“How to Train Your Dragon 2 ”Crew Member Suffers Severe Injury During Production on Sequel: Reports
“How to Train Your Dragon 2 ”Crew Member Suffers Severe Injury During Production on Sequel: Reports
Tommy McArdleTue, April 21, 2026 at 7:11 PM UTC
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Mason Thames in 2025's live-action How to Train Your DragonCredit: Universal Pictures -
A crew member working on the live-action How to Train Your Dragon 2 in the United Kingdom suffered a severe injury while on set
The first live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie was filmed in Belfast, Northern Ireland, while the sequel is filming in England
How to Train Your Dragon 2 is scheduled to be released in theaters in June 2027
A crew member working on the live-action How to Train Your Dragon 2 in the United Kingdom suffered a severe injury following an on-set accident.
On Tuesday, April 21, Variety and Deadline reported that a special effects technician working on the live-action adaptation of Universal's 2014 animated movie of the same name severed multiple fingers on one hand during an incident involving a saw at a workshop in Sky Studios Elstree, located in Borehamwood, just north of London.
As Variety reported, How to Train Your Dragon 2 — a follow-up to Universal's live-action reimagining of the original 2010 movie — began production at Sky Studios Elstree in February. The first live-action movie in the franchise was filmed in Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland.
A representative for Universal Pictures declined to comment.
Mason Thames in 2025's live-action How to Train Your DragonCredit: Universal Pictures
Mason Thames stars in the live-action How to Train Your Dragon as series protagonist Hiccup, a young Viking who mends a rift between his village and a group of dragons. The live-action movie also starred Nico Parker, Gerard Butler, Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Ruth Codd, Peter Serafinowicz and Murray McArthur.
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Cate Blanchett will also star in the sequel as Valka, Hiccup's mother, whom she previously voiced in the animated movies. Butler, 56, also notably voiced his character Stoick — Hiccup's father — in the animated films.
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Gerard Butler in 2025's live-action How to Train Your DragonCredit: Universal Pictures
The live-action How to Train Your Dragon made $262.9 million at the domestic box office in 2025 and finished last year as the ninth highest-grossing movie in North America, between The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Avatar: Fire and Ash