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horses and hawks so that he can fulfill his promise which stated that if humans didn't change by the time he died, dragons would have to go into hibernation. Hiccup also instructed Fishlegs to perpetuate that the whole story was just a myth. DreamWorks Animation released on 26 March 2010 a computer-animated film adaptation "How to Train Your Dragon", directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, the directors of "Lilo & Stitch". The film features Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast, Hiccup's father, Craig Ferguson as Gobber the Belch, and Jay Baruchel as Hiccup. The film proved to be a
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How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is an upcoming American computer-animated action fantasy film loosely based on the book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. A sequel to 2010's "How to Train Your Dragon" and 2014's "How to Train Your Dragon 2", it is the third and final installment in the "How to Train Your Dragon" trilogy. Written and directed by Dean DeBlois, the film stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill,
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How to Train Your Dragon 2 How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated action fantasy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox, loosely based on the British book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell. It is the sequel to the 2010 computer-animated film "How to Train Your Dragon" and the second installment in the trilogy. The film is written and directed by Dean DeBlois, and stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T. J. Miller, and Kristen Wiig, with the
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first film featuring 24 animatronic dragons, acrobats and projections. It premiered on March 2, 2012, in Melbourne, Australia. How to Train Your Dragon (film) How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated action fantasy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Loosely based on the 2003 book by Cressida Cowell, the film was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, the duo who wrote and directed Walt Disney Animation Studios' 2002 film "Lilo & Stitch". It stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T. J. Miller, Kristen
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How to Train Your Dragon (film) How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated action fantasy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Loosely based on the 2003 book by Cressida Cowell, the film was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, the duo who wrote and directed Walt Disney Animation Studios' 2002 film "Lilo & Stitch". It stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T. J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse. The story takes place in a mythical Viking world where a young Viking teenager
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Animation Pierre Olivier Vincent - "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation Fred Gonzales - "T.U.F.F. Puppy" – Nickelodeon Tom Owens - "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation Jay Baruchel as Hiccup - "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation James Hong as Mr. Ping - "Kung Fu Panda Holiday" - DreamWorks Animation Geoff Johns, Matthew Beans, Zeb Wells, Hugh Sterbakov, Matthew Senreich, Breckin Meyer, Seth Green, Mike Fasolo, Douglas Goldstein, Tom Root, Dan Milano, Kevin Shinick & Hugh Davidson - "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III" – ShadowMachine William Davies, Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders -
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Dragon 2". It was released on DVD separately on March 3, 2015, and it also includes "Book of Dragons" and "Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon". It was directed by John Sanford and Elaine Bogan, and it features the voices of Jay Baruchel and America Ferrera 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 friends for the first title of Dragon Racing Champion of Berk. A Broadway-style production named "How To Train Your Dragon ON ICE" is currently on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the
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horses and hawks so that he can fulfill his promise which stated that if humans didn't change by the time he died, dragons would have to go into hibernation. Hiccup also instructed Fishlegs to perpetuate that the whole story was just a myth. DreamWorks Animation released on 26 March 2010 a computer-animated film adaptation "How to Train Your Dragon", directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, the directors of "Lilo & Stitch". The film features Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast, Hiccup's father, Craig Ferguson as Gobber the Belch, and Jay Baruchel as Hiccup. The film proved to be a
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released on May 27, 2014. DreamWorks Dragons DreamWorks Dragons is an American computer-animated television series based on the 2010 film "How to Train Your Dragon". The series serves as a bridge between the first film and its 2014 sequel. Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and David Tennant reprise their voice-acting roles from "How to Train Your Dragon". New cast members include Julie Marcus and Andree Vermeulen as Ruffnut (previously voiced by Kristen Wiig), Zack Pearlman as Snotlout (previously voiced by Jonah Hill), Chris Edgerly as Gobber the Belch (previously voiced by Craig Ferguson), and Nolan North as
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DreamWorks Dragons DreamWorks Dragons is an American computer-animated television series based on the 2010 film "How to Train Your Dragon". The series serves as a bridge between the first film and its 2014 sequel. Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and David Tennant reprise their voice-acting roles from "How to Train Your Dragon". New cast members include Julie Marcus and Andree Vermeulen as Ruffnut (previously voiced by Kristen Wiig), Zack Pearlman as Snotlout (previously voiced by Jonah Hill), Chris Edgerly as Gobber the Belch (previously voiced by Craig Ferguson), and Nolan North as Stoick the Vast (previously voiced
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was transferred to an entire species of small and flammable dragons in the films. Several audio CDs, have also been made to accompany "How To Train Your Dragon", made by Cressida Cowell and narrated by Scottish actor David Tennant, who also plays the voice of Spitelout, Snotlout's father, in the films and as well as in DreamWorks Dragons as well as the voice of the food-stealing creature of a dusty road in Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's "The Highway Rat". How to Train Your Dragon How to Train Your Dragon is a series of twelve children's books, written by British
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is the tenth highest-grossing animated franchise. How to Train Your Dragon (franchise) The How to Train Your Dragon franchise from DreamWorks Animation consists of two feature films "How to Train Your Dragon" (2010) and "How to Train Your Dragon 2" (2014), with a third and final feature film, "", set for a 2019 release. The franchise is inspired by the British book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell. The franchise also consists of four short films: "Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon" (2011), "Book of Dragons" (2012), "Gift of the Night Fury" (2012) and "Dawn of the Dragon Racers"
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How to Train Your Dragon (franchise) The How to Train Your Dragon franchise from DreamWorks Animation consists of two feature films "How to Train Your Dragon" (2010) and "How to Train Your Dragon 2" (2014), with a third and final feature film, "", set for a 2019 release. The franchise is inspired by the British book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell. The franchise also consists of four short films: "Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon" (2011), "Book of Dragons" (2012), "Gift of the Night Fury" (2012) and "Dawn of the Dragon Racers" (2014). A television series following the
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over the slot of "The Turning", a live-action DreamWorks film. On May 31, 2018, the first poster was released and the first official trailer premiered on June 7. The second trailer was released online on October 25, 2018. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is an upcoming American computer-animated action fantasy film loosely based on the book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Universal Pictures. A sequel to 2010's "How to Train Your Dragon" and 2014's "How to Train Your Dragon
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- "Kung Fu Panda Holiday" - DreamWorks Animation Gabe Hordos - "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation Ryan Page - "Alice in Wonderland" Ernie Gilbert - "T.U.F.F. Puppy" – Nickelodeon Nico Marlet - "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation Tim Johnson - "Kung Fu Panda Holiday" - DreamWorks Animation Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois - "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nick Carr and Tuck Tucker - "SpongeBob SquarePants" – Nickelodeon John Powell - "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation Richie Sacilioc - "Kung Fu Panda Holiday" - DreamWorks
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Seas. "How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular" or "How To Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular" is an arena show adaptation of the feature film "How to Train Your Dragon". The show is being produced in partnership with Global 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 Jónsi from Sigur Rós. "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.
