I didn’t expect to like live-action How To Train Your Dragon
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Dean DeBlois about how re-doing the first 'How to Train Your Dragon' set up chances to lay more direct paths to potential remakes of the sequels.
Writer-director Dean DeBlois ‘ new How to Train Your Dragon features Mason Thames as Hiccup, who develops a friendship with dragon Toothless. America Ferrera voiced Astrid in the original animated trilogy that last hit screens with 2019’s How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
Eric Goldman of IGN agrees, giving the movie a “Good” 7 out of 10. While the movie can feel limited by its faithfulness to the animated original, it’s the re-creation of that film’s heart and soul that endures. Goldman says:
The leap from computer animation to 'live action' is safer than the trial-and-error update strategy Disney’s been trying with its hand-drawn classics.
In an interview with CBC News, Canadian director Dean DeBlois shares how Mason Thames landed the role of Hiccup in the live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon. DeBlois said Thames grew up with the character,
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