How to Train Your Dragon (franchise)

How to Train Your Dragon series from DreamWorks Animation consists

How to Train Your Dragon Ser ies"
of two feature films How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and How to Train
Your Dragon 2 (2014), with a third and final planned for a 2019 release.
The franchise is loosely based on the British book series by Cressida
Cowell. The franchise also consists of four short films: Legend of the
Boneknapper Dragon (2010), Book of Dragons (2011), Gift of the Night
Fury (2011) and Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014). A television series Created by DreamWorks Animation
following the events of the first film, Dragons: Riders of Berk, began Print publications
airing on Cartoon Network in September 2012. Its second season was
Graphic
renamed Dragons: Defenders of Berk. Set several years later, and as a How to Train Your Dragon: The
novel(s)
more immediate prequel to the second film, a new television series, titled Serpent's Heir (2016)
Dragons: Race to the Edge, aired on Netflix in June 2015.[1] The second Films and television
season of the show was added to Netflix in January 2016 and a third
Film(s)
season in June 2016. A fourth season aired on Netflix in February 2017 How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
and a fifth season in August 2017. The franchise follows the adventures How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
of a young Viking named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, son of Stoick
How to Train Your Dragon 3 (2019)
the Vast, leader of the Viking island of Berk. Although initially dismissed
as a clumsy and underweight misfit, he soon becomes renowned as a Short film(s)
Legend of the Boneknapper
courageous expert in dragons, beginning with Toothless, a member of the
Dragon (2010)
rare Night Fury breed as his flying mount and his closest companion.
Book of Dragons (2011)
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 Gift of the Night Fury (2011)
riders. Dean DeBlois, the director of the trilogy, described its story as Dawn of the Dragon Racers
"Hiccup's coming of age," taking a span of five years between the first (2014)
and second film, while explaining in the third and final film why dragons Television
no longer exist.[2] DreamWorks Dragons
series
The film series has been highly acclaimed with its first two features being Theatrical presentations
nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, in Play(s)
addition to the first film's nomination for the Academy Award for Best How to Train Your Dragon Live

Original Score. Spectacular

Games
Video
How to Train Your Dragon
game(s)
Contents How to Train Your Dragon 2
Super Star Kartz
Literature
Comic books Dragons: TapDragonDrop
Graphic novels
Dragons: Wild Skies
Films
Dragons: Rise of Berk
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) School of Dragons
How to Train Your Dragon 3 (2019) How to Train Your Dragon: Flight
Television series of the Night Fury
DreamWorks Dragons Dragons Adventure: World
Short films Explorer
Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon
Dreamworks Press: Dragons
Book of Dragons
Gift of the Night Fury Audio
 Dawn of the Dragon Racers Soundtrack(s) How to Train Your Dragon: Music
Video games from the Motion Picture
Live performance How to Train Your Dragon 2: Music
Ice show from the Motion Picture
Arena show
Official website
Reception
Box office performance www.howtotrainyourdragon.com
Critical and public response
Production
Cast
Crew
References
External links

Literature

Comic books
A series of comic books, titled Dragons: Riders of Berk, were released by Titan Comics, starting with the first volume, Dragon Down, on
April 30, 2014.[3] The comics were written by Simon Furman and drawn by Iwan Nazif.[4] Other volumes are Dangers of the Deep (2014),[5]
The Ice Castle (2015),[6] The Stowaway (2015),[7] The Legend of Ragnarok (2015),[8] and Underworld (2015).[9]

Graphic novels
Dark Horse Comics have released a series of graphic novels based on the franchise, starting with How to Train Your Dragon: The Serpent's
Heir in 2016.[10] The series will be co-written by Dean DeBlois, writer and director of the film series, and Richard Hamilton, writer of
Dragons: Race to the Edge, with the production designer of How to Train Your Dragon 2, Pierre-Olivier Vincent, providing cover
artwork.[10] The series will take place between the second and third film, with the first novel picking up right after the conclusion of the
second film.[10][11]

Films

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 directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders.
The film is loosely based on the 2003 book of the same name by Cressida Cowell. The film grossed nearly $500 million worldwide, and was
nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The story takes place in a mythical 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, and with his
chance of finally gaining the tribe's acceptance, he finds that he no longer has the desire to kill the dragon and instead befriends it.

