How to Train Your Dragon - Live Action!

[Thom]

Coming in 2025, writer/director of the first three films, Dean Deblois, will be remaking these in live action!

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/why-how-to-train-your-dragon-can-work-in-live-action?cid=soc_facebook_x_x_syfywire_org_x_syfypeacock_x_editorial_x_x&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=9yearoldboysearchingwalnut&utm_term=organic&utm_content=link_ad&__source=Blastr_Vayner_syfy_Facebook&fbclid=IwAR39PDnr5zaFxpmD084Th5PgpyLrsnNWJpWTc74re-ADQF6A6wI3gXt6vFU

[Mog]

Why?

Animation actually helped to enhance the story.

[TangledThorns]

6 hours ago, Mog said:

Why?

 

Because $$$!!

If it's made well we'll see it but most live action remakes by Disney have been rather meh. Lets see if this Dreamworks film will be different.

 

[mechaninac]

No, just NO.

[Thom]

I'm all for them giving it a shot. Pretty much everything you can do in animation you can do in CG as well, and though I do like animated movies, I would prefer live action. I'll definitely give it a watch, and if I don't like it, there's still the go-to original.

[Big s]

I’m more hopeful on this than the live action Disney adaptation trash. Oddly some of the voice actors might not make bad cameos for the live action.

[jenius]

Live action would make so much more sense if they were going to change the tone and make it much darker... they won't do that because, if they were, they would be wiser to not associate it with the fun cartoons. I think all the live action remakes of animation are a very interesting study as film makers wrangle with how the medium impacts the story telling. My kids LOVE the Train Your Dragon story so I'm certian to be watching this. 

[TangledThorns]

Don't know what to think. Some of the magic from the animation seems to be missing though.

 

On a side note my wife and I loved the original so much that we incorporated some of the soundtrack into our wedding music.

 

[sh9000]

 

[TangledThorns]

I was trying to find this thread before I ended up posting the teaser in the General Movie thread, lol.

What a reaction from us!

 

[Old_Nash_II]

32 minutes ago, TangledThorns said:

I was trying to find this thread before I ended up posting the teaser in the General Movie thread, lol.

What a reaction from us!

 

Me too, I create a theead because tried tô search 3 times

[jvmacross]

Think I'll just wait for the Minions live action...

[Big s]

I was kinda hoping they’d try to be a bit different than just acting out the cartoon. 
I’d still watch this before most of those Disney live action remake messes 

[electric indigo]

All the LA HTTYD I needed:

 

[Thom]

Have to say, I don't mind if they do it frame for frame. I want to watch How To Train Your Dragon in live-action, not a reboot. Plus, anyone who loves the animation will not be disappointed by sudden changes simply for the sake of changes.

[Big s]

1 hour ago, Thom said:

Have to say, I don't mind if they do it frame for frame. I want to watch How To Train Your Dragon in live-action, not a reboot. Plus, anyone who loves the animation will not be disappointed by sudden changes simply for the sake of changes.

I guess the thing for me is that it would just be the same movie again. I’d rather see something a bit different. Give the main kids accents to match the land they live in at least. The animated one was already cg, the cg here doesn’t look much different. Maybe take more elements from the book. There’s a lot they could do to make it something fresh without being blasphemous to the animated film.

[kajnrig]

I don't think the movie is one that needed a live-action remake already, but it is what it is. I'd have liked for them to go much more naturalistic on these dragon designs, and especially tone down the eyes on Toothless. Seriously, can you imagine how well it must be able to see with saucers that big?

Also, I think it would only have been fair if they brought back Gerard Butler that they also bring back Jay Baruchel as Hiccup. 40-year old man STILL looks like he's in the midst of puberty.

Anyway, happy to see the composer and director are also returning. The original has such an outstanding soundtrack, I still regularly listen to it on its own.

[Big s]

1 hour ago, kajnrig said:

I don't think the movie is one that needed a live-action remake already, but it is what it is. I'd have liked for them to go much more naturalistic on these dragon designs

Kinda my feelings on this. It’s kinda unnecessary and too soon and yeah a little realism in the live action would have been more interesting 

[sh9000]

First look.