Gerard Butler returns to the big screen in the live-action adaptation of a great dragon fantasy adventure. Here you can find all the important information about the start, plot and cast of Taming Dragons Made Easy. The most successful film in which action star Gerard Butler has ever been involved is by no means 300 (which grossed 456 million dollars), but according to Box Office Mojo his speaking role in the Dragon Taming Trilogy: Dragon Taming Made Easy (495 million), Dragon Taming Made Easy 2 (621 million) and Dragon Taming Made Easy 3: The Secret World (524 million) had a combined worldwide box office of 1.6 billion US dollars.
So it’s no wonder that the fantasy film is now being remade as a live-action movie and Gerard Butler is reprising his role as the Viking father. We tell you everything you need to know about the remake of How To Train Your Dragon
Dragon Taming Made Easy is coming as a fantasy remake with Gerard Butler: This is what it’s all about
Drachenzähmen leicht gemacht (in the original: How to Train Your Dragon) shows a world in which the Vikings have dedicated themselves entirely to hunting monsters. Every day they try to hunt down their worst enemies: the dragons. When young Hiccup wants to impress his father Haudrauf as a dragon hunter too, he finds an unexpected friend in an injured dragon … and is now faced with the difficult task of convincing the Northmen and Northwomen that they should no longer fight the fire-breathing lizards.
(Dragon Taming Made Easy)
Like the animated films, the fantasy remake of Taming Dragons Made Easy is also based on the book series * by Cressida Cowell. The cinema trilogy was also followed by the series DreamWorks Dragons, Dragons: The Young Dragon Rescuers and Dragons: The 9 Worlds as well as the short film Dragon Taming Made Easy: The Good Old Days.
The new cast of Dragon Taming Made Easy: These stars join Gerard Butler
Dean DeBlois, who has already directed all three animated parts of Dragon Taming Made Easy, is back as director and screenwriter in the fantasy remake. John Powell also returns as composer. Most of the stars in front of the camera, however, are new.
Among the actors, only Gerard Butler, this time in front of the camera, is returning to his old speaking role as tribal chief “Haudrauf the Stoic”. The main actors have been recast and will be joined by other exciting young stars in the cast:
Mason Thames (The Black Phone) plays the Viking boy Hiccup
Gerard Butler (Geostorm) now becomes the “real” Viking leader after his animated voice appearance: Hiccup’s father Haudrauf (English: Stoick)
Nico Parker (The Last of Us, Dumbo) plays the Viking girl Astrid
Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) slips into the role of the Viking Grobian (Gobber)
Julian Dennison (Deadpool 2) plays the young Viking Fishlegs
Gabriel Howell (Bodies) embodies the Viking boy Snotlout
Bronwyn James (The Excavation) appears as teenager Ruffnut
Harry Trevaldwyn (The Bubble) plays Raffnuss’ brother Taffnuss (Tuffnut)
When will the remake of Dragon Taming Made Easy be released?
The remake of Taming Dragons Made Easy already has a cinema release date: it is set to hit German screens on June 12, 2025. Filming began in mid-January 2024:
If you want to watch the animated film trilogy again before then (and listen to Gerard Butler in the original soundtrack with a Scottish accent), you can currently stream it on WOW * and MagentaTV.
After Disney has already brought many live-action remakes of animated classics to the cinema, Dragon Taming Made Easy is the first remake of its kind for the animation film studio DreamWorks and distributor Universal.
