19 h. ago 'How to Train Your Dragon' soars in box office debut with $83 million, beating 'Lilo and Stitch'

“How to Train Your Dragon” took flight at the box office this weekend, proving that some remakes still have teeth

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5 d. ago How to Train Your Dragon star Nico Parker responds to backlash about her casting

Youngest daughter of Thandiwe Newton leads new live-action remake

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5 d. ago How to Train Your Dragon review – faithful yet utterly soulless remake

DreamWorks tries to find success with the Disney live-action remake template but falls shortIt was only a matter of time before DreamWorks jumped on the lucrative live-action remake bandwagon with its soulless new How to Train Your Dragon. Disney has been playing this cynical game since 1994 – releasing their Jungle Book remake (the one starring Jason Scott Lee) the same year DreamWorks was founded – and striking gold with Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland (2010), which arrived in theatres just weeks before the original How To Train Your Dragon landed.It also comes as no surprise that DreamWorks moved with Night Fury speed to revisit a movie that’s only 15 years old. As the recent Lilo & Stitch proved, there’s plenty box office gold to mine from introducing new children to a young and beloved property, while banking on the nostalgia that a generation without fully formed frontal lobes would carry for the not-so-distant animated films and TV spinoffs they were weaned on. Continue ...

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1 week ago Gerard Butler jokes he had to get out of his pyjamas for live

Butler stars in the remake of How To Train Your Dragon alongside actors including Nick Frost.

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2 w. ago Lilo & Stitch beats Mission Impossible in UK box office battle

Both films were released in cinemas in time for the long bank holiday weekend.

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3 w. ago Inside Epic Universe: Photos unveil Universal’s $6 billion Florida park as it finally opens to the public

At the center of Epic Universe is Celestial Park. From here, guests access The Wizarding World of Harry Potter — Ministry of Magic, Super Nintendo World, How to Train Your Dragon — Isle of Berk, and Dark Universe

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3 w. ago I got a sneak peek of the Epic Universe park. Here are 4 secrets I discovered you need to know before visiting

The $6 billion park — six years in the making — opens this Thursday, and comprises a Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Super Nintendo World, How to Train Your Dragon — Isle of Berk, Dark Universe and Celestial Park

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