Yahoo Movies How to Train Your Dragon live-action remake gets delayed
The live-action remake for How to Train Your Dragon has been delayed due to the ongoing actors' strike.
According to Deadline, Universal has decided to push the film back from its March 2025 premiere, with the film now set to be released on June 13, 2025.
Announced earlier this year, the live-action remake is set to see Dean DeBlois - who wrote and directed the original animated trilogy - back in the director's chair. DeBlois is also producing the film alongside Marc Platt (La La Land) and Adam Siegel.
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The films are based on Cressida Cowell's books of the same name, which follow a young viking named Hiccup who sets out kill a dragon in order to prove that he is a man.
However he later ends up befriending a dragon named Toothless and hopes to teach his village that there is more to the mythical creatures than they thought.
Casting has already begun for the remake, with The Black Phone's Mason Thames set to star as Hiccup, while The Last of Us' Nico Parker will play the role of Astrid. The characters were voiced by Jay Baruchel and America Ferrera respectively in the animated originals.
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How to Train Your Dragon was released in 2010, followed by sequels How to Train Your Dragon 2 in 2014 and 2019's How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
The franchise proved to be a huge hit with fans, grossing over $1.6 billion worldwide, earning four Oscar nominations and a 'Best Animated Feature' win for How to Train Your Dragon 2 at the Golden Globes.
There has also been numerous spin-offs from the franchise, including TV shows and a live production titled How to Train Your Dragon on Ice.
How to Train Your Dragon's live-action adaptation is due to be released in cinemas on June 13, 2025.
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