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Why Steven Spielberg and E.T. Made How to Train Your Dragon’s Big Emotions Possible
Exclusive: Dean DeBlois opens up about how much E.T. and Steven Spielberg influenced his work, from Lilo & Stitch to HTTYD.
'How to Train Your Dragon' recreates the iconic Toothless boop
Arguably the most famous scene from the How to Train Your Dragon franchise is the boop. You know the boop. It's the moment ...
Inside Universal’s Big Bet on ‘How to Train Your Dragon’
In an era of skepticism around live-action remakes, Universal believes audiences will take flight with Hiccup and Toothless ...
How Toothless evolved for the new ‘How to Train Your Dragon’: ‘We wanted him to feel like a big pet’
On the set of the live-action movie, Toothless and the other dragons existed as large puppets with simple functions, operated ...
‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Built a Better Toothless by Leaning Into His Panther DNA
Director Dean DeBlois recreates "The Forbidden Friendship" and "Test Drive" sequences with a new and improved Toothless.