Director Dean DeBlois, who has also directed all of the animated How To Train Your Dragon (HTTYD) films for Dreamworks, has confirmed that filming on the upcoming live-action adaptation has been completed.
Said DeBlois, "That’s a wrap! Principal photography is complete in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 85 intense and exciting days spent with the most incredible cast and crew a director could hope for. What a journey! I’ve loved every minute!"
The film stars Mason Thames (The Black Phone) as Hiccup. Astrid will be played by Nico Parker (daughter of Thandie Newton), who played Sarah Miller in The Last of Us.
Gerard Butler, who previously voiced Stoick the Vast in the How To Train Your Dragon animated film series will be reprising the role for the live-action remake.
Additional cast include Nick Frost as Gobber the Belch, Julian Dennison as Fishlegs Ingerman, Gabriel Howell as Snotlout Jorgenson, Bronwyn James as Ruffnut Thorston, Harry Trevaldwyn as Tuffnut Thorston, and Ruth Codd as Phlegma.
The live-action remake is currently slated to bow in theaters, June 13, 2025. Due to this Summer's SAG-AFTRA and WGA strike, the film was delayed from its original March 14, 2025 release date.
Currently, Disney Pixar's Elio is set to also be released on June 13, 2025. Not too long after, Superman: Legacy hits theaters on July 11, 2025, meaning that the live-action HTTYD film will need to quickly make its budget back at the box office.
The film franchise, which has grossed over $1.6 billion worldwide to date, is based on Cressida Cowell's award-winning children's book series.
How To Train Your Dragon Official Synopsis: A winning mixture of adventure, slapstick comedy, and friendship, How to Train Your Dragon rivals Kung Fu Panda as the most engaging and satisfying film DreamWorks Animation has produced. Hiccup (voice by Jay Baruchel) is a failure as a Viking: skinny, inquisitive, and inventive, he asks questions and tries out unsuccessful contraptions when he's supposed to be fighting the dragons that attack his village.
His father, chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler), has pretty much given up on his teenage son and apprenticed him to blacksmith Gobber (Craig Ferguson). Worse, Hiccup knows the village loser hasn't a chance of impressing Astrid (America Ferrera), the girl of his dreams and a formidable dragon fighter in her own right. When one of Hiccup's inventions actually works, he hasn't the heart to kill the young dragon he's brought down. He names it Toothless and befriends it, although he's been taught to fear and loathe dragons.