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    First Look at Live-Action “How to Train Your Dragon”

    Mary Anne ButlerBy

    We are incredibly excited for the live-action adaptation of “How to Train Your Dragon.” Obviously, the DreamWorks films are perfect, and don’t need the reboot/remake treatment. But, BUT, look how cute the first-look image of Mason Thames as Hiccup is!

    Dean DeBlois, who directed the three animated films, will be co-directing alongside Chris Sanders.

    Thames (“The Black Phone“) plays Hiccup alongside Nico Parker (“The Last of Us“) as Astrid. Nick Frost will play Gobber the Belch, while Gerard Butler will reprise his role as Stoick the Vast.

    “It’s so dialled-up in terms of stakes — having a fully credible, photo-real dragon stomping around trying to kill him [Hiccup],” DeBlois told Empire Magazine. “[Hiccup] represents all of the oddballs out there, and there are many of us. There was a bit of awkwardness, but also a vulnerability to him which [came] with the fact that he was 15 when we were auditioning [Thames].”

    We’ll be able to see more from the film in Empire’s January 2025 issue.

    “How to Train Your Dragon” is set to hit theaters June 13th, 2025.

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    Mary Anne Butler (Mab) got her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine as a teenager. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (News Editor), Nerdbot (as Editor-In-Chief), and now [Bad]Influencers, where she is Editor-in-Chief. Over the past 15 years, she’s built a well-known reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band. She also produces award-winning immersive events, including Wasteland Weekend and Neotropolis.

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