While the live-action How To Train Your Dragon movies have recast the majority of the human characters, there are some who just can't be replaced. In the first film, for example, it would have been downright insane to see any actor other than Gerard Butler play the role of Stoick, so it was a natural choice to have him reprise the part. That same philosophy has now been applied to How To Train Your Dragon 2 as well: it would have been a major challenge for the audience to see anyone other than Cate Blanchett as Hiccup's mother Valka, and today we've learned that we won't have to worry about that.
The Hollywood Reporter has gotten word that the two-time Academy Award-winning star has signed a deal that will see her play the live-action version of her character from director Dean DuBlois' 2014 animated sequel. She joins a cast that presently also includes Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James and Harry Trevaldwyn – all of whom will be reprising their roles from the hit remake released last summer. Filming is set to begin soon in advance of the June 2027 release date that Universal Pictures has already planted a flag on.
