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Hopefully, you’ve seen and are generally familiar with the original How to Train Your Dragon. If so, then you are in for a treat with a brand new trailer that was just released for its upcoming live-action remake.
The trailer, which is centered on the fact the film was filmed for and will be released in IMAX, is wildly epic. It soars through the mountains of Berk, blasting John Powell’s unforgettable score, and features not just the loving relationship between Toothless and Hiccup, but big scenes from the film’s final battle.
Those scenes in particular are very much geared toward fans of the original because anyone who hasn’t seen or doesn’t remember the original is going to look at them and be like “Oh, wow, so that’s what happens at the end of the movie.” So watch if you dare, but if you do, you are going to want to see this movie on the biggest screen possible.
Yes, those scenes versus that mountain of a dragon are from the end of the movie. And yes, Hiccup does fall into a billow of flames with Toothless going down to save him. Those are certainly spoilers. However, it’s everything before that which really grabs us in this trailer.
We get so much more of the Hiccup and Toothless relationship here. More of their playful beginnings, more of their mid-air bonding, and more of how that relationship changes not just Hiccup, but his Viking culture in general.
Look, if you know and love How to Train Your Dragon, odds are you are going to love this movie. It’s very, very similar. And, if for some reason you don’t know that original movie, wow. You are in for a treat. These films are incredibly special, which is why Universal is already working on a sequel to this one.
Written and directed by Dean DeBlois, How to Train Your Dragon stars Mason Thames, Gerard Butler, Nico Parker, Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Peter Serafinowicz, and others. It opens June 13.
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