How to Train Your Dragon is an American film series media franchise from DreamWorks Animation and based on the book series of the same name by British author Cressida Cowell. It consists of three feature films: How to Train Your Dragon (2010), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). A live-action remake of the first film was released in 2025, with a sequel scheduled for 2027.
The franchise primarily follows the adventures of a young Viking named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, generally known as Hiccup, son of Stoick the Vast, leader of the Viking island of Berk. Although Hiccup was initially dismissed as a clumsy and underweight misfit, he soon becomes renowned as a courageous dragons expert, alongside Toothless, a member of the rare Night Fury breed as his flying mount and closest companion. Together with his friends, he manages the village's allied dragon population in defense of his home as leader of a flying corps of dragon riders.
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Films
Animated trilogy
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon, the first film in the series, was released on March 26, 2010. It was written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, and is inspired by the 2003 book of the same name by Cressida Cowell. The story takes place in a mythical Fantasy Viking world where a young Viking teenager named Hiccup aspires to follow his tribe's tradition of becoming a dragon slayer.
After finally capturing his first dragon the infamous and elusive Night Fury, and with his chance of finally gaining the tribe's acceptance and father's recognition, he finds that he no longer has the desire to kill the dragon and instead befriends it. He soon realizes that to protect the Night Fury (Toothless) he must show the Vikings the truth of dragons. The film grossed nearly $500 million worldwide and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
A sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2, was confirmed on April 27, 2010. The film was written and directed by DeBlois, the co-director of the first film. Bonnie Arnold, the producer of the first film, also returned, with Sanders, who co-directed the first film, serving as an executive producer for the second instead, due to his work on the film The Croods and its sequel.
The film was released on June 13, 2014. All of the cast from the first film – Baruchel, Butler, Ferguson, Ferrera, Hill, Mintz-Plasse, Miller and Wiig –returned for the sequel. New additions include Kit Harington as Eret, Cate Blanchett as Valka, and Djimon Hounsou as Drago Bludvist.
Set five years after the events of the first film, Hiccup and Toothless have successfully united dragons and Vikings on the island of Berk. Now 20 years old, Hiccup is pressed to succeed his father as chieftain. When he discovers a group of dragon trappers led by Drago Bludvist, he goes on a quest to find Drago and stop him, while also coming across his long-lost mother Valka.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
In December 2010, DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg confirmed that there would also be a third film in the series: "How To Train Your Dragon is at least three: maybe more, but we know there are at least three chapters to that story." DeBlois, the writer, and director of the second and the third film, said that How to Train Your Dragon 2 is being intentionally designed as the second act of the trilogy: "There are certain characters and situations that come into play in the second film that will have to become much more crucial to the story by the third." The film's release date was changed several times.
In September 2012, 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation announced an initial release date of June 18, 2016, which was later changed to June 16, 2016. It was then moved to June 9, 2017, and later to May 18, 2018, taking over the release date of Warner Animation Group's The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.
On December 5, 2016, the release date was pushed back again to March 1, 2019. This was the first DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by Universal Pictures, after NBCUniversal's acquisition of the company in 2016, and followed DreamWorks' departure from 20th Century Fox after 2017's Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. The film was produced by Arnold, and exec-produced by DeBlois and Sanders.
Baruchel, Butler, Blanchett, Ferguson, Ferrera, Hill, Mintz-Plasse, Harington and Wiig reprised their roles from previous films. F. Murray Abraham joined the cast as the film's main villain, Grimmel.
Set a year after the events of the second film, Hiccup had become the new chieftain of Berk for dragons and Vikings. His late father had told a younger Hiccup to seek out the haven of dragons, known as "the Hidden World". Upon discovering the Light Fury, a female sub-species of the Night Fury, Toothless falls in love and bonds with her.
The Night Fury killer, Grimmel the Grisly, sets out to find and kill Toothless, prompting Hiccup to choose between keeping the dragons or setting them free.
Live-action remakes
How To Train Your Dragon (2025)
In February 2023, a live-action remake of the first animated film was announced to be in development, to be produced by Marc Platt Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures, and would mark DreamWorks' first live-action film. Dean DeBlois returned to write and direct, with John Powell returning to write the score. It was originally scheduled for release on March 14, 2025, but due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, it was delayed to June 13 of that year.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2027)
In April 2025, a live-action remake of the second animated film was officially announced at CinemaCon. It is set to be released on June 11, 2027. On January 15, 2026, it was announced that Cate Blanchett, the original voice actor of Valka in the animated films, will reprise her role.
During the month, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and Phil Dunster joined the cast as Drago and Eret, respectively.
Television series
Three television series make up the DreamWorks Dragons television franchise: DreamWorks Dragons, Rescue Riders, and The Nine Realms. All series in total amount to 223 episodes across 22 seasons of television.
DreamWorks Dragons (2012–2018)
On October 12, 2010, it was announced that Cartoon Network had acquired worldwide broadcast rights to a weekly animated series based on the movie, which was scheduled to begin sometime in 2012. In January 2011, producer Tim Johnson confirmed that work had begun on the series and that, unlike the TV series spin-offs of the films Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and Monsters vs. Aliens, How To Train Your Dragon's series is much darker and deeper, like the movie.
The show is the first DreamWorks Animation series that airs on Cartoon Network instead of Nickelodeon, unlike previous series such as The Penguins of Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and Monsters vs. Aliens. Although it was announced that the series would be called Dragons: The Series, TV promos shown in June 2012 revealed a new title – Dragons: Riders of Berk.
