How to Train Your Dragon

A legendary journey takes flight once more. From animation to reality,  How to Train Your Dragon  soars again! Experience How to Train Your Dragon on the largest screen possible! Take to the skies and get your RealD 3D tickets now.  🐉⚔🛡🔨⛵  As an ancient threat endangers both Vikings and dragons alike on the isle of Berk, the friendship between Hiccup, an inventive Viking, and Toothless, a Night Fury dragon, becomes the key to both species forging a new future together.

From Dean DeBlois, the creative visionary behind the acclaimed HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON trilogy, comes a stunning live-action re-imagining of the film that launched the beloved franchise. With the release of this movie I learned that this is a series of books written by Cressida (cool name) Cowell.

While I enjoyed getting to see Gerard Butler dressed up in the ‘viking’ garb (real Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets) and getting to see the characters truly come to life. There were parts I felt like were missing when it delt with Toothless. Little nuances. I always swore whoever came up with Toothless had to have known my cat Sully (at the time the original came out) as they were both black, had the same personality, cheeky, goofy etc the big soulful eyes and I was quite disappointed I didn’t see those parts in this movie. Sully passed in 2018 and I couldn’t bare to watch the last one for some time. But if the parts are in this that I said Toothless is like Sully, does that mean I’m starting to forget her ways?

Aside from that bit of personal stuff about the movie I believe It was a spot on remake of the animated original, however I think I like the animated one better. I think some things transformed to ‘real life’ better than others in this.

How to Train your Dragon: Hidden World

1. 🐉 How to Train Your Dragon: 🆕 $83.7M domestic opening, $197.8M global debut. Universal’s live-action remake exceeds expectations with franchise-best opening, earning an A CinemaScore and near-perfect 98% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

It:Welcome to Derry

Bill Skarsgård returns as Pennywise in first It: Welcome to Derry trailer

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It: Welcome to Derry screened the first 10 minutes of premiere at Comic-Con — here’s what you missed

Creators Andy and Barbara Muschietti joined fans at Comic-Con to reveal the opening sequence.

By Nick Romano Published on July 27, 2025 12:45AM EDT

A shot from the opening of ‘It: Welcome to Derry’.Credit: Brooke Palmer/HBO

It: Welcome to Derry, the upcoming prequel series to Andy Muschietti‘s two Stephen King-based It movies, screened the first 10 minutes during a late-night Saturday panel at Comic-Con. It more than sets expectations for the horrors to come. The main takeaway? Don’t get too attached to anyone, including the kids! Muschietti and his sister/longtime producing partner, Barbara, were present to screen the footage with fans.

The opening of the first episode hones in on one particular little kid, who appears at least middle school-aged, even though he still sucks on a pacifier. He watches a movie in a theater but is caught by an employee who chases him out for being underage.

We meet Hank, a projectionist in the theater, and his young daughter, Ronnie, who helps the boy escape.