page_title: How to Train Your Dragon 2
section_title: Release
hierarchical_section_title: How to Train Your Dragon 2 / Release
caption_attribution_description: English: “How to Train Your Dragon 2” cast Dean DeBlois, writer and director, Jay Baruchel, voice of Hiccup, and America Ferrara, voice of Astrid, conduct an interview during an advanced screening of the movie open to military members and their families June 4, 2014, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The visit to JB MDL was part of a USO tour allowing military families the ability to view the movie a week early, ask cast members questions and get autographs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Saldukas/ Released)
context_page_description: How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a 2014 American computer-animated action fantasy film loosely based on the book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is the sequel to the 2010 computer-animated film How to Train Your Dragon and the second installment in the trilogy. The film was written and directed by Dean DeBlois, and stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and Kristen Wiig, along with Cate Blanchett, Djimon Hounsou, and Kit Harington joining the cast. The film takes place five years after the first film, featuring Hiccup and his friends as young adults as they meet Valka, Hiccup's long-lost mother, and Drago Bludvist, a madman who wants to conquer the world.
  DeBlois, who co-directed the first film, agreed to return to direct the second film on the condition that he would be allowed to turn it into a trilogy. He cited The Empire Strikes Back and My Neighbor Totoro as his main inspirations, with the expanded scope of The Empire Strikes Back being particularly influential.
context_section_description: The film was screened out of competition on May 16, 2014 at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. In the United States, the film premiered on June 8, 2014, at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, and was theatrically released on June 13, 2014. The film was also digitally remastered into IMAX 3D and released to international theaters on June 13, 2014.
caption: Dean DeBlois, Jay Baruchel, and America Ferrara at an advanced screening of the film for military members and their families on June 4, 2014, at Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst[26]
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