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

A sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2, was confirmed on April 27, 2010.[12] The film was written and directed by Dean DeBlois, the co-
director of the first film. Bonnie Arnold, the producer of the first film, also returned, with Chris Sanders, who co-directed the first film, only
exec-producing this time due to his involvement withThe Croods and its sequel until was temporarily cancelled.[13] The film was released on
June 13, 2014.[14] It was announced that the entire original voice cast Baruchel, Butler, Ferguson, Ferrera, Hill, Mintz-Plasse, Miller and
Wiig would return for the sequel.[15] New cast includes Kit Harington as Eret, Cate Blanchett as Valka, and Djimon Hounsou as Drago
Bludvist.[16] John Powell, the composer of the first score, will also return for the second and third film.
[17]
Set five years after the events of the original film, Hiccup and Toothless have successfully united dragons and Vikings. Now 20 years old,
Hiccup is forced to take on the mantle of chief by his father. When he discovers a group of dragon trappers led by Drago Bludvist, he goes on
a quest to find him. But first he comes across a masked stranger named alka,
V his presumed-dead mother.

How to Train Your Dragon 3 (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."[18] Dean DeBlois, the writer and director of
the second and the third film, said thatHow 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 become much more crucial to the story by the third."[19]
DeBlois said in an interview that the third part will be released in 2016.[20] Although the series has taken a different path of telling a story of
Hiccup and Vikings, Cressida Cowell has revealed that the trilogy and the book series will have similar endings (with "an explanation as to
why dragons are no more").[21]

The release date was delayed several times. In September 2012, 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation announced the release date
for June 18, 2016,[22] which was later changed to June 17, 2016.[23][24] In September 2014, the film's release date was moved to June 9,
2017.[25] DeBlois explained the release date shift: "It's just that these movies take three years. I think it was a little ambitious to say 2016
(laughs). As is normally the case, they kind of throw darts out into the future and wherever they land they call that a release date until we start
talking about it in practical terms, and then it's like, 'Uh yeah that's not enough time. So knowing that they take three years from this moment,
from outlining and writing the screenplay through to the final lighting of it, it's just a process of building models and doing tests and
animating, storyboarding, the whole thing just adds up to about three years."[26] In January 2015, the release date was pushed back to June
29, 2018 following corporate restructuring, massive lay-offs, and to maximize the company's "creative talent and resources, reduce costs, and
drive profitability."[27][28] On June 18, 2016, the release date was moved up to May 18, 2018, taking over the release date of Warner
Animation Group's The Lego Movie Sequel.[29] On December 5, 2016, the release date was pushed back again to March 1, 2019.[30] This will
also be the first DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by Universal Pictures, whose parent company NBCUniversal acquired
DreamWorks Animation in 2016,[31] and since the end of their distribution deal with 20th Century Fox.

[22] In 2012, it was announced that Jay

The film is being produced byBonnie Arnold, and exec-produced by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders.
Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T. J. Miller and Kristen Wiig would return
in the third and final film.[22] Cate Blanchett and Djimon Hounsou will also reprise their roles as Valka and Drago respectively from the
second film.[25][32] In November 2017, it was announced that Kit Harington will reprise his role as Eret from the second film, and F. Murray
Abraham had joined the cast as the films main villain.[33]

Television series

DreamWorks Dragons
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.[34] 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 asThe Penguins of Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and Monsters
vs. Aliens.[35]

Although it was announced that the series would be called Dragons: The Series,[36] TV promos shown in June 2012 revealed a new title -
Dragons: Riders of Berk.[37] The series began airing in the third quarter of 2012.[36] John Sanford, the director of seven episodes in the first
season, confirmed that there would also be a second season.[38] 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).[36] The second season is accompanied with the new subtitle,
Defenders of Berk, replacing the previous Riders of Berk subtitle.[1] The show then moved to Netflix and was subtitled Race to the Edge. It
consists of 5 seasons.
 Cartoon Network episodes
Originally aired
Season Subtitle Episodes
First aired Last aired
1 Riders of Berk 20 August 7, 2012 March 20, 2013
2 Defenders of Berk 20 September 19, 2013 March 5, 2014

