With the live-action movie scheduled for release later this year, theHow to Train Your Dragonfranchise looks to be expanding. Originally debuting in 2010 as an animated DreamWorks movie, loosely based on Cressida Cowell’s books,How to Train Your Dragonfollows a young misfit Viking called Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) as he becomes a renowned dragon rider and expert, flying a Night Fury called Toothless. The 2010 film gained critical acclaim, spawning a movie trilogy, and even led to the creation of spin-off TV shows, games, and short films.
Thelive-actionHow to Train Your Dragonis scheduled for releaseon August 03, 2025, and excitingly marks DreamWorks Animation’s first remake and live-action production. Interestingly, the upcoming film already has a sequel in the works, despite not being released yet, sparking hope for the launch of a wider live-action series ofHow to Train Your Dragonprojects. As a result, we pose four potential movies that could followHow To Train Your Dragon’sremake, transforming them from their original animated format into reality.
4How To Train Your Dragon Is Already Getting A Sequel (But Could Get Plenty More)
The Sequel Could Copy 2014’s How To Train Your Dragon Success
Although the movie has not yet been released,the live-action remake ofHow to Train Your Dragonis already getting a sequel.How to Train Your Dragon 2was confirmedat CinemaCon, where it was revealed that it is scheduled to release in June 2027. Not much information has been released regarding the plot for the second film, but it is speculated to follow the 2014 animated version.
Set five years after the events of the first movie,How to Train Your Dragon 2follows 20-year-old Hiccup as he reunites with his long-lost mother while battling Drago Bludvist, who wants to use a dragon army to conquer the world. The sequel exceeded the 2010 movie’s box office, earning $621.5 million, and was praised for its darker tone.If the live-action version ofHow to Train Your Dragon 2follows the same story, we could see a similar box office trend, which could launch plenty more future projects.
3Dreamworks' Dragons Could Be Adapted For Its Own Movie
Dragons Picks Up Where HTTYD’s Narrative Left Off
Another potential live-action movie which could follow in the wake of theHow to Train Your Dragonremake is DreamWorks’DragonsTV series. With 118 episodes in total,Dragonsaired on Cartoon Network and Netflix between 2010 and 2018 under a variety of different subtitles. However, it isDragon’spremise and place in thetimeline ofHow to Train Your Dragon’smovies and TV showswhich make it a brilliant potential live-action follow-up movie.
Dragons: Race to the Edge
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Set betweenHow to Train Your DragonandHow To Train Your Dragon 2, DreamWorks’Dragonsfollows Hiccup’s struggles in maintaining the newfound cohabitation of Vikings and dragons on Berk. Alongside introducing the Dragon Training Academy, the show also dealt with new worlds, new dragons, and new enemies, previously unseen in the movie. Therefore,Dragonsisa pretty important TV show in terms of establishingHow to Train Your Dragon’slore, and although it lacks a particularly strong narrative at times, a live-action adaptation could tweak the series into a spectacular movie.
2How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Is An Ideal Ending For The Series
The Third How To Train Your Dragon Film Gave An Emotional Ending
If we are getting a live-action remake of bothHow to Train Your Dragonand its sequel, it would make sense to bring thecast back forHow to Train Your Dragon 3. The third andfinal movie in the animated trilogy series was released in 2019 and followed 21-year-old Hiccup seeking a dragon utopia called “Hidden World,”while dealing with the threat of dragon hunter Grimmel the Grisly. The movie earned $540 million at the box office, and, much like the previous films, also had a positive reception.
Dean DeBlois originally stated Drago Bludvist would return for a redemption arc inHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, but DreamWorks co-founder Steven Spielberg convinced DeBlois to scrap his inclusion due to time limits.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden Worldmarked a brilliant finale for the animated trilogy, with Toothless finally encountering a female Light Fury, and Hiccup settling down with Astrid. As a result of the decision to keep the dragons’ home secret to keep them safe, despite the Berkians' attachment to their companions,How to Train Your Dragon 3had an emotionally-charged ending, especially considering audiences had grown up alongside the films. Considering a live-action sequel is already in the works, hopefully, Universal will follow through and develop a third film to bring the trilogy full circle.
1The Nine Realms Could Become A Legacy Sequel For The Live-Action HTTYD
The TV Series Explores A Modern Story With Hiccup’s Descendants
The most recentHow to Train Your DragonTV series was very different from previous iterations, and could potentially become a legacy sequel for the live-action movies. First released on Hulu and Peacock in 2021,DreamWorks’Dragons: The Nine Realmsis set 1300 years afterThe Hidden World, following a group of scientists and their children who discover a secret world of dragons.
The Nine Realmsran for 8 seasons in total, concluding in 2023. Despite DreamWorks’Dragons: The Nine Realmshaving a different animation style and time period, the TV series served as a spin-off to explore what would happen should the Hidden World fromHow to Train Your Dragon 3become unearthed in the future.
While this story does pose a lot of interesting questions about the modern world,The Nine Realmswould benefit from a later release. IfDreamWorks’ live-action franchiseis successful,The Nine Realmswould be a brilliant legacy sequel to theHow to Train Your Dragonfranchise.
How to Train Your Dragon
How to Train Your Dragonis a critically acclaimed animated franchise that began with the 2010 film of the same name, inspired by Cressida Cowell’s book series. The story is set in the mythical Viking world of Berk, where young Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III befriends a dragon named Toothless, challenging his tribe’s tradition of dragon slaying. The franchise expanded into a trilogy of films, several TV series, short films, and an upcoming live-action adaptation, becoming one of DreamWorks Animation’s most successful properties.
