Bring home Toothless and friends in ‘How to Train Your Dragon’

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The live action remake of the hit 2010 animated film How to Train Your Dragon is now available on digital, Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K. This story stole the hearts of audiences and  inspired several sequels, including TV series’ with the popular characters, with everyone’s favorite Night Fury dragon, Toothless. 

The film stars Mason Thames as Hiccup, the inventive son of the Viking’s Chief Stoic (Gerard Butler). Hiccup wants to fight dragons yet he is not really a dragon slayer at heart. His father is embarrassed by his son. Stoic is a big, tough, burly man, and Hiccup is a skinny, bumbling boy. 

When Hiccup discovers an injured Night Fury, he intends on killing it, however this fellow’s big green eyes portray a look of fear. Interestingly, it was Hiccup’s invention that injured the dragon. When he sees the dragon does not want to kill him and means him no harm, Hiccup and the Night Fury become friends. He names it Toothless.

Toothless is unable to fly due to his injury, so Hiccup devises a contraption that attaches to his tail enabling him to fly once again. Soon, Hiccup is riding his new buddy all around, while keeping him a secret to the rest of the island of Berk, and especially his father.

Hiccup’s friend Astrid (Nico Parker) discovers his secret, and by chance, while soaring through the sky together, they uncover the dragons’ nest. They also uncover something else.

When it comes down to it, the vikings set out to destroy the dragons nest, however they are confronted by the largest creature they could ever imagine. The people are about to be slaughtered when Hiccup and his friends come to the rescue. And in this case, his friends are not all human. 

With the vikings and dragons finally on the same side, life in Berk becomes one of pleasure and hope, instead of the old days of danger and darkness. 

This franchise has been beloved by fans of all ages. And in this live-action remake of the original film, Gerard Butler is not in the audio booth supplying the voice of Stoick as he has done all these years. For the first time he is in front of the camera as the character he made famous fifteen years earlier.

Toothless has become an adored character and his popularity has endured through the years.

There are many bonus features in the Blu-ray Collector’s Edition which comes with a digital code to watch via Movies Anywhere.  

The bonuses show how the film was produced. There is an interesting look at how the actors interacted with the dragons, via puppets. Then the creators stepped in to substitute the fake dragons with the CGI dragons in the completed version.  Another bonus looks at how the filmmakers did their best to recreate the feel and look of the viking age. And yet another fun bonus shows viewers how Hiccup and Toothless created – with the help of the inventive filmmakers – their initial flight.  

Another featurette explains how the filmmakers translated the animated dragons that are familiar with fans, into the creatures that fit into a live-action film. Each dragon had a unique feature and the creators also wanted the dragons to be relatable to viewers.

A 45-minute “Love and Legacy: Making of” feature takes viewers behind the scenes and is a “must see” for fans of the franchise. 

Two deleted scenes introduced by director/writer Dean DeBlois and a brief gag reel round out the many impressive and informative bonus features on this collector’s edition.

How to Train Your Dragon (2025) is rated PG for sequences of intense action and peril.

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Francine Brokaw has been covering all aspects of the entertainment industry for over 30 years. She also writes about products and travel. She has been published in national and international newspapers and magazines as well as Internet websites. She has written her own book, Beyond the Red Carpet The World of Entertainment Journalists, and is the entertainment correspondent for Good Day Orange County. Francine is a longstanding member of the Television Critics Association and is accredited by the MPAA.