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It also features villagers and Vikings, including Hiccup (Rarmian Newton/Riley Miner), Astrid (Sarah McCreanor/Gemma Nguyen), Stoick (Robert Morgan), and Gobber (Will Watkins). The show premiered as "How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular" on March 3, 2012, in Melbourne, Australia, and was followed by a New Zealand tour in April 2012. Renamed to "How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular", it toured United States and Canada between June 2012 and January 2013, when it was cancelled in favour of taking the show to China where it premiered in July 2014. Earning over a billion dollars, "How to Train Your Dragon"
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returning. Cate Blanchett and Kit Harington will also reprise their roles as Valka and Eret, respectively, from the second film. F. Murray Abraham had joined the cast as the film's main villain, named Grimmel. How to Train Your Dragon 2 How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated action fantasy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox, loosely based on the British book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell. It is the sequel to the 2010 computer-animated film "How to Train Your Dragon" and the second installment in the trilogy.
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with $752.6 million, "Tangled" with $576.6 million, and "Despicable Me" with $543.1 million and the 10th-highest-grossing movie of 2010. , the "How to Train Your Dragon" series has grossed over $1 billion worldwide. "How to Train Your Dragon" received critical acclaim upon its release. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 98% of critics gave the film a positive review, based on 205 reviews from professional critics, with an overall rating average of 7.9/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Boasting dazzling animation, a script with surprising dramatic depth, and thrilling 3-D sequences, "How to Train Your Dragon" soars." The film is
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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". 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. A 25-minute 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
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Me on a Stealth Dragon Big-Boobied Bertha had stolen from Madguts the Murderous, the Chief of the Murderous Tribe, for the bet with Stoick, to visit the Meathead Public Library. With the help of Stormfly, Camicazi's dragon, they find the copy of "How to Train Your Dragon", though it is a second edition. The Hairy Scary Librarian catches them stealing the book and fights with Camicazi and Hiccup. Fishlegs throws a book at the Hairy Scary Librarian. However, Stormfly is knocked out in the process, and awakens with no memory of who she is, and how did she get in.
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"How to Train Your Dragon" – DreamWorks Animation 38th Annie Awards The 38th Annual Annie Awards honoring the best in animation of 2010 was held February 5, 2011 at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. DreamWorks Animation's "How to Train Your Dragon" was the big winner winning 10 out of its 15 nominations, sparking a big controversy. How to Train Your Dragon – DreamWorks Animation "Day & Night" – Disney/Pixar Children's Medical Center - DUCK Studios "Futurama" - The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Television"" "SpongeBob SquarePants" – Nickelodeon "Limbo" – Playdead Brett Miller - "How To
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is genuinely the case here. Usually scores of this length have a fair amount of filler, […] but on "How to Train Your Dragon" every cue has worth." Archie Watt from "MovieCues" said: "I sincerely hope that Powell’s work will be rewarded with an Oscar in 2011. It couldn’t be more deserved—the score is by far the best of the year to date, and I can’t foresee any other score taking that accolade from this masterpiece." Both reviewers named it as the Best Score of the Year. How to Train Your Dragon: Music from the Motion Picture How to Train
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and the novella "How To Train Your Viking" was published as part of World Book Day 2006 and is claimed to be written by the dragon Toothless and translated by Cowell. Both of these titles were published in the US as part of the May 2014 "How to Train Your Dragon Special Edition: With Brand New Short Stories!" paperback movie tie-in edition. A picture book, "Hiccup the Seasick Viking" published in 2000, is not considered a part of the series despite featuring the same character of Hiccup. An illustrative guide to the dragon world, titled "The Incomplete Book of Dragons",
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released separately as a single. A video game based on the film, titled "How to Train Your Dragon 2", was released in June 2014 by Little Orbit. Developed by Torus Games, the game is available for Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U, and PlayStation 3. It allows players to choose various riders and dragons, and enter a dragon flight school, participating in trainings, challenges, and tournaments. The third and final film, "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World", was originally scheduled for release on June 17, 2016, but in September 2014, DreamWorks Animation moved the release date to
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made". "How to Train Your Dragon" was released on single-disc DVD, two-disc double DVD pack and Blu-ray/DVD combo pack in Canada and the United States on Friday, October 15, 2010. Among the features available in the two-disc DVD edition is an original sequel short film, "Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon". , units sold for the DVD stand at more than 6.5 million copies and has grossed $121,663,692. Samsung signed a deal with DreamWorks to gain exclusive distribution rights to a Blu-ray 3D version of the film. The exclusive agreement ended on September 11, 2011, when "How to Train Your Dragon
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to care for a Berserker woman's baby who was supposed to be killed by drifting through the ocean. They lost sight of the baby however, and it drifted to Berk and grew up to be Fishlegs. Hiccup admits he is not this child, and tells them of Fishleg's fate (which was to be sucked into a hole in the ground). He goes to this hole and gets pulled in to it by its inhabitant, a large dragon with an eye on each finger. His dragon instincts tell him that this dragon can't be reasoned with, so Hiccup plays dead long
