Gerard Butler returns to the big screen in the live-action adaptation of a great dragon fantasy adventure. Here you will find all the important information about the start, plot and cast of How to Train Your Dragon.The most successful film action star Gerard Butler has ever been a part of is not 300 (which grossed $456 million) but, according to Box Office Mojo  , his speaking role in the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy: How to Train Your Dragon (495 million), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (621 million) and How to Train Your Dragon 3: The Secret World (524 million) had a combined worldwide box office of 1.6 billion US dollars .

So it’s no wonder that the fantasy film is now being re-released as a live-action film and Gerard Butler can return to his role as the Viking father. We will inform you about everything important you should know about the remake How To Train Your Dragon .

How to Train Your Dragon is coming as a fantasy remake with Gerard Butler: That’s what it’s all about

How to Train Your Dragon shows a world in which the Vikings are dedicated to hunting monsters. Every day they try to hunt down their worst enemies: the dragons.

When young Hiccup wants to impress his father Haudrauf as a dragon hunter, he finds an unexpected friend in an injured dragon … and is now faced with the difficult task of convincing the Northmen and women that they are no longer the fire-breathing lizards should fight.

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How to train your dragon made easy

Like the animated films, the fantasy remake of How to Train Your Dragon is based on the book series  * by Cressida Cowell . The cinema trilogy was also followed by the series DreamWorks Dragons , Dragons: The Young Dragon Rescuers and Dragons: The 9 Worlds as well as the short film How to Train Your Dragon: The Good Old Days .

The new cast of How to Train Your Dragon: These stars are there alongside Gerard Butler

Dean DeBlois , who directed all three animated parts of How to Train Your Dragon, is back as director and screenwriter in the fantasy remake. John Powell alsoreturns as composer. However, mostly new stars appeared in front of the camera. Only Gerard Butler returned to his old speaking role as tribal chief “Haudrauf the Stoic”:

Mason Thames ( The Black Phone ) plays the Viking boy Hicks (in English: Hiccup)

After his animated speaking appearance, Gerard Butler ( Geostorm ) now becomes the “real” Viking leader: Hiccup’s father Haudrauf (English: Stoick)

Nico Parker ( The Last of Us , Dumbo ) plays the Viking girl Astrid

Nick Frost ( Shaun of the Dead ) takes on the role of the Viking Grobian (English Gobber)

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When does the remake of How to Train Your Dragon start?

The remake of How to Train Your Dragon has already had a theatrical release: it is scheduled to hit German screens on June 12, 2025 . Filming began in mid-January 2024:

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If you want to watch the animated film trilogy again until then (and listen to Gerard Butler in the original sound with a Scottish accent), you can currently stream it on WOW  * and MagentaTV.

After Disney has already brought many live-action remakes of animated classics to the cinema, How to Train Your Dragon is the first new edition of its kind for the animated film studio DreamWorks and the distributor Universal.