Big Three Dragons

How to Train Your Dragon is an American fantasy adventure media franchise from DreamWorks Animation and based on the book series of the same name by British author Cressida Cowell. It consists of three feature films: How to Train Your Dragon (2010), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). A live-action remake of the first film was released in 2025, with a sequel scheduled for 2027. The franchise also includes three television series: DreamWorks Dragons (2012–2018), Rescue Riders (2019–2022), and The Nine Realms (2021–2023), as well as six short films: Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010), Book of Dragons (2011), Gift of the Night Fury (2011), Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014), Homecoming and Snoggletog Log (both 2019). The franchise primarily revolves around a young Viking named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (voiced by Jay Baruchel in the animated films, and portrayed by Mason Thames in the live-action films), the son of Stoick the Vast, leader of the Viking island of Berk. Although Hiccup was initially dismissed as a clumsy and underweight misfit, he soon becomes renowned as a courageous dragons expert, alongside Toothless, a member of the rare Night Fury breed as his flying mount and closest companion. Together with his friends, he manages the village's allied dragon population in defense of his home as leader of a flying corps of dragon riders. Upon becoming leaders of their kind, Hiccup and Toothless are forced to make choices that will truly ensure peace between people and dragons. Dean DeBlois, the director of the films, described their story as "Hiccup's coming of age", taking place across a span of five years between the first and second film, and a year between the second and third film. The original animated films have been highly acclaimed, with each film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, in addition to the first film's nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Score.