The 2020s have been weird for millennials, even when it comes to pop culture. In the past few years, everything we grew up on has become new again. The revival has mostly manifested as bar-for-bar live-action adaptations; Disney has pushed that agenda for nearly a decade, and now its animation contemporaries are following suit.
DreamWorks doesn’t have as robust a catalog as Disney’s, but its output in the past 30 years is nothing to sneeze at. The cream of its crop has raked in critical acclaim and box office fortune alike. Chief among its exports is the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, which spawned a handful of films, shorts, and shows. Though the animated saga ended in 2019, its legacy endures. In 2025, Universal will bring a slice of the franchise into its theme parks, and reboot the films in live-action for good measure.
