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Creator takes audiences for a ride back into the Isle of Berk
The Freeman
|April 26, 2025
Writer-director Dean Deblois is back at the helm in the live-action adaptation of “How to Train Your Dragon”, and for him it feels like coming back home.
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“These characters and this universe have stayed with me, and now we can bring them back with such authenticity and conviction that, when audiences enter this world, they'll never want to leave,” he says.
“How to Train Your Dragon” takes audiences to the Isle of Berk, where there’s been a generational feud between Vikings and dragons. Hiccup (Mason Thames) unexpectedly finds a friend in the Night Fury Toothless. Breaking centuries of animosity, together they try to forge bonds strong enough to face a looming threat that endangers the isle.
The original animated film was an adaptation of Cressida Cowell’s best-selling book series of the same name. Having been the steward of the franchise for the animated trilogy, DeBlois recalls what drew him to the story of Hiccup and Toothless.
This story is from the April 26, 2025 edition of The Freeman.
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