Fivesome Ready to Train DRAGON

By: Jarrod Sarafin
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill and Christopher Mintz-Plasse have signed on to voice-star in How to Train Your Dragon, says the Hollywood Reporter. The upcoming CGI fantasy feature from DreamWorks Animation will be directed by Peter Hastings.

Plot Concept: Based on Cressida Cowell's first novel in the children's book series, the story centers on the timid son of a Viking chief who must capture and train a dragon in order to be initiated into his tribe. Baruchel will voice the boy, named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, who is saddled with an undersized and uncooperative dragon. Butler is the father and chief of the tribe, Stoick the Vast, while Ferrera voices Astrid, who partners with Hiccup for the initiation. Hill will play Snotlout, a bully who thinks he should be the next chief, and Mintz-Plasse portrays Fishlegs, a Viking big in size but small in brains.

How to Train Your Dragon will hit theaters March 26, 2010.