Wooo! Dean DeBlois has shed a little light on the upcoming sequel, in an interview with Hollywood Reporter. Just minor details, but its still wondeful to hear anything!
“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. 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 can’t wait. I LOVED the first one, and can’t wait to see toothless again. He was so expressive and well, just damned cute! The only thing I’d worry about is if they treat this as an inbetween, as more of a set up for the explosive third one, like the second Pirates of the Carribean. But I trust these guys to do well.
Anyone else dying to see this?
I just hope it dosne’t turn into a shrek series
Not a chance. DeBlois has more class. One of my lecturers worked with him and from the sounds of it he’s a really cool guy but not the type who’d sell out and make a series of pop culture references (which is all that shrek ended up being to me).
I wouldn’t really worry about that Joe, have faith!
I’m with you Ian, the first movie was wonderful. Chris and Dean did an amazing job on it and I would expect no less for #2 & #3. Can’t wait!