The emotional friendship between Hiccup and Toothless can be experienced once again as the live-action How to Train Your Dragon film is coming soon on OTT after its successful outing in theatres. JioHotstar is bringing the remake of the hit eponymous animated film series to its platform on October 13.
Directed by Dean DeBlois who co-wrote and helmed the two animated films, the live-action stars Mason Thames as Hiccup and Nico Parker as Astrid. Gerard Butler plays Hiccup's father, Stoick the Vast. The supporting cast also features Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Ruth Codd, Peter Serafinowicz and Murray McArthur.
The film series, based on a book series by Cressida Cowell, revolves around the adventures of an eccentric teenage Viking, Hiccup, who stumbles across an injured dragon one day in the mythical Viking village of Berk. Hiccup names the dragon Toothless, and the pair forms an unbreakable and iconic bond throughout the series.
Upon release in June this year, the film was met with positive reviews and was commercially successful, minting over $635.7 million worldwide. It is the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2025 and the highest-grossing film of the franchise. Our CE review of the film called it a "comfort food cinema". "This explains why a viewing of How to Train Your Dragon, a live-action remake of the animation film of the same name, does not become an exercise in franchise fatigue. Despite following 2010’s How to Train Your Dragon very closely, the film does not feel like a mere rehash of the original," wrote Sreejith Mullappilly.
Meanwhile the second part of the animation film How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is also getting a live-action remake which is set for a release on June 11, 2027.
