The re-imagined, live-action epic of How to Train Your Dragon is soaring to home entertainment this summer, coming to digital platforms (to own or rent) on July 15 and to 4K UHD and Blu-ray on August 12, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Along for the ride are 75 minutes of bonus content, including deleted scenes, a gag reel and making of vignettes that dive deeper into the visual effects, character transformations and story inspired by the books by Cressida Cowell and DreamWorks Animation’s beloved franchise which has earned four Academy Award nominations and more than $1.6 billion in global box office..
About: Oscar nominee Dean DeBlois, the creative visionary behind the acclaimed How to Train Your Dragon franchise, turns his beloved animated film into a stunning live-action spectacle.
On the Isle of Berk, Vikings and dragons have battled for generations, but that won’t stop Hiccup (Mason Thames), the son of Chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler, reprising his role), from building an unlikely bond with the feared dragon, Toothless. With an ancient evil threatening their worlds, it’s up to Hiccup, Toothless, and their courageous companion Astrid (Nico Parker) to make the realm realize they’re stronger together, and only through friendship and bravery can they overcome the challenges of a high-flying adventure.
Bonus Features:
- Deleted Scenes with Introductions by Writer/Director Dean DeBlois
- Gag Reel
- Love and Legacy: Making How to Train Your Dragon – Go behind the scenes to see how the beloved characters and intricate fantasy world were brought to the live-action medium.
- Building Berk – Walk onto the set of How to Train Your Dragon and take in the scale, detail and heart that went into building Berk.
- Dreaming Up the Dragons – A glimpse at the technology, artistry, and imagination involved in bringing life-like dragons to the screen.
- Fit for a Viking – Witness the elaborate transformations the cast made to embody the Vikings we see in the film.
- Forbidden Friendship with Introductions by Writer/Director Dean DeBlois – Watch Mason Thames perform the full Forbidden Friendship sequence with a puppeteer in the early stages of creating one of the film’s most iconic scenes.
- Test Drive with Introduction by Writer/Director Dean DeBlois – Hold on tight as we join Hiccup on his first flight with Toothless, and see the various elements that came together to construct the thrilling scene.
- Exploring the Isle of Berk at Epic Universe – Explore How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk and discover an island where Vikings and fire-breathing dragons exist together in harmony.
- Feature Commentary with Writer/Director Dean DeBlois