The series began airing in the third quarter of 2012. John Sanford, the director of seven episodes in the first season, confirmed that there would also be a second season. Jay Baruchel, who voiced Hiccup, also stars in the series, as well as America Ferrera (Astrid), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Fishlegs), and T.
J. Miller (Tuffnut). The second season is accompanied with the new subtitle, Defenders of Berk, replacing the previous Riders of Berk subtitle.
Starting with the third season, the series moved to Netflix and is accompanied by the subtitle Race to the Edge.
DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders (2019–2022)
A preschool-oriented spin-off, DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders was released on Netflix on September 27, 2019. It also features talking dragons unlike other media in the franchise.
DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms (2021–2023)
On October 13, 2021, DreamWorks announced DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms, set 1,300 years after The Hidden World. The first season was released on Peacock and Hulu on December 23, 2021. The Nine Realms stars Jeremy Shada, and is executive produced by showrunner John Tellegen, Chuck Austen and Henry Gilroy.
Short films
Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010)
Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon is a 16-minute short film which was originally broadcast on Cartoon Network on October 14, 2010 and was released by Paramount Home Entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray on October 15, 2010 as a special feature on the double edition of the first How to Train Your Dragon film. The short film was directed by John Puglisi, written by Peter Steinfeld and reprising the roles of the first feature film's eight actors Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig and Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon follows Hiccup and his young fellows accompanying their mentor, Gobber, on a quest to kill the legendary Boneknapper Dragon. About half the short film is done in traditional animation, showing Gobber's history and his encounters with the Boneknapper, and how he comes to look like he does now.
Book of Dragons (2011)
Book of Dragons is an 18-minute short film which was released by DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray on November 15, 2011. Written and directed by Steve Hickner and co-written by Bart Coughlin and Joshua Pruett, Book of Dragons stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jim Cummings and Tress MacNeille. The short film shows Hiccup, Astrid, Fishlegs, Toothless and Gobber telling the legend behind the Book of Dragons and revealing insider training secrets about new, never before seen dragons.
Book of Dragons shows a total of 14 different dragons, each separated into 7 classes: Stoker (Terrible Terror and Monstrous Nightmare), Boulder (Gronckle and Whispering Death), Fear (Hideous Zippleback and Snaptrapper), Sharp (Deadly Nadder and Timberjack), Tidal (Scauldron and Thunderdrum), Mystery (Changewing and Boneknapper) and Strike (Skrill and Night Fury).
Gift of the Night Fury (2011)
Gift of the Night Fury is a 22-minute Christmas special directed by Tom Owens, written by Adam F. Goldberg and starring the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig and Christopher Mintz-Plasse who all reprise their roles from the first How to Train Your Dragon film.
It depicts Berk preparing for the Viking winter holiday of Snoggletog, as all the dragons inexplicably fly away on a mass migration, except for Toothless, so Hiccup gives him something to help. Gift of the Night Fury was released by DreamWorks Home Entertainment on DVD and Blu-ray on November 15, 2011, and was re-released on DVD on October 1, 2013, along with Shrek the Halls (2007) and Merry Madagascar (2009) as part of the DreamWorks Holiday Classics. Gift of the Night Fury was released again on DVD and Blu-ray on October 15, 2019, by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, as part of the DreamWorks Ultimate Holiday Collection set.
Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014)
Dawn of the Dragon Racers is a 26-minute short film which was released on November 11, 2014, as a special feature on the home media releases of How to Train Your Dragon 2, although it was released on DVD separately on March 3, 2015, with the previously released Gift of the Night Fury, Book of Dragons, and Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon included as well under How to Train Your Dragon: The Complete Shorts Collection.
Directed by John Sanford and Elaine Bogan and written by Art Brown and Douglas Sloan, the short film features the voices of Jay Baruchel and America Ferrera along with the cast from the Dragons television series. Dawn of the Dragon Racers takes place three years before the events of How to Train Your Dragon 2, in between the events of Dragons: Defenders of Berk and Dragons: Race to the Edge.
In this short film, a hunt for a lost sheep turns into a competition between Hiccup and his friends for the first title of Dragon Racing Champion of Berk.
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming is a 22-minute holiday special which was both released on DVD and aired on NBC on December 3, 2019. Directed by Tim Johnson and written by Jonathan Groff and Jon Pollack, the short film stars a majority of the cast reprising their roles from How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. It won for Best Animated Special Production at the 47th Annie Awards.
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming is set ten years after the dragons left the Vikings in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, but within that film's epilogue. In this short film, Hiccup and Astrid's two children Zephyr and Nuffink believe that dragons are dangerous monsters after finding Stoick's old journals, leading Hiccup and Astrid to bring back the Snoggletog Pageant in order to convince them otherwise. Meanwhile, Toothless and the Light Fury's three Night Light children come to New Berk looking for Hiccup, prompting their parents to go after them.
How to Train Your Dragon: Snoggletog Log (2019)
How to Train Your Dragon: Snoggletog Log is a 28-minute slow television short film inspired by The Yule Log. It is a single continuous 28-minute shot of a Christmas fireplace with various gags involving the franchise's main characters, Viking and dragon alike, happening every so often. The short film, which was directed by Tim Johnson and written by Jonathan Groff and Jon Pollack, was released on Hulu on December 5, 2019.
References & sources
- How to Train Your Dragon — Wikipedia
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