“Natural head dragons”: how the director of “Dragons” adapted his live action of action live

Harold and Krokmou have returned … in a new form. The heroes of the animation saga Dragons Reign the dark rooms this Wednesday, June 11 in a live action movie, adaptation of the first part.

The American actor Mason Thames acampa there Harold, young Viking Dreamer and reserved, who is friends with the Krokmou dragon. A link that bothers the established order, in a society where dragons and Vikings compete without ruthless.

This reaid in real shots arises from the success of the original films. The Trilogy of Dreamworks Studios, presented between 2010 and 2019, has four Oscar nominations and income nominations greater than one billion dollars at the world box office. A popularity was inaugurated as a park dedicated last month in Universal Studios d’Orlando.

Return of the original filmmaker

The Dean Deblois Canadian, who made his first live action movie here after having piloted the animated trilogy, did not plan to transpose his creation to a film in real shots. “It was Dreamworks,” he told BFMTV:

“When I knew (they were preparing the movie), I had a protective instinct because I am very proud of the cartoons. I put my heart there, I know the characters and the universe.”

“Even if I had never made a live action movie, I had told them: ‘If you think about it, I want to do it. I can guarantee to be astonished, emotion and integrity.'”

“Dragon heads of life size”

It was a challenge for the filmmaker, to whom we also owe the original version of Lilo and stitchHe signs his first film in real shots here. One of the objectives was to create a dragon that is realistic and remain as expressive as in the animated saga:

“We had heads of dragons of life size on the set, (animated by) very talented puppeteers.”

“They managed to give life to these inanimate foam heads. It was great to have these characters that allowed a very authentic game for the actors.” With the compass the attempt not to disappoint fans. And Dreamworks studies have a success: an adaptation of live action of the second animated part for 2027 is expected.