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Post by elenoire on Feb 8, 2011 10:17:40 GMT -5
According to this site, Gerry signed for HTTYD 2... First Details On Sequel To ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ EmergeMuch to our surprise, we flat-out loved last year’s “How To Train Your Dragon,” easily the best film so far to emerge from DreamWorks Animation. Indeed, this writer put the film—a thrilling, moving, beautifully crafted piece of entertainment—on his Top 10 list for 2010. With the picture taking a handsome $500 million worldwide, it’s no surprise that sequel-happy DreamWorks swiftly green-lit a follow-up, to be helmed by the co-director of the original, Dean DeBlois. DeBlois is currently at work on a second draft of the screenplay, which will draw on more of the nine books in Cressida Cowell‘s series that served as source material for the original, and he spoke to The Hollywood Reporter at the Annie Awards over the weekend, which the film swept, to hint at the direction that the sequel might be going in. It sounds like there’s going to be a much wider scope this time out. DeBlois says, “It’s going to be quite epic. We are treating “How To Train Your Dragon” as the first act in a much larger story. As we head into this one, the world expands…There are no longer restrictions to this tiny island in the North Sea. They have the entire Northern hemisphere within their grasp.” Somewhat predictably, the film’s designed as the middle entry in a trilogy, which will follow Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) “on his journey of becoming a man and the ultimate leader of the Viking clan,” in the words of producer Bonnie Arnold. DeBlois relates “The only way of tracing the story is to draw on elements that were in the first movie and set up elements for a third movie, so it doesn’t feel like a random adventure with the same five or six characters. This truly is a second chapter in a larger story.” It gives us some pause, considering it seems to be heading down the more-is-more approach that undoes so many modern sequels, but DeBlois insists that the heart that made the first film so special won’t be forgotten: “Everything is much bigger with still the heartfelt qualities that made the first one resonate so much with audiences.” With the first film’s co-director Chris Sanders (”Lilo and Stitch”) away working on next year’s caveman animation “The Croods,” with Nicolas Cage and Ryan Reynolds, this is by no means an easy follow-up, but it sounds like DeBlois is aware of what made the first film work, and hopefully lightning will strike twice. All the original cast, including Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller and Kristen Wiig, are signed to return, and the currently untitled sequel will hit theaters in 2013. blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/2011/02/08/first_details_on_sequel_to_how_to_train_your_dragon_emerge/ .
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Post by craven on Feb 8, 2011 15:01:30 GMT -5
Looking forward to Toothless and Gerry in 2013.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2011 20:19:26 GMT -5
According to this site, Gerry signed for HTTYD 2... First Details On Sequel To ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ EmergeMuch to our surprise, we flat-out loved last year’s “How To Train Your Dragon,” easily the best film so far to emerge from DreamWorks Animation. Indeed, this writer put the film—a thrilling, moving, beautifully crafted piece of entertainment—on his Top 10 list for 2010. With the picture taking a handsome $500 million worldwide, it’s no surprise that sequel-happy DreamWorks swiftly green-lit a follow-up, to be helmed by the co-director of the original, Dean DeBlois. DeBlois is currently at work on a second draft of the screenplay, which will draw on more of the nine books in Cressida Cowell‘s series that served as source material for the original, and he spoke to The Hollywood Reporter at the Annie Awards over the weekend, which the film swept, to hint at the direction that the sequel might be going in. It sounds like there’s going to be a much wider scope this time out. DeBlois says, “It’s going to be quite epic. We are treating “How To Train Your Dragon” as the first act in a much larger story. As we head into this one, the world expands…There are no longer restrictions to this tiny island in the North Sea. They have the entire Northern hemisphere within their grasp.” Somewhat predictably, the film’s designed as the middle entry in a trilogy, which will follow Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) “on his journey of becoming a man and the ultimate leader of the Viking clan,” in the words of producer Bonnie Arnold. DeBlois relates “The only way of tracing the story is to draw on elements that were in the first movie and set up elements for a third movie, so it doesn’t feel like a random adventure with the same five or six characters. This truly is a second chapter in a larger story.” It gives us some pause, considering it seems to be heading down the more-is-more approach that undoes so many modern sequels, but DeBlois insists that the heart that made the first film so special won’t be forgotten: “Everything is much bigger with still the heartfelt qualities that made the first one resonate so much with audiences.” With the first film’s co-director Chris Sanders (”Lilo and Stitch”) away working on next year’s caveman animation “The Croods,” with Nicolas Cage and Ryan Reynolds, this is by no means an easy follow-up, but it sounds like DeBlois is aware of what made the first film work, and hopefully lightning will strike twice. All the original cast, including Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller and Kristen Wiig, are signed to return, and the currently untitled sequel will hit theaters in 2013. blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/2011/02/08/first_details_on_sequel_to_how_to_train_your_dragon_emerge/ . Oh, I do hope this article is correct and Gerry will be returning in the up coming sequel. Here's the article from The Hollywood Reporter which this story is quoting and the cast isn't even mentioned. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/details-dragon-sequal-revealed-97216
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Post by verozero on Feb 12, 2011 7:49:34 GMT -5
I hope so too... There's been so much speculation... Yes?!? No?!? Will he be in the sequel?!?! Would be a shame if not...
