Universal Pictures Home Entertainment have set an August 12th release date for the new live-action version of How to Train Your Dragon from Dean DeBlois, who also helmed the animated original film. The Digital release comes much sooner on 7/15.
There will be numerous physical media options for How to Train Your Dragon including a 4K UHD Steelbook. Here are the selections with Amazon pre-orders for each:
Bonus features total over 75 minutes in length:
- Deleted Scenes with Introductions by Writer/Director Dean DeBlois
- Gag Reel
- Love and Legacy: Making HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON – Go behind the scenes to see how the beloved characters and intricate fantasy world were brought to the live-action medium.
- Building Berk – Walk onto the set of HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON and take in the scale, detail, and heart that went into building Berk.
- Dreaming Up the Dragons – A glimpse at the technology, artistry, and imagination involved in bringing life-like dragons to the screen.
- Fit for a Viking – Witness the elaborate transformations the cast made to embody the Vikings we see in the film.
- Forbidden Friendship with Introductions by Writer/Director Dean DeBlois – Watch Mason Thames perform the full Forbidden Friendship sequence with a puppeteer in the early stages of creating one of the film’s most iconic scenes.
- Test Drive with Introduction by Writer/Director Dean DeBlois – Hold on tight as we join Hiccup on his first flight with Toothless, and see the various elements that came together to construct the thrilling scene.
- Exploring the Isle of Berk at Epic Universe – Explore HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON – Isle of Berk and discover an island where Vikings and fire-breathing dragons exist together in harmony.
- Feature Commentary with Writer/Director Dean DeBlois
The cast of How to Train Your Dragon includes Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gabriel Howell, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Peter Serafinowicz with Nick Frost and Gerard Butler.
