live-action to animation, as Stoick the Vast, Hiccup’s father.

During an interview with Collider on the press tour of her latest movie, Suncoast, Parker discussed filming the live-action How to Train Your Dragon remake. Describing how wonderful of a time she is having on set, the actor discussed how it will have its own identity instead of staying purely faithful to the 2010 original. Check out what she said on the matter below:

I think it’s very much its own thing, but I’d like to think so much of that magic is also prevalent in this one. But I think it’s its own film, and it’s its own interpretation and everyone has their own version of a character. It’s important not to get too wrapped up, especially because the animated ones are so brilliant. It’s like, let’s not try and just do a play by play of that. And if anyone wants that, they can watch the animated ones. I think it’ll be wonderful, and if it isn’t, I’m having a wonderful time making it anyway. I’ll think it’s wonderful, no matter what.

The How to Train Your Dragon Remake Has The Potential To Be Incredible

Many live-action remakes of animated films have been rightfully criticized for their lack of originality, particularly when it came to Disney attempting to capitalize on their adaptations of classic animated movies without changing much in its original story. However, the How to Train Your Dragon remake has the potential to be vastly different and far more epic than the original trilogy. The news caught everyone by surprise when plans for a remake were announced, but with DeBlois in the director’s chair, his original vision can be even grander now that he can translate it into a live-action canvas.

DeBlois is teaming up with cinematographer Bill Pope to bring this vision to life. Pope is known for contributing with the Wachowskis on The Matrix trilogy, with Sam Raimi for his Spider-Man films and collaborating with Edgar Wright on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, The World’s End, and Baby Driver. While sharing a picture that confirmed the start of production, DeBlois showed a clapperboard, which, in the top right corner, confirmed the use of IMAX cameras, which will make an already epic animated trilogy even bigger through live-action.

With the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy and subsequent TV show being one of the most profitable DreamWorks franchises, it was almost a no-brainer for it to continue, regardless of medium. Should the film do well at the box office, it’s highly likely that a live-action adaptation of the second and third films will also be made. This means that audiences will have the privilege of seeing a brand-new vision of the epic world of How to Train Your Dragon from the filmmaker who brought Cressida Cowell’s original book to life on the big screen in a new format.

Source: Collider

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

Writers

Dean DeBlois

Studio(s)

DreamWorks Pictures

Distributor(s)

Universal Pictures