Let's hope this is the real deal :-)
Thanks for all this info :-) Vero ;-)
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Post by elenoire on Jun 3, 2011 0:46:48 GMT -5
Some details about HTTYD 2 (release planned for June 2014) and HTTYD 3 is already in plans too... collider.com/how-to-train-your-dragon-2-details/94495/Storyboarding Underway for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 The sequel to How to Train Your Dragon has over three years to plan for its June 20, 2014 release. To match the heartwarming excellence of the original, DreamWorks Animation is going to enter into production right about… now. Writer/director Dean DeBlois spoke a the dedication of USC’s new Marilyn and Jeffrey Katzenberg Center for Animation recently, and informed the audience that several drafts of the script have been completed and the filmmakers have just begun the storyboarding process. Jay Baruchel, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, and Gerard Butler are all set to reprise their roles from the first movie. Hit the jump for more on How to Train Your Dragon 2, including plot details and its place in a planned trilogy. Heat Vision provides the synopsis: “The story will move beyond the small, North Sea island that was the setting of the original film as it traces the further adventures of Hiccup as he grows toward becoming the leader of his Viking clan.” DeBlois elaborated on his plans for the series as a whole: “There are certain characters and situations that come into play in the second film that will becomes much more crucial to the story by the third. Other threads from the first will begin to pay themselves off in the second. It’s my way of guaranteeing that it is not another adventure that we throw the same five or six characters into, that it feels like part of a larger story.” This sentiment echoes DeBlois’ comments from February: “We are treating How To Train Your Dragon as the first act in a much larger story. As we head into this one, the world expands. Everything is much bigger with still the heartfelt qualities that made the first one resonate so much with audiences. There are no longer restrictions to this tiny island in the North Sea. They have the entire Northern hemisphere within their grasp… The only way of tracing the story is to draw on elements that were in the first movie and set up elements for a third movie, so it doesn’t feel like a random adventure with the same five or six characters. This truly is a second chapter in a larger story.” I’m eager to return to the Dragon universe — it’s even more encouraging since DeBlois is focused on arcing the story rather than repurposing the first movie’s plot. Years of pre-production is a luxury not often encountered in the studio system. Can’t wait to see what they do with it.
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Post by elenoire on Jun 20, 2012 0:37:41 GMT -5
Thanks Scottishdreamer! www.variety.com/article/VR1118055744Harington joining 'How to Train Your Dragon 2' 'Thrones' thesp to voice villainous character in D'Works Animation sequel By Jeff Sneider "Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington is coming out from behind The Wall to voice a villainous warrior in DreamWorks Animation's sequel "How to Train Your Dragon 2." Brit thesp is also set to star opposite Vera Farmiga in the Sigma/Zentropa thriller "Greenland Time." Harrington is in negotiations to join returning "Dragon" cast members Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T.J. Miller, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Kristen Wiig. Dean DeBlois, who co-wrote and co-directed the original 2010 pic with Chris Sanders, is returning to write and direct the sequel. Bonnie Arnold will once again produce, while Sanders will exec produce with DeBlois. Film franchise is based on the book series by Cressida Cowell. Original pic grossed nearly $500 million worldwide and was nominated for two Oscars, including best animated feature. Sequel is skedded for release on June 20, 2014. Harington, who plays Jon Snow on HBO's hit fantasy series "Game of Thrones," will once again be seen alongside Sean Bean in "Silent Hill: Revelation 3D," which Open Road Films will release wide on Oct. 26. Thesp has become a recent favorite of Warner Bros.; not only was he once slated to play King Arthur in its David Dobkin-directed film "Arthur & Lancelot," but he just filmed a supporting role alongside Jeff Bridges in WB and Legendary Pictures' wizardry pic "The Seventh Son." Harington is repped by CAA, Parseghian/Planco and U.K.-based United Agents.
