How to Train Your Dragon' director Dean DeBlois says Astrid's appearance doesn't matter because the film is a fantasy, not historical fact."

Director Dean DeBlois is defending Nico Parker‘s casting as Astrid in the upcoming live-action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon, stating that they have created a fantasy movie, not one based on “historical fact.

Nico Parker and Mason Thames are the live-action Astrid and Hiccup in the trailer and first look for the upcoming live-action adaptation of Universal/Dreamworks’ animated film, How to Train Your Dragon.

Universal has released a new behind the scenes featurette for the live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon . The first trailer for the film was released this week, and it was visually pretty spectacular,

Mason Thames, Gerard Butler, Nico Parker, Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Ruth Codd, Peter Serafinowicz, Murray McArthur star in Dean DeBlois reboot.

Directed, written, and co-produced by Dean DeBlois, who was also part of the original animated movie, the How to Train Your Dragon live-action film has been in the works since early 2023 and will finally see the light of day in 2025 after being filmed in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in early 2024.

Following the cast announcement for 2025s How to Train Your Dragon, some audiences have criticized the casting of Nico Parker as Astrid: heres why.

The live-action "How to Train Your Dragon" movie just dropped its first trailer, and the early footage has left fans excited.