HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Live-Action Remake Adds Nick Frost to the Cast

The upcoming DreamWorks live-action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon has added Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) to its cast, where he will play a Viking named Gobber the Belch, the trusted friend and adviser of Stoick. He joins previously announced co-stars Mason Thames (The Black Phone) and Nico Parker (The Last of Us), who are set to star as Hiccup and Astrid, the young teens who befriend dragons. Gerard Butler, who voiced Stoick the Vast, the leader of the Viking clan and Hiccup’s father, is reprising his role in the flesh.

Dean DeBlois, who co-wrote and directed the original and revered trilogy, is steering the new feature, returning as writer, director and producer.

Using the books by Cressida Cowell as a jumping-off point, How to Train Your Dragon focused on the special friendship between a young and unheroic Viking boy named Hiccup, and Toothless, an injured dragon he nurses back to health. The movies chronicled Hiccup and Toothless’ quest to combat humanity’s prejudice against dragons, the ache of overcoming the loss of a parent, and first love. 

Universal has set a June 13, 2025, release date for the feature.

via: THR