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Post by elenoire on Jun 4, 2013 13:14:38 GMT -5
www.hypable.com/2013/06/04/how-to-train-your-dragon-2-jay-baruchel-interview/‘How To Train Your Dragon 2′: Jay Baruchel says movie ‘smokes the first one’ If you’re looking forward to How To Train Your Dragon 2, lead voice actor Jay Baruchel is just as excited as you are. In a new interview with /Film as he promoted his upcoming comedy This Is The End, Baruchel had high praise for the sequel to the 2010 animated movie How To Train Your Dragon in which he plays Hiccup. “It took us three bloody years to do the first one so it’s a piecemeal process,” he said. “I’ve been working on Dragon 2, on and off, for the past year and a half now. And boy is it ever something special. I truly adore the first one. I think it’s one of the greatest flicks ever. Period. And one of my proudest moments. So it’s no hyperbole when I say we smoke the first one with number two.” Baruchel went further in his praise in what /Film described as real passion coming out of his words. “It’s going to be pretty incredible in every way. The emotional content, the action sequences, it’s everything it’s supposed to be and then some. It’s really going to be a pretty incredible, beautiful flick. People will go buy tickets, see this movie, and be taken on a journey like they’ve never been on.” How To Train Your Dragon 2 stars Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast, Kit Harington as Dragon Prince, Jonah Hill as Snotlout, Kristen Wiig as Ruffnut, Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Fishlegs, America Ferrera as Astrid, and Baruchel as Hiccup. It is set for release on June 20, 2014 and is directed by Dean DeBlois (who also wrote the screenplay and directed the original).
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Post by elenoire on Jul 12, 2013 4:28:24 GMT -5
Almost a year to its release, and we already have a teaser trailer for HTTYD 2...and it looks more then amazing. It's going to be a huge box office hit...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2013 5:39:04 GMT -5
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Post by norwigi on Jul 13, 2013 10:42:15 GMT -5
Awwwww...i can't belive that i have wait a whole year for this. But it i'll be worth it.
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Post by elenoire on Jul 18, 2013 15:20:18 GMT -5
www.cinemablend.com/new/How-Train-Your-Dragon-2-Adds-Cate-Blanchett-Reveals-Kit-Harrington-Role-38574.htmlDreamWorks Animation is claiming the first movies panel of Comic-Con today, and they've wasted no time in breaking some news about one of their most anticipated upcoming films. Our Mack Rawden is in the room liveblogging the panel and he reports that after showing off an "awesome" new clip from How To Train Your Dragon 2, they announced three new characters for the film-- voice by two Oscar nominees and a man who knows his way around the fearsome North. We heard that Game of Thrones's own Jon Snow, a.k.a. Kit Harrington, would be joining the voice cast of the Dragon sequel, but only today did DreamWorks confirm his role as "a self-declared world's greatest dragon trapper. He's very brazen." Harrington then took the stage, and predictably, the audience went nuts. He'll be joined on the villainous side by Djimon Honsou, the Oscar-nominee who is playing a character with a Game of Thrones-esque name of his own, Drago Bloodfist. And finally there's Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett, voicing a character name Volca. Director Dean DeBlois says "She's a feral recluse vigilante that's been out there rescuing dragons from traps. Her name is Volca" In the quest to protect dragons like Toothless from bad guys, it sounds like Volca will be working alongside our hero Hiccup.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2013 16:44:34 GMT -5
Wow, they sure have added a lot of new cast members for HTTYD2 and key roles for the new storyline. Can't help but wonder how much the storyline will include Stoick this time round.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2013 14:26:58 GMT -5
Video link to interview with the Director of HTTYD2 - interesting interview talking about the storyline and characters. Not much about Stoick, but I think from this interview he will have a good role in the film and he gets his own dragon LOL www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uuanZogVADE
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Post by Lily on Nov 21, 2013 23:35:35 GMT -5
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Post by Lily on Nov 21, 2013 23:37:58 GMT -5
First Poster for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2Source: collider.com/how-to-train-your-dragon-2-poster/DreamWorks Animation has released the first official poster for the upcoming sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2. The movie picks up five years after the first installment, and has Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and Toothless exploring new territories while the rest of his friends are enjoying dragon races. During one of Hiccup and Toothless’ journeys, they discover a secret ice cave, hundreds of new wild dragons, and the mysterious Dragon Rider. Due to its high quantity of features, DreamWorks Animation is a bit of a hit and miss studio, but they hit big with 2010’s excellent How to Train Your Dragon. It’s great to see the evolved character design of Hiccup in this first poster for the follow-up, and a proper theatrical trailer will probably be heading our way soon. Hit the jump to take a closer look at the poster, and click here to see what Jay Baruchel had to say about seeing a rough cut of the film. The pic also features the voices of Gerard Butler, Kit Harington, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, Djimon Hounsou, and Kristen Wiig. How to Train Your Dragon 2 opens in 3D on June 13, 2014.Link to enlarge Photo: collider.com/wp-content/uploads/how-to-train-your-dragon-2-poster.jpg
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