How to Train Your Dragon Live-Action Remake Delays Release Date

Universal and Dreamworks have delayed the live-action film to June 13, 2025.

By Jenna Anderson

How to Train Your Dragon has grown to be one of the most beloved animated franchises of the 21st century, combining a fantasy setting with lovable characters. A live-action remake of the saga has been reported to be in the works for the better part of a year — but now, it looks like we'll have to wait a bit longer to see it. According to a new report from Deadline, Universal and Dreamworks have now delayed the live-action How to Train Your Dragon from March 14, 2025 to June 13, 2025. The decision was reportedly made due to the still-ongoing SAG-AFTRA actors' strike, which has delayed the start of filming. 

Who Stars in the Live-Action How to Train Your Dragon?

Earlier this year, it was announced that Mason Thames and Nico Parker have been cast as the lead roles of Hiccup and Astrid in How to Train Your Dragon. Thames is best known for starring in The Black Phone, as well as stints on Walker and For All Mankind. Parker portrayed Sarah Miller in the premiere episode of HBO's The Last of Us, and also had roles in Dumbo and The Third Day.

The live-action How to Train Your Dragon will be written, directed, and produced by Dean DeBlois, who will be making his live-action debut after spearheading much of the animated franchise. Marc Platt, whose work includes Legally Blonde and the studio's upcoming Wicked movie, will be producing.

What Are the How to Train Your Dragon Movies About?

This will be the first instance of an animated DreamWorks franchise being carried over into live-action. Loosely based on the books of Cressida Cowell, the How to Train Your Dragon franchise spanned three films from 2010 to 2019, which starred Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, and Craig Ferguson. It also led to multiple short films and television spinoffs including DreamWorks Dragons, DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Rider, and DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms.

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"We definitely wanted it to feel hopeful but also conclusive," DeBlois previously said of a potential reboot. "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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