'Even better than I imagined': 'How to Train Your Dragon' director reveals the challenges of adapting it to live action
By adapting the first part of his successful animated saga into live action, Dean DeBlois has achieved a marvel that is as spectacular as it is moving.
By Renaud BaronianHe humbly admits that it wasn't him, but Universal Studios, who came up with the idea of adapting his hit animated series "How to Train Your Dragon" into a live-action film. But Dean DeBlois , director of all the feature films in the franchise, admits that he couldn't "leave it to someone else" to handle the remake of the first installment, which opens in theaters this Wednesday.
We know the story: in the time of the Vikings, on the island of Berk, where humans and dragons have always fought, young Harold, son of the leader of his clan, will become friends with a fearsome dragon, Toothless, whom he will tame before managing to fly on his back. This will change everything in the relationship between Vikings and dragons...
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