Netflix episodes
Season Subtitle Episodes Originally released
1 13 June 26, 2015
2 13 January 8, 2016
3 Race to the Edge 13 June 24, 2016
4 13 February 17, 2017
5 13 August 25, 2017

Short films

Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon

Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon is a 16 minute sequel short film to the feature film, How to Train Your Dragon. The short was originally
broadcast on television on October 14, 2010, on Cartoon Network, and released next day as a special feature on Blu-ray and double DVD
edition of the original feature film.[39]

The film follows Hiccup and his young fellows accompanying their mentor, Gobber, on a quest to kill the legendary Boneknapper Dragon.
About half the 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
Book of Dragons is an 18-minute[40] short film, based on How to Train Your Dragon, and was released on November 15, 2011, on DVD and
Blu-ray, along with Gift of the Night Fury. The short 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. The short shows a total of 14 different dragons,
each separated into 7 classes: Stoker (Terrible Terror, Monstrous Nightmare), Boulder (Gronckle, Whispering Death), Fear (Hideous
Zippleback, Snaptrapper), Sharp (Deadly Nadder, Timberjack), Tidal (Scauldron, Thunderdrum), Mystery (Changewing, Boneknapper) and
Strike (Skrill, Night Fury).[41]

Gift of the Night Fury

Gift of the Night Fury is a 22-minute How to Train Your Dragon Christmas special, directed by Tom Owens. It was released on November 15,
2011, on DVD and Blu-ray, along with Book of Dragons.[41] Based on How to Train Your Dragon, the short takes place in the middle of
preparing for the Viking winter holiday, 'Snoggletog', when suddenly all the dragons inexplicably go on a mass migration, except for
Toothless, so Hiccup gives him something to help.

Dawn of the Dragon Racers

A 25-minute[42] short film, titled Dawn of the Dragon Racers, was released on November 11, 2014, on the DVD/Blu-ray/digital release of
How to Train Your Dragon 2.[43] It was released on DVD separately on March 3, 2015, and it also includes Book of Dragons and Legend of
the Boneknapper Dragon.[44] It was directed by John Sanford and Elaine Bogan, and it features the voices of Jay Baruchel and America
Ferrera[42] along with the cast from the television series. In the short, a hunt for a lost sheep turns into a competition between Hiccup and his
[43]
friends for the first title of Dragon Racing Champion of Berk.
Video games
An action adventure video game released by Activision called How to Train Your Dragon was released for the Wii, Xbox
360, PS3 and Nintendo DS gaming consoles. It is loosely based on the film and was released on March 23, 2010.
Super Star Kartz video game was released by Activision on November 15, 2011, [45] for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo
Wii, Nintendo DS, and Nintendo 3DS. The game features 14 different characters from DreamWorks' films - How to Train
Your Dragon, Madagascar, Shrek, and Monsters vs. Aliens.[46]
Dragons: TapDragonDrop, a mobile video game, developed by PikPok, was released on May 3, 2012, on App Store for
iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.[47]
Dragons: Wild Skies, a 3D virtual world game based on the television seriesDreamWorks Dragons has been launched on
August 27, 2012, on CartoonNetwork.com.[48] The game allows players to find, train and ride wild dragons, including new
ones as they are introduced in the series.[49]
School of Dragons, a 3D educational massively multiplayer online role-playing gameproduced by JumpStart, was released
online in July 2013,[50] after a month-long beta testing.[51] A Facebook version was released in October 2013, followed by
an iPad app in December 2013, and a version forAndroid-powered tablets in March 2014.[50] In the game, each player is
able to adopt, raise and train a dragon, while learning how they function.[51]

Dragons Adventure, an augmented reality game, was released in November 2013, exclusively forNokia Lumia 2520.[52]
Dragons: Rise of Berk is a free game which allows players to build their own Berk village, send Hiccup andoothless
T out on
exploration, hatch and collect up to 30 dragons and train their own dragon at the academy. Developed by Ludia, it was
released in May 2014 for iOS,[53] and on June 20, 2014, forAndroid and Facebook.[54]
How to Train Your Dragon 2, an action adventure game, was released in June 2014 for Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U
and PlayStation 3.[55] The game was published by Little Orbit.

