. With it's massive critical and financial success(over $500M!), the greenlight for sequels was quick to come down, along with a proposed TV series. But what would a 'Dragon' sequel entail? Dean Deblois, who co-directed the original and will be going it solo on the sequel, indicated to THR that things are only going to get bigger from here on out...Deblois: "It's going to be quite epic. We are treating How To Train Your Dragon as the first act in a much larger story. As we head into this one, the world expands. Everything is much bigger with still the heartfelt qualities that made the first one resonate so much with audiences. There are no longer restrictions to this tiny island in the North Sea. They have the entire Northern hemisphere within their grasp."
"The only way of tracing the story is to draw on elements that were in the first movie and set up elements for a third movie, so it doesn't feel like a random adventure with the same five or six characters. This truly is a second chapter in a larger story."
Producer Bonnie Arnold also chimed in...
Arnold: "It's going to be more fun adventures with Hiccup and Toothless. There will be some new dragons and maybe some new characters. It's the further adventures of Hiccup on his journey of becoming a man and the ultimate leader of the Viking clan."
The sequel is being developed as the second leg of a trilogy, but considering there are 10 books in Cressida Cowell's series, there's a pretty good shot at more movies if the box office remains strong. The plan is to have the next film completed by the fall of 2013.
