How to Train Your Dragon: Hidden World is the closing chapter of the animated trilogy that everyone loved!
So let’s find some trivia and facts about the third movie in teh franchise!
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is a 2019 American computer- animated action fantasy film
- It is loosely based on the book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell
- It is produced by DreamWorks Animation
- And distributed by Universal Pictures
- It is the sequel to How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
- And the final installment in the How to Train Your Dragon film trilogy
- It is written and directed by Dean DeBlois
- The film stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, and F. Murray Abraham
- The film’s plot follows Hiccup seeking a dragon utopia called “The Hidden World”
- While coming to terms with Toothless’ new bond with a female Fury
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World was released on January 3, 2019 in Australia
- It is scheduled to be released on February 22, 2019 in the United States
- It is the first DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by Universal Pictures
- Its parent company NBCUniversal acquired DWA in 2016
- Rather than 20th Century Fox, with which the studio previously had a distribution deal
- It received positive reviews from critics
- They cited the animation, action sequences, musical score, voice acting and emotional messages
- It already has grossed $181 million worldwide
- Becoming the fourth highest- grossing film of 2019
- In December 2010, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg announced that there would also be a third film in the series
- Dean DeBlois, the writer and director of the second and the third film, said that How to Train Your Dragon 2 is being intentionally designed as the second act of the trilogy
- DeBlois said in an interview that the third part will be released in 2016
- Although the series has taken a different path of telling a story of Hiccup and Vikings
- Cressida Cowell has revealed that the trilogy and the book series will have similar endings
- The film is produced by Bonnie Arnold
- DeBlois and Chris Sanders as executive producers
- Saunders is an executive producer of the second film and co-director of the first
- Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Kristen Wiig are set to return in the third film
- With Justin Rupple replacing T.J. Miller as Tuffnut
- Cate Blanchett will also reprise her role as Valka from the second film
- On November 14, 2017, it was announced that Kit Harington will reprise his role as Eret
- And F. Murray Abraham has joined the cast
- During the earlier stages of production, DeBlois stated that Djimon Hounsou would also return as Drago Bludvist
- It was even planned to have Drago redeemed by the film’s end
- But halfway through development, DreamWorks co-founder Steven Spielberg convinced DeBlois that the story of Drago’s redemption required more screen time that they could not provide
- This caused his inclusion to be scrapped
- On April 17, 2018, DreamWorks Animation announced that the sequel’s title would be entitled How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
- John Powell, who composed the previous two films, returned to compose the film’s score
- In addition, Powell’s trusted collaborators Batu Sener, Anthony Willis, and Paul Mounsey are credited as additional composers
- Also returning from the previous films, Jónsi wrote a new song for the film, titled “Together From Afar”
- It was released as a single in January 31, 2019
- Jónsi also provided vocals for a track titled “The Hidden World”
- The movie’s poster was released on May 31, 2018
- Its first trailer premiered on June 7, 2018
- While its second trailer was released on October 25, 2018
- On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 91% based on 129 reviews
- And an average rating of 7.2/10
- The website’s critical consensus reads, “The rare trilogy capper that really works, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World brings its saga to a visually dazzling and emotionally affecting conclusion.”
- On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100
- It is based on 29 critics, indicating “generally favorable reviews”
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