How to Train Your Dragon Remake Super Bowl Trailer Teases Fiery Battles for Hiccup and Toothless

Full trailer arrives Wednesday.Dreamworks’ live-action How to Train Your Dragon remake swooped into the Big Game with a Super Bowl LIX commercial that shows off even more from the remake of Toothless and Hiccup’s adventure.

It’s a brief look at the 2025 film, mostly showing off how the movie will handle some of the classic project’s more action-y sequences. That means a better look at dragon flight and more close moments between Hiccup and his scaly partner as they outrun fire-breathing beasts both big and small. The teaser mostly serves to whet moviegoers’ appetites ahead of what will surely be a longer trailer this Wednesday.

“On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup (Mason Thames; The Black Phone, For All Mankind) stands apart,” a synopsis for the How to Train Your Dragon remake says. “The inventive yet overlooked son of Chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler, reprising his voice role from the animated franchise), Hiccup defies centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.”

Dreamworks revealed a first look at its live-action How to Train Your Dragon with its debut trailer in November of last year. The footage mostly set the stage for Mason Thames to take up the mantle of Hiccup, who was voiced by Jay Baruchel in the original animated movie. That trailer also reintroduced movie fans to characters and locations that they’ll remember from the first movie, while also debuting Gerard Butler’s return as Stoick the Vast.

We’ll see more from the live-action How to Train Your Dragon when the full trailer premieres this Wednesday. Expect the remake to come to theaters June 13. While we wait for more, you can see all of the biggest Big Game trailers in our roundup.

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