Tuesday 23 April 2013

First Look: How to Train Your Dragon 2


At CinemaCon last week, as part of their extensive animation panel, Fox treated attendees to a little look at the sequel to DreamWorks' acclaimed 2010 hit. Today, some pictures, showing promotional material for How to Train Your Dragon 2, have surfaced online.

The first thing to note is that, as reported, all the characters - most notably Hiccup - are a good few years older and tougher looking. Some images and some concept art (below) surfaced, alongside the cool temp poster at the top. The images also come with a bit of a plot synopsis:

“Hiccup and Toothless lead hundreds of hero dragons in defense of Dragon Mountain, battling against Drago Bloodfist’s huge army of Dragon Hunters and their ruthless war machines. The mighty Bewilderbeast, Master of Dragon Mountain, rises to join Hiccup against Drago’s forces, but Drago has a secret weapon – his own enslaved Bewilderbeast arrives to turn the tide. Hiccup and Drago lead their massive armies in an epic showdown.”







So, that's an interesting plot description, some gorgeous concept art, and it's a sequel to one of the greatest animated films in recent memory - so far How to Train Your Dragon 2 is shaping up to be one, of many, to watch next year.

Dragon 2, which will see the return of the first film's voice cast (including Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill and Gerard Butler), is directed by Dean DeBlois, who co-helmed the first film with The Croods' Chris Sanders. The film opens mid-2014, on 20th June in the US, and on 4th July in the UK.

Via Hypable.

14 comments:

  1. Munir Abedrabbo23 April 2013 at 00:44

    Looks awesome! Can't wait!

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  2. i really dont like the new perspective they took with the characters.. The dragons take a closer look with the book description which is awseome, but the totally fat up astrid face ~!! and even look like carring something in her back much like fishlegs . Hope i just got a bad first impression

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  3. Kotomi Ichinose30 April 2013 at 22:13

    Holy crap, I am spazzing so much right now! #animationnerd

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  4. Kotomi Ichinose30 April 2013 at 22:16

    It's only concept art. It likely isn't a perfect representation of what the final product will look like.

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  5. This isn't from Cinemacon - it's artwork stolen from a Walmart affiliate's office.

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  6. Really? Wowza. Talk about misinformation...

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  7. Nighflight Ravzz10 May 2013 at 01:43

    wow this is cool

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  8. I hope the animation doens't lose the magic of how goo Dreamworks make stuff. Please be like the first movie or Rise of the Guardians!

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  9. i liked the way the old charactors looked the new ones are just retarted and this is comming from a how to train your dragon lover💟 help me raise a voice for the old charactors and post your pics in the coments

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  10. old charactors better

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  11. Akasjakjskajskjskajs I can't bloody wait for this movie!

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  12. Yuck it look ugly hiccup and astrid I like it when they are young

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  13. Joanelle Parrilla30 November 2013 at 20:48

    You can see a short sneak peek on berksgrapevine where president Obama gets to see how everything works. Lucky Obama!!!

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