
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Dean DeBlois, 2014
How to Train Your Dragon
Cressida Cowell, 2003
How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a movie directed by Dean DeBlois in 2014 and based on the characters from the book How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell, first published in 2003. The movie features Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, and others.
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Storyline
Five years after the Viking villagers of Berk and the dragons made peace, they live together in harmony. One of the trappers, Eret, blames the two for his fort’s destruction and attempts to capture their dragons for the trappers’ leader, Drago Bludvist, who plots to capture and brainwash all of the dragons and make them his soldiers.
Movie vs Book

Year
2014
Minutes
102
Movie Rate
7.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Director: Dean DeBlois
Country: USA
Year: 2014
Length: 1h42m
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Year
2003
Pages
214
Book Rate
7.76
S: Goodreads
Book
How to Train Your Dragon
Author: Cressida Cowell
Country: UK
First published in: 2003
Length: 214 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: How to Train Your Dragon
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