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and battle against enemies as they explore new worlds. Hiccup has been made head of Berk Dragon Academy. 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. "School of Dragons", a 3D free-to-play MMO, was released on July 17, 2013, at the San Diego Comic-Con. The game is available for PC, Android and iOS. "How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular" is an arena show adaptation of the
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38th Annie Awards The 38th Annual Annie Awards honoring the best in animation of 2010 was held February 5, 2011 at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California. DreamWorks Animation's "How to Train Your Dragon" was the big winner winning 10 out of its 15 nominations, sparking a big controversy. How to Train Your Dragon – DreamWorks Animation "Day & Night" – Disney/Pixar Children's Medical Center - DUCK Studios "Futurama" - The Curiosity Company in association with 20th Century Fox Television"" "SpongeBob SquarePants" – Nickelodeon "Limbo" – Playdead Brett Miller - "How To Train Your Dragon" - DreamWorks Animation David Pate
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"Clash of the Titans" from 2D to 3D, then to release it one week after "How to Train Your Dragon". Entertainment reporter Kim Masters described the 3D release schedule around March 2010 as a "traffic jam", and speculated that the lack of 3D screen availability could hurt Katzenberg's prospects despite his support of the 3D format. In March 2010, theater industry executives accused Paramount of using high-pressure tactics to coerce theaters to screen "How to Train Your Dragon" rather than the competing 3D releases, "Clash of the Titans" and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland". As theater multiplexes often had just
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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." Dean 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 become much more crucial to the story by the third." DeBlois said in an interview that the third part will
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film is the second-highest-grossing animated film of 2014, behind "Big Hero 6", and the twelfth-highest-grossing film of the year in any genre. While "How to Train Your Dragon 2" only earned $177 million at the US box office, compared to $217 million for its predecessor, it performed much better at the international box office, earning $438 million to "How to Train Your Dragon"'s $277 million. Calculating in all expenses, "Deadline Hollywood" estimated that the film made a profit of $107.3 million. In the United States and Canada, the film earned $18.5 million on its opening day, and opened at number
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one 3D screen, theaters were unable to accommodate more than one 3D presentation at a time. "How to Train Your Dragon" topped the North American box office with $43.7 million in its first weekend of release. The film grossed $217,581,231 in the United States and Canada and $277,297,528 in foreign countries with a worldwide total of $494,878,759. "How to Train Your Dragon" is DreamWorks Animation's highest-grossing film in the American and Canadian box office other than the "Shrek" films. It is the fifth-highest-grossing animated film of 2010 with $494.8 million, behind "Toy Story 3" with $1,063.2 million, "Shrek Forever After"
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The Third and his father, Stoick the Vast. The first book in the series, following Hiccup as he captures a dragon as a rite of passage and attempts to train him so that he will not be exiled from Berk, as its tradition. Led by Gobber the Belch, Hiccup manages to catch a small dragon, whom he names Toothless, and attempts to train it through his own methods, when the "How To Train Your Dragon" book was found to have only one page and therefore unhelpful. During the final part of the rite of passage Toothless offends another dragon and
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How to Train Your Dragon How to Train Your Dragon is a series of twelve children's books, written by British author Cressida Cowell. The books are set in a fictional Viking world and focus on the experiences of protagonist Hiccup as he overcomes great obstacles on his journey of Becoming a Hero, the Hard Way. The books were published by Hodder Children's Books in the UK and by Little, Brown and Company in the US. The first book was published in 2003 and the last one in 2015. As of 2015, the series has sold more than seven million copies
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Serpent's Heir" in 2016. 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. 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. "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 inspired
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remembers that Gobber has stolen the "How to Train Your Dragon" manual from the Meathead Library under the nose of the Hairy Scary Librarian. Stoick tells Hiccup that if Toothless does one more thing like this, he will banish him, and goes off to find the book. Toothless guiltily reveals that he also burned the copy of "How To Train Your Dragon". Camicazi suggests that they can go to the Meathead Library, and supposedly there might be another copy of the book, and get back home "in time for tea". Hiccup, Camicazi and Fishlegs go to the Island of Forget
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he co-wrote the song "Where No One Goes" for the film "How to Train Your Dragon 2" with the film's composer John Powell. He also co-wrote the melody for "For The Dancing and Dreaming" for "How to Train Your Dragon 2". He also wrote a rough-demo (entitled "Mama's Boy") for "How to Train Your Dragon 2" that was eventually replaced by "Flying With Mother". Jonsi's song "Grow Till Tall" was used by the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps in their 2017 competitive program, "Jagged Line." It was also featured in the trailer for the upcoming third installment of the Divergent
