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Baruchel, Ferguson, Ferrera, Hill, Mintz-Plasse, Miller, and Wiig to Return for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Sequel

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: October 11th, 2010 at 7:26 am

Jay Baruchel, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and Kristen Wiig will reprise their roles in DreamWorks Animation’s sequel to How to Train Your Dragon.  Also returning is Toothless and other non-speaking-but-adorable dragons from the first film.  Co-writer and co-director Dean DeBlois will fly solo on this one with Chris Sanders (who is busy on DWA’s 2012 caveman comedy The Croods) executive producing.  Since How to Train Your Dragon was conceive as a “prequel-of-sorts” to Cressida Cowell’s book series, DeBlois plans to expand the world presented in the first film.  Producer Bonnie Arnold explains, “There are nine books, and I feel like there are all sorts of elements that we could pull from.”

How to Train Your Dragon has been a box office smash for the studio ($489.6 million worldwide) and it’s one of my favorite films of the year.  DreamWorks Animation has the 3D sequel on track for a 2013 release.  Hit the jump for the press release.

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Review

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: March 25th, 2010 at 8:10 pm

How to Train Your Dragon is by far the best DreamWorks Animation film to date.  I don’t know if it will be their highest grossing (probably not because it doesn’t have “Shrek” in the title) or if it will sell the most toys (the main dragon is pretty darn cute), but it’s easily the best movie I’ve seen from the company.  I find too often that their films rely on getting the most famous celebrities as the voices and having most the jokes be puns or pop-culture references.  How to Train Your Dragon tells the simple boy-and-his-dragon story and then carries you away with likable characters and exhilarating action.

New HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Trailer

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: February 25th, 2010 at 3:46 pm

DreamWorks Animation has released a third trailer for director Chris Sanders How to Train Your Dragon. The movie features the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Craig Ferguson, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig, and T.J. Miller.

How to Train Your Dragon is about a teenage Viking named Hiccup who doesn’t fit in with the rest of his tribe.  Instead of wanting to kill dragons, he gets along with the creatures and wants to teach his tribe that killing isn’t the answer.  Of course, he needs to overcome a number of obstacles before his tribe will listen to him, and you know where the story is going to end.  Saying that, I really enjoyed the film and think it’s going to be a big hit for DreamWorks.

Hit the jump to watch the newest trailer.  And keep your ears open for some music from True Romance.

Nicholas Cage and Ryan Reynolds Join THE CROODS

by David Corbin    Posted: February 25th, 2010 at 8:59 am

DreamWorks Animation is going back to basic with their new movie, The Croods. Croods will be a prehistoric comedy set in the early days of mankind. Variety is reporting that Croods will feature Nicholas Cage as a tribal leader who must lead his people to a new home in the aftermath of a disastrous earthquake. Ryan Reynolds will voice a wanderer full of modern (read: dangerous) ideas. Kirk DeMicco (Space Chimps) will share the writing and directing with Chris Sanders (Lilo and Stitch). Hit the jump for my thoughts on DWA’s latest project.

First Trailer for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: November 2nd, 2009 at 11:01 am

I approach each DreamWorks Animation movie with extreme caution because while there are a few I highly enjoy (“Over the Hedge”, “Bee Movie”), their films have a tendency of trying too hard to be hip and cool rather than just tell a good story and include clever jokes.

But the first trailer for their upcoming movie “How to Train Your Dragon” (in 3D, of course), is quite charming.  And while the trailer may say “From the Creators of ‘Shrek’ and ‘Kung Fu Panda’”, the writer-directors of the film are Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders.  They made the “Lilo & Stitch” and now I understand why “How to Train Your Dragon” looks good.  Hit the jump to check out the trailer.  “How to Train Your Dragon” hits theaters on March 26^th, 2010.

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