Cate Blanchett will reprise her role in the live-action How to Train your Dragon 2

The cast of Dreamworks‘ live-action adaptation of its 2014 animation How to Train your Dragon 2 is growing. There are now confirmed reports that original voice actor Cate Blanchett will reprise her role as Valka Haddock, the protagonist Hiccup Haddock’s long-lost mother.

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed Blanchett’s return to the beloved fantasy film franchise, which is based on Cressida Cowell’s children’s series of the same name.

“Blanchett also voiced Valka in the animated movies,” the site states, “and is now the second actor to make the transition to live-action.”

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This film will be the sequel to 2025’s How to Train your Dragon, which was directed by Dean DeBois and starred Black Phone star Mason Thames as the outcast-turned-dragon-trainer Hiccup. The plot saw Hiccup win his village’s approval by training an infamous Night Fury and changing their perception of dragons.

It was a remake of 2010’s original animation, which features the voice cast of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig and T.J. Miller. The sequel to the original animation was released four years later and focused on Hiccup battling against Drago Bludvist in his quest to conquer the world using a dragon army.

The live-action remake of the sequel is set for a 2027 release. 

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