Live performance

Ice show
A Broadway-style production namedHow To Train Your Dragon ON ICE is currently on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas.[56]

Arena show
How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacularor How To Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular is
an arena show adaptation of the feature film How to Train Your Dragon.[57] The show is being
produced in partnership withGlobal Creatures, the company behind another arena show Walking
with Dinosaurs - The Arena Spectacular, and directed by Nigel Jamieson. The score was
composed by John Powell and Jnsi from Sigur Rs. Arena Spectacular features 24 animatronic
dragons - 10 different species in various sizes: Nadder, Gronckle, Monstrous Nightmare, Night
Fury (Toothless), Red Death, Skrill, Stinger, Kite Dragon, Zippleback and Egg Biter. It also
features villagers and Vikings, including Hiccup (Rarmian Newton/Riley Miner), Astrid (Sarah Hiccup and a mechanical model
of Toothless at How to Train Your
gan), and Gobber (Will Watkins).[58][59]
McCreanor/Gemma Nguyen), Stoick (Robert Mor
Dragon Live Spectacular
The show premiered as How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular on March 3, 2012, in
Melbourne, Australia,[60] and was followed by a New Zealand tour in April 2012.[61] Renamed
to How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular, it toured United States and Canada between June 2012 and January 2013,[59] when it was
[62][63]
cancelled in favour of taking the show to China where it premiered in July 2014.

Reception

Box office performance

Earning over a billion dollars,How to Train Your Dragon is the tenth highest-grossing animated franchise.
 Box office gross Box office ranking
All time Budget
Film Release date North Other All time Ref(s)
Worldwide North (millions)
America territories worldwide
America
How to
Train [64]
March 26, 2010 $217,581,231 $277,297,528 $494,878,759 #140 #160 $165
Your
Dragon
How to
Train
Your June 13, 2014 $177,002,924 $444,534,595 $621,537,519 #224 #109 $145 [65][66]
Dragon
2

Total $394,584,155 $721,832,123 $1,116,416,278 $310 [67]

Critical and public response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore

How to Train Your Dragon 98% (202 reviews)[68] 74 (33 reviews)[69] A[70]

How to Train Your Dragon 2 92% (165 reviews)[71] 76 (39 reviews)[72] A[70]

Production

Cast
 Television
Theatrical films Short films
series
Legend of
How to How to Dawn of the
Characters the Gift of the Book of
Train Your Train Your Dragon Dragons
Boneknapper Night Fury Dragons
Dragon Dragon 2 Racers
Dragon
2010 2014 2010 2011 2014 2012 - present

Hiccup
Horrendous Jay Baruchel
Haddock III
Astrid
America Ferrera
Hofferson
Fishlegs
Christopher Mintz-Plasse
Ingerman
Snotlout
Jonah Hill Zack Pearlman
Jorgenson
Tuffnut
T. J. Miller T. J. Miller
Thorston
Julie Marcus
(season 1)
Ruffnut Andree
Kristen Wiig Andree
Thorston Vermeulen
Vermeulen
(season 2
onwards)
Stoick the
Gerard Butler Nolan North
Vast
Gobber The
Craig Ferguson Chris Edgerly
Belch
David David
Spitelout
Tennant Tennant
Cate
Valka
Blanchett
Drago Djimon
Bludvist Hounsou
Kit
Eret
Harington
Alvin the
Mark Hamill
Treacherous
Dagur the David
Deranged Faustino
Stephen
Mildew
Root
Mulch Tim Conway
Mae
Heather
Whitman
Ryker
JB Blanc
Grimborn
Viggo Alfred
Grimborn Molina

Note: A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.

Crew
 Film
Role How to Train Your Dragon How to Train Your Dragon 2 How to Train Your Dragon 3
(2010) (2014) (2019)
Chris Sanders
Director(s) Dean DeBlois
Dean DeBlois
Producer Bonnie Arnold
Will Davies
Writer(s) Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois
Dean DeBlois
Composer John Powell
Darren T. Holmes
Editor(s) John K. Carr
Maryann Brandon

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