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How to Train Your Dragon 2 is an upcoming American fantasy adventure film written and directed by Dean DeBlois. It is a live-action remake of DreamWorks Animation's 2014 animated film of the same name, itself loosely based on Cressida Cowell's book series, and serves as a sequel to How to Train Your Dragon (2025), the second installment in the live-action How to Train Your Dragon film series, and the fifth film in the overall franchise. The film stars Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gabriel Howell, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Nick Frost and Gerard Butler reprising their roles from the first film, with Cate Blanchett reprising her role as Valka from the animated films and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson joining the cast alongside Phil Dunster.