Topping my excitement list is the live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon. Gerard Butler, no stranger to challenging shoots (remember his epic turn in 300?), is taking on the role of Stoick the Vast.

Directed, written, and co-produced by Dean DeBlois, who was also part of the original animated movie, the How to Train Your Dragon live-action film has been in the works since early 2023 and will finally see the light of day in 2025 after being filmed in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in early 2024.

Director Dean DeBlois is defending Nico Parker‘s casting as Astrid in the upcoming live-action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon, stating that they have created a fantasy movie, not one based on “historical fact.