Universe Pictures and DreamWorks Animation’s live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon ended up being one of the most successful movies of 2025, earning both positive critical reception and making over $636 million worldwide. But as a sign of approval of the movie’s quality made several months before the public got to see it, Universal decided to keep this film series going by greenlighting the live-action How to Train Your Dragon 2. It was announced earlier this week that Cate Blanchett will reprise her role of Valka in the sequel, and while that news delighted me, I can’t say the same about the latest casting for a specific reason.
