Polygon.com / 12.05.25

This How to Train Your Dragon plasma-spraying Toothless mask is either terrifying or perfect

This summer, Universal Pictures is stealing a page from Disneys profitable remake a beloved animated movie in live action playbook with How to Train Your Dragon, which looks like a shot-for-shot redux of the 2010 film. Word out of CinemaCon 2025, where the film screened early, is that director Dean DeBlois (who also directed the original animated feature) pretty much nailed it. Which almost guarantees that in a few weeks, How to Train fever will be back in the zeigeist, John Powells legendary score will skyrocket up the streaming music charts, older fans will discover that Universal already made an entire sequel TV series set in modern times, and Target aisles will be filled with fire-breathing tie-in toys. While Disneys own Lilo & Stitch stands to give How to Train Your Dragon competition in the feel-good carbon-copy summer entertainment department, the amount of merch being lined up for a blockbuster is a good indication of how many blocks the movie will ultimately bust. And the #bra...
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