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to recommend it at full retail price." "IGN" gave the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions a score of 4.6. How to Train Your Dragon (video game) How to Train Your Dragon is an action-adventure game based upon the film of the same name. It was developed by Etranges Libellules and Griptonite Games, and released by Activision on March 23, 2010, for the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo DS. The game enables players to create their own dragons and move through a series of levels, or to fight amongst friends. It has received generally mixed reviews from
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How to Train Your Dragon (video game) How to Train Your Dragon is an action-adventure game based upon the film of the same name. It was developed by Etranges Libellules and Griptonite Games, and released by Activision on March 23, 2010, for the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo DS. The game enables players to create their own dragons and move through a series of levels, or to fight amongst friends. It has received generally mixed reviews from critics. The game takes place a year after the movie's ending. After defeating the Red Death, as a form of
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How to Train Your Dragon: Music from the Motion Picture How to Train Your Dragon: Music from the Motion Picture is a soundtrack album composed by John Powell for the film of the same name and released by Varèse Sarabande on March 23, 2010. The score earned Powell his first Academy Award nomination and his third BAFTA nomination, which he lost to "The Social Network" and "The King's Speech", respectively. The score also won the International Film Music Critics Association 2011 Awards for Best Original Score for an Animated Feature and Film Score of the Year, and was nominated twice
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- 3D" was released in a two-disc Blu-ray combo pack. It was re-released by Paramount Home Entertainment on Blu-ray and DVD on May 27, 2014. How to Train Your Dragon wlll be released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on January 22, 2019 this mark's DreamWorks first 4K Blu-ray reissue on the format. A sequel, "How to Train Your Dragon 2", was confirmed on April 27, 2010. The film was directed and written by Dean DeBlois, the co-director of the first film. Bonnie Arnold, the producer of the first film, also returned. The film was released on June 13, 2014 by 20th
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by 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. A sequel, "How to Train Your Dragon 2", was confirmed on
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on October 21, 2014, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 11, 2014. The Blu-ray combo pack and digital release is accompanied by a new animated short film "Dawn of the Dragon Racers", in which Hiccup and friends compete to become the first Dragon Racing Champion of Berk. A double DVD pack with the film and "Dawn of the Dragon Racers" was released exclusively at Walmart stores. , 7.5 million home entertainment units have been sold worldwide. How to Train Your Dragon 2 will be released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on January 22 2019 along with the predecessor
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for only a few minutes, but his voice was heard in almost every scene as the character who videotaped most of the events depicted. In 2009, he played Cessna Jim in "" and the dim-witted grindcore musician Rory in Mike Judge's comedy "Extract". In 2010, he co-starred in "She's Out of My League" as Stainer, played Brian the Concierge in "Get Him to the Greek" and appeared in a supporting role in the film "Unstoppable". He voiced the character ‘Tuffnut’ in the Oscar-nominated animated films "How to Train Your Dragon" and "How to Train Your Dragon 2". He also played
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a fight ensues between all the dragons. As this is seen as failure to train the dragons correctly, the boys are exiled, allowed to stay one night while a storm rages. During the storm, three Sea Dragons are washed up on the shore of the island and one seems a threat to the Vikings. Hiccup is chosen to negotiate with the dragon, who has eaten one of the other dragons. However, the dragon, who calls himself the Green Death, says he is going to kill all the Vikings. While the village elders argue over how to attack the Green Death,
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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. 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" is an 18-minute
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to Train Your Dragon", "How to Train Your Dragon 2", "Peanuts", "Horton Hears a Who!", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Bee Movie", "Monsters vs. Aliens", "", "Kung Fu Panda", "Bolt", "", "Transformers", and others. Animation Mentor Animation Mentor is an online animation school that teaches students character animation skills. Headquartered in Emeryville, California, the school offers a 6 core animation courses in addition to Creatures and Maya Workshops where students are taught by “mentors,” experienced animators who are professionals working in the animation industry. Animation Mentor is a distance learning school at which animation professionals teach character animation to students in
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Saturn Award for Best Actor and a win for MTV Movie Award for Best Fight. In the 2010s, he voiced the role of Stoick the Vast in the animated action-fantasy film "How to Train Your Dragon", a role he later reprised in "Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon" (2010), "Gift of the Night Fury" (2011), and "How to Train Your Dragon 2" (2014). He played military leader Tullus Aufidius in the 2011 film "Coriolanus", a modernized adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name. He also played Sam Childers in the 2011 action biopic "Machine Gun Preacher". Gerard James Butler was
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dragon eats all the Exterminators, including the one Alvin is riding, swallowing Alvin (again, Hiccup thinks he's dead) and the dragon dives back into the lava. Hiccup and his riding dragon, Windwalker, run down the island away from lava and fall into the sea. Hiccup's father and others rescue him and everything works out well. In the epilogue, Hiccup tells us that Windwalker turns out to be his faithful flying dragon. The sixth book in the series is the only one not to have "How to" in its title. But it is also named "How not to Celebrate your Birthday".
