Audiences at CinemaCon this morning acquired their first have a look at the live-action remake of “How you can Practice Your Dragon,” the primary time it’s premiered forward of its launch this summer time. However Common is so sky excessive on the movie, the studio introduced throughout its CinemaCon presentation Wednesday that it has already greenlit a sequel.
Common has dated “How you can Practice Your Dragon 2,” yet one more live-action adaptation of the DreamWorks Animated movie, to open in theaters June 11, 2027. It opens per week after “Spider-Man: Past the Spider-Verse,” which Sony additionally simply dated throughout its CinemaCon presentation.
Director Dean DeBlois — this franchise has been his child for the reason that very first animated movie again in 2010 — can be again within the director’s chair for the sequel.
“How you can Practice Your Dragon 2” is an adaptation of the 2014 movie particularly, not a brand new story extending off the live-action movie. That movie detailed heroes Hiccup and Toothless’ encounter with a whole bunch of latest wild dragons in an ice cave and a mysterious Dragon Rider who threatens the peace.
That movie outperformed the unique “How you can Practice Your Dragon” and made $621.5 million. We’ll see if we get a live-action model of “How you can Practice Your Dragon: The Hidden World,” which was the third animated movie that launched in 2019.
The brand new live-action movie, which opens on June 13, stars Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Julian Dennison, and Gerard Butler reprising a job that he originated as a voice actor, now taking up the live-action position. No solid was introduced for the sequel, although stars Gerard Butler and Nico Parker had been current on stage at CinemaCon following the premiere of the movie earlier within the morning.
Common in its presentation at CinemaCon additionally teased its upcoming “Jurassic World Rebirth,” “Unhealthy Guys 2,” and its upcoming “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Film,” which added Kristen Wiig and Gloria Estefan to its solid. And as a particular deal with, Common’s complete presentation was accompanied by a 43-piece orchestra led by conductor Rickey Minor, which performed an excerpt from composer John Powell’s rating following the sequel announcement.