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as chief, Hiccup and Toothless are forced to leave the only home they know. As they travel to a hidden world thought to only exist in myth, both dragon and rider will fight together to the very end to protect everything they love. In December 2010, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg announced 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." Dean DeBlois, the writer and director of the second and the third film, said
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Hiccup, the boys and their dragons start a fight between the Green Death and the other sea dragon, the Purple Death, resulting in Hiccup nearly being swallowed and having to be rescued by Toothless, killing both sea dragons in the process. Hiccup and Toothless become heroes because of their bravery. The sequel to "How to Train Your Dragon" starts during a Sword-Fighting-at-Sea lesson during a storm, but Hiccup is quite bad at sword-fighting. The fight is cut off as the boat tips over and is holed by an object, a coffin, upon which Hiccup rides back to the Isle of
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"RocknRolla" with Idris Elba, Butler took the lead in several 2009 films including the romantic comedy "The Ugly Truth" with Katherine Heigl and the thriller "Law Abiding Citizen" with Jamie Foxx. In 2010, Butler voiced the role of Stoick the Vast in the animated action-fantasy film "How to Train Your Dragon", a role he later reprised in "Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon" (2010), "Gift of the Night Fury" (2011) and "How to Train Your Dragon 2" (2014). He played military leader Tullus Aufidius in the 2011 film "Coriolanus", the modernised adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name. He also
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Animated Feature, in addition to the first film's nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. 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. The comics were written by Simon Furman and drawn by Iwan Nazif. Other volumes are "Dangers of the Deep" (2014), "The Ice Castle" (2015), "The Stowaway" (2015), "The Legend of Ragnarok" (2015), and "Underworld" (2015). Dark Horse Comics have released a series of graphic novels based on the franchise, starting with "How to Train Your Dragon: The
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released in the last nine years." "Entertainment Weekly" film critic Owen Gleiberman praised the film giving it an A- and wrote, ""How to Train Your Dragon" rouses you in conventional ways, but it's also the rare animated film that uses 3-D for its breathtaking spatial and emotional possibilities." "ViewLondon"s Mathew Turner gave the film 4/5 stars, calling it, "beautifully animated and superbly written", and praised the voice cast, humor, and action. Matt Risley of "Variety" gave the film a perfect score of 5/5 stars, hailing it as, "undoubtedly Dreamworks' best film yet, and quite probably the best dragon movie ever
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be to go through the hole. Hiccup takes back the second edition of "How to Train Your Dragon" to the Isle of Berk. Meanwhile, Madguts tracks down the Stealth Dragon and it leads him to the Isle of Forget Me. They find that it has gone to the Isle of Berk and go there. On the Isle of Berk, both Stoick and Bertha find the stolen things they have got for the bet are missing. The Hairy Scary Librarian arrives and shoots Stoick with a Northbow but Hiccup's handwritten book saves Stoick's life and Hiccup, Fishlegs, and Camicazi come from
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Universal Kids on September 9, 2017. "Dragons: Race to the Edge" was renewed for a sixth and final season which was released on February 16, 2018. Taking place between "How to Train Your Dragon" and "How to Train Your Dragon 2", "DreamWorks Dragons" follows Hiccup as he tries to keep balance within the new cohabitation of Dragons and Vikings. Alongside keeping up with Berk's newest installment—A Dragon Training Academy—Hiccup, Toothless, and the rest of the Viking Teens are put to the test when they are faced with new worlds harsher than Berk, new dragons that can't all be trained, and
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many of its live-action counterparts, "Dragon" delivers. And good thing, too, since DWA desperately needs another toon to cross the half-billion-dollar threshold." Elizabeth Weitzman of the "New York Daily News" gave the film three out of five stars, saying 'It's the unflinching edge that gives the film its unexpected depth'." Jocelyn Noveck of the Associated Press gave the film three out of four stars, saying ""How to Train Your Dragon 2" doesn't play it safe, and that's why it's the rare sequel that doesn't feel somewhat stale." Lou Lumenick of the "New York Post" gave the film three out of
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resounding critical and box office success, and became a major media franchise for DreamWorks Animation including a 2014 feature film sequel "How to Train Your Dragon 2", with Dean DeBlois directing it. The plot of the film is almost completely different from the first book in the series. The greatest change is how the Vikings in the book have the custom of capturing and training in combat against dragons even before the story begins – but in the film, they are fighting a fierce war against the dragons and only switch to training them after Hiccup shows that this can
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Today" gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Nearly as exuberant as the original, "How to Train Your Dragon 2" nimbly avoids sequel-itis." Colin Covert of the "Star Tribune" gave the film four out of four stars, saying "The impressive part is the storytelling confidence of writer/director Dean DeBlois. He has created a thoughtful tale as meaningful for grown-ups as it is pleasurable for its young primary audience." Stephanie Merry of "The Washington Post" gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "This may be the first and last time anyone says this, but if "How to
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include: the conclusion to the Toy Story franchise, "Toy Story 3" (2010), "Tangled" (2010), "Despicable Me" (2010), and "How to Train Your Dragon" (2010). The year 2011 contained the sequels "Kung Fu Panda 2" and "Cars 2", as well as "The Smurfs". The next two years would see other successful family/children's films, such as "" (2012), "" (2012), "Frozen" (2013), "Despicable Me 2" (2013), and "Monsters University" (2013). In 2014, there were 3 very successful family films: "The Lego Movie", "Rio 2", and "How to Train Your Dragon 2". In 2015, there were a few very popular films: Disney's live-action
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show for a year, as a presenter on the Real Radio radio station. He works regularly with Blizzard Entertainment voicing King Magni Bronzebeard in World of Warcraft and Hearthstone and also as the voice of Sully 'The Pickle' McLeary in Kieron Elliott Kieron Elliott is a Scottish actor, TV host, and voice-over actor. Works include voicing Hoark the Haggard in the Dreamworks’ animated blockbusters "How to Train Your Dragon" and How to Train your Dragon 2 , an appearance in the eighth episode of "" and as a host of the show's "Aftermath", a recurring role on the BBC drama
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sketchbook containing some of his personal works. Nico Marlet Nicolas "Nico" Marlet is a French-American animation artist, character designer and skilled drummer. He is well known for his character design work in the Dreamworks films "Kung Fu Panda" and "How to Train Your Dragon", although early in his career he worked on Disney television shows such as "TaleSpin" and "DuckTales". He also worked on an unproduced animated version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats". His work has appeared in several "art of" books, including "The Art of Kung Fu Panda", "The Art of How to Train Your Dragon", "The Art of
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Nico Marlet Nicolas "Nico" Marlet is a French-American animation artist, character designer and skilled drummer. He is well known for his character design work in the Dreamworks films "Kung Fu Panda" and "How to Train Your Dragon", although early in his career he worked on Disney television shows such as "TaleSpin" and "DuckTales". He also worked on an unproduced animated version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Cats". His work has appeared in several "art of" books, including "The Art of Kung Fu Panda", "The Art of How to Train Your Dragon", "The Art of Bee Movie", and his own limited edition
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Kieron Elliott Kieron Elliott is a Scottish actor, TV host, and voice-over actor. Works include voicing Hoark the Haggard in the Dreamworks’ animated blockbusters "How to Train Your Dragon" and How to Train your Dragon 2 , an appearance in the eighth episode of "" and as a host of the show's "Aftermath", a recurring role on the BBC drama "River City", serving as a BBC Three continuity announcer, as co-host of the UK karaoke style panel game show "Night Fever", helping launch the UK’s first Classic Rock station on FM in 2007 96.3 Rock Radio and hosting the breakfast
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a chance to try some new things with it." On September 24, 2008, it was reported that Sanders and DeBlois would be screenwriting and directing "How to Train Your Dragon" for DreamWorks Animation. The film was released on March 26, 2010 and was well received by critics. It grossed nearly $500 million worldwide. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score at the 83rd Academy Awards. The movie also won ten Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature. After completing "How to Train Your Dragon", Chris returned to "The Croods", which was released on
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Oz". He also spent a year writing on DreamWorks Animation's "How to Train Your Dragon", before moving over to write "" as well as the 2011 "How to Train Your Dragon" Christmas special, "Gift of the Night Fury". He is currently adapting the graphic novel "Seal Team 7" for director Shawn Levy, and bringing the book "Simon Bloom: Gravity Keeper" to the screen for Walden Media. Goldberg has also produced several movies, including "The Comebacks" (Fox), "Daddy Day Camp" (Columbia), "Bobism" (MGM), "Jeff the Immortal" (Universal) and a remake of "Night of the Living Dorks" (Warner Bros.) On the television
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the film's main villain. In April 17, 2018, DreamWorks confirmed that the sequel's title has changed to "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World". In June 2018, they released the first trailer for the third movie. In September 2018, DreamWorks moved the film's release date up to February 22, 2019. 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
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Drago redeemed by the film's end, but halfway through development, Steven Spielberg convinced DeBlois that the story of Drago's redemption required more screen time that they could not provide, causing his inclusion to be scrapped. On April 17, 2018, DreamWorks Animation announced that the sequel's title has changed to "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World". In September 2012, 20th Century Fox, the studio's then-distributor partner, and DreamWorks Animation announced the release date for June 18, 2016, which was later changed to June 17, 2016. In September 2014, the film's release date was moved to June 9, 2017. DeBlois
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2015, will feature themes based on "Shrek", "Madagascar", "How to Train Your Dragon", "Kung Fu Panda", and "Turbo". In May 2013, DreamWorks signed a licensing agreement with Sands China to bring its cast of animated characters to Sands Cotai Central in Macau. The resorts will present a series of performances, parades, dining experiences, meet-and-greets and photo opportunities highlighting characters such as Po from "Kung Fu Panda"; Shrek, Fiona and Puss in Boots from "Shrek"; Alex the Lion, King Julien and the Penguins from "Madagascar" and Toothless and Hiccup from "How to Train Your Dragon". Below is a list of all
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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 become much more crucial to the story by the third." DeBlois said in an interview that the third part will be released in 2016. 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"). The
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its dragons can defend it. After the success of the first film, the sequel was announced on April 27, 2010. ""How to Train Your Dragon" … has become DreamWorks Animation's next franchise. We plan to release the sequel theatrically in 2013," said Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks Animation's CEO. It was later revealed that DeBlois had started drafting the outline for a sequel in February 2010 at Skywalker Ranch, during the final sound mix of the first film. The film was originally scheduled for release on June 20, 2014, but in August 2013 the release date was moved forward one week to
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The Hogfly, in turn, accidentally wakes up the nearby Rebellion dragons. They all flee from the Rebellion dragons (joined by the dragon Furious) to their secret hideout, hiding as Furious and the dragons search for them. However, Alvin's Spydragons kidnap Camicazi so Snotlout brings them on a rescue mission to save her. When escaping from the Alvinsmen, Snotlout changes clothes with Hiccup to provide a diversion. Snotlout is shot down, and killed. Therefore, everyone thinks Hiccup is dead, though he survived, but he is left unconscious on a beach. The twelfth and final book in the How to Train Your
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both nominations to Alexandre Desplat for his score for "The King's Speech", and to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for their score for "The Social Network", respectively. The music also won an Annie Award for the Best Music in a Feature Production from the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood. Christian Clemmensen, founder of "Filmtracks.com" and member of the IFMCA, praised the score, saying that "Powell has finally managed to create a well rounded and more easily digestible variation on his typical mannerisms for "How to Train Your Dragon"." He however criticized the use of Scottish and Irish tones in a
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his first Academy Award nomination for his work on the film, ultimately losing to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for their score for "The Social Network". "How to Train Your Dragon" had its United States premiere on March 21, 2010, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. It was theatrically released on March 26, 2010, in the United States. The film was digitally re-mastered into IMAX 3D, and released to 186 North American IMAX theatres, and approximately 80 IMAX theatres outside North America. A month before the release, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg protested Warner Bros.' decision to convert
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the project as time went on, and when DreamWorks Animation co-president of production Bill Damaschke asked her what she wanted to work on next, she chose "How to Train Your Dragon". In initial development, the plot followed the original novel closely, but about halfway through production Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, the writer-directors of Disney's "Lilo & Stitch", took over as co-directors and it was altered. The original plot was described as, "heavily loyal to the book", but was regarded as being too "sweet" and "whimsical" as well as geared towards a too-young demographic, according to Baruchel. In the novel,
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500 people had worked on the film at DreamWorks Animation's headquarters in Glendale, as well as its branch offices at PDI/DreamWorks in Redwood City and DreamWorks India in Bangalore. The film was screened out of competition on May 16, 2014 at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. In the United States, the film premiered on June 8, 2014, at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, and was theatrically released on June 13, 2014. The film was also digitally remastered into IMAX 3D and released to international theaters on June 13, 2014. "How to Train Your Dragon 2" was released digitally
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that "if you set an animated film in a place you want to visit, there's a chance you might get to go there." He had wanted to visit Svalbard for some time, after learning of its stark beauty from a couple of backpackers he met during earlier visits to Iceland to work with post-rock band Sigur Rós on the 2007 documentary film "Heima". Over the five years before the film's release, DreamWorks Animation had substantially over-hauled its production workflow and animation software. "How to Train Your Dragon 2" was the first DreamWorks Animation film that used "scalable multicore processing", developed
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entire voice cast from the first film returned, and Cate Blanchett and Djimon Hounsou signed on to voice Valka and Drago, respectively. DeBlois and his creative team visited Norway and Svalbard to give them ideas for the setting. Composer John Powell returned to score the film. "How to Train Your Dragon 2" benefited from advances in animation technology and was DreamWorks' first film to use scalable multicore processing and the studio's new animation and lighting software. The film was released on June 13, 2014, and like its predecessor, received wide acclaim. Critics praised the film for its animation, voice acting,
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Book of Dragons Book of Dragons is a computer-animated/2D-animated short film based on the "How to Train Your Dragon" franchise. It was produced by DreamWorks Animation and directed by Steve Hickner. The short was released on November 15, 2011, on DVD and Blu-ray, along with "Gift of the Night Fury", another short film based on the "Dragons". Happening after the events in "How to Train Your Dragon", the short shows Hiccup, Astrid, Fishlegs, Toothless and Gobber telling the legend behind the Book of Dragons with the misadventures of its author, Bork the Bold. In addition to Bork's discoveries, the young
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Fishlegs in the animated sequel "How to Train Your Dragon 2". (He reprises his role of Fishlegs in the "DreamWorks Dragons" television series, which has been broadcast on Cartoon Network.) In 2015, he starred in the music video of Alison Wonderland's "U Don't Know". Mintz-Plasse played drums for the rock band The Young Rapscallions, which split after eight years in 2015. He then founded the band Bear on Fire, in which he plays bass guitar. Christopher Mintz-Plasse Christopher Mintz-Plasse (; born June 20, 1989) is an American actor, comedian and musician who has performed roles such as McLovin in "Superbad"
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2010, it fell down to number three behind "How To Train Your Dragon" and "Date Night". On Sunday, 2 May 2010, it fell down behind "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "How To Train Your Dragon", "Furry Vengeance", "The Back-Up Plan", "Date Night", "Clash of the Titans" and "The Losers". These numbers for "Kick-Ass"s debut weekend gross included non-weekend earnings, as the film was previewed during the Thursday night prior to its release. The film's final gross in the U.S. was $48,071,303 and $48,117,600 outside of the U.S. with a worldwide gross of $96,188,903. The film was listed among the most
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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", "" 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
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swoop through the air, whoosh down dragons' tails, and "juuust baaaarely" ["sic"] squeeze into small crevices, but still, those experiences are only like being on a really great rollercoaster—they don't mean anything." A.A. Dowd of "The A.V. Club" gave the film a B-, saying "There aren't just more dragons, but more characters, more plot, more everything. The trade-off is that the charm of the original gets a little lost, a casualty of rapid-franchise expansion." "How to Train Your Dragon 2" grossed $177 million in North America, and $441.9 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $618.9 million. The
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of the movie business, about half a dozen that I got paid a fortune for but never got made." His other acting credits in films include "Niagara Motel", "Lenny the Wonder Dog", "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events", "Chain of Fools", "Born Romantic", "The Ugly Truth", "Kick-Ass", and as a voice-over actor, "How to Train Your Dragon", "How to Train Your Dragon 2", "Brave", and "Winnie the Pooh". Ferguson has been touring the United States and Canada with a comedy show since the late 2000s, including a performance at Carnegie Hall on 23 October 2010 and a performance at
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a positive review, saying ""How to Train Your Dragon 2" is soaring, emotionally swooping, utterly satisfying fun." Bob Mondello of NPR gave the film an 8.5 out of 10, saying "It's clear that [director Dean DeBlois] took inspiration from the first "Star Wars" trilogy—not a bad model for breathing new life, and yes, a bit of fire, into one of Hollywood's more nuanced animated franchises." Inkoo Kang of "The Wrap" gave the film a mixed review, saying "If there isn't enough to feel, at least there's a lot to look at. Thanks to the superb 3-D direction by DeBlois, we
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DreamWorks Animation's highest-rated film on the "Rotten Tomatoes" website. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 74 based on 33 reviews from critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend revealed the average grade cinemagoers gave "How to Train Your Dragon" was A on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert of "The Chicago Sun-Times" gave it 3 stars out of 4, stating that: "It devotes a great deal of time to aerial battles between tamed dragons and evil ones, and not much to character or story development. But it's bright, good-looking, and
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common at every animation house, no matter the track record." Stephen Holden of "The New York Times" gave the film a negative review, saying "The story seems to be going somewhere until it comes to a halt with the inevitable showdown between the forces of darkness and the forces of light." Peter Howell of the "Toronto Star" gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Taking its cues as much from "Star Wars" and "Game of Thrones" as from its own storybook narrative, "How to Train Your Dragon 2" breathes fire into a franchise sequel." Claudia Puig of "USA
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to DreamWorks Animation to score "How to Train Your Dragon", making it his sixth collaboration with the studio, following his previous score for "Kung Fu Panda" (which he scored with Hans Zimmer). Powell composed an orchestral score, combining bombastic brass with loud percussion and soothing strings, while also using exotic, Scottish and Irish tones with instruments like the penny whistle and bagpipes. Additionally, Icelandic singer Jónsi wrote and performed the song "Sticks & Stones" for the film. The score was released by Varèse Sarabande on March 23, 2010. Overall, the score was well received by film score critics. Powell earned
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of 47% female and 53% male. Children and Young Adults responded most strongly, with those aged under 25 giving a grade A+. At the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, Peter Debruge of "Variety" praised the film and its ambitions: "The pressures to make a giant four-quadrant monstrosity must be enormous, and yet, like his unflappable hero Hiccup, "How to Train Your Dragon 2" writer-director Dean DeBlois has prevailed, serving up DreamWorks Animation's strongest sequel yet—one that breathes fresh fire into the franchise, instead of merely rehashing the original. Braver than "Brave", more fun than "Frozen", and more emotionally satisfying than so
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not strong points, but loved the cinematography and said, "that swooping and soaring, they are worth the price of a ticket, so go see it." "Village Voice" film critic Ella Taylor gave a more negative review of the film, describing it as an "adequate but unremarkable animated tale". Film critic James Berardinelli of "ReelViews" praised the film and its story, giving it 3.5 out of 4 stars he wrote, "Technically proficient and featuring a witty, intelligent, surprisingly insightful script, "How to Train Your Dragon" comes close to the level of Pixar's recent output while easily exceeding the juvenilia DreamWorks has
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Social Network", respectively. The movie also won ten Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature. A sequel, "How to Train Your Dragon 2", was released on June 13, 2014, with DeBlois writing and directing by himself. Much like its predecessor, the sequel was also universally acclaimed and became a box office success. A second and final sequel, "", is to be released on February 22, 2019. The film's success has also inspired other merchandise, including a video game and a television series. On Berk, a Viking village located on a remote island from which dragons periodically steal livestock, Hiccup, the awkward
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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). "Gift of the
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film.This mark's Dreamworks first 4K UHD Re issue on the format. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a "certified fresh" score of 91% based on reviews from 170 critics, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Exciting, emotionally resonant, and beautifully animated, "How to Train Your Dragon 2" builds on its predecessor's successes just the way a sequel should." Metacritic gave the film a score of 76/100 based on reviews from 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore during the opening weekend gave the film a grade A. Audiences were a mix
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for Film Music Composition of the Year for the tracks "Forbidden Friendship" and "Test Drive". The soundtrack received wide acclaim from professional music critics. "How to Train Your Dragon" was composer John Powell's sixth collaboration with DreamWorks Animation. Powell had scored many of DreamWorks' previous films, but this was the first of DreamWorks' films where Powell helmed the score on his own (on his previous efforts with DreamWorks, he had collaborated with other composers such as Harry Gregson-Williams and Hans Zimmer). Zimmer had long praised Powell's abilities, and on many occasions, asserted that he was the superior composer between them,
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the price of admission — and it has to be, because "Hateship Loveship" doesn't have much else going for it", as part of a mixed overall response. In 2014, she also reprised her role in "How to Train Your Dragon 2", and starred with Bill Hader in Craig Johnson's dramedy "The Skeleton Twins", as estranged twins reuniting with the possibility of mending their relationship. "The Skeleton Twins" was an arthouse success, with the "Globe and Mail" remarking: "Johnson's unfussy direction serves as a fine showcase for the two "SNL" veterans to demonstrate how their comic shorthand plays equally well in
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to Train Your Dragon 2" is its own standalone picture, with a surprising range of emotions that surpasses the original and a brisk pace and manner of storytelling that give it purpose and direction. The fact that it's also so much fun, no matter what your age, almost feels like a bonus." Bill Zwecker of the "Chicago Sun-Times" gave the film four out of four stars, saying "Not only does this second movie match the charm, wit, animation skill and intelligent storytelling of the original, I think it even exceeds it." Lisa Kennedy of "The Denver Post" gave the film
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flies off with Toothless in search of Drago to try to reason with him. They run into a dragon rider named Valka, who is revealed to be Hiccup's long-lost mother. She explains that she, like her son, could not bring herself to kill dragons. After being carried off during a dragon raid, she spent 20 years rescuing dragons from Drago's traps and bringing them to an island nest created out of ice by a gigantic Alpha dragon called a "Bewilderbeast", which is able to control smaller dragons. Stoick tracks Hiccup to the nest, where he discovers that his wife is
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be done. Furthermore, Toothless is completely re-imagined as an injured Night Fury dragon, the rarest, fastest, and most powerful and intelligent breed that is capable of carrying human riders on its back as a flying mount. In the books Toothless is an exceptionally small and exceptionally common dragon who is extremely disobedient. However, Cowell stated in her blog that she felt approvingly that the film remained "true to the spirit and message of the book." Cowell also explained that she felt that the adaptation required a change in plot and characters. A primary character in the films who does not
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appear in the books is Astrid, a fierce Viking girl and Hiccup's love interest. Like Camicazi, Astrid is a highly skilled warrior and fighter who is a close friend of Hiccup's. In the short film "Gift of the Night Fury", it is revealed that Astrid's Deadly Nadder dragon is named Stormfly, which is the name of Camicazi's dragon in the book series. However, Camicazi is from the Bog-Burglars tribe, whereas in the films Astrid is a Hooligan like Hiccup. Fishlegs, who is portrayed as Hiccup's best friend in the series of novels, is merely acknowledged as a friend in the
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eye and all of his hair) told Humongous the thing he must promise to do is to kill Hiccup, stating that Hiccup is a Prince of Darkness and a Devil Child, who will send terror across the Archipelago. After Hotshot finishes his story Hiccup figures out that the woman Humungous is talking about is Hiccup's own mother, who had thought he was dead, and that Terrific Al is really the terrible villain Alvin the Treacherous as Hiccup had guessed. Hiccup, Fishlegs, Hotshot, Camicazi, the White Dragon and the Windwalker, Hiccup's riding dragon travel to Lava-lout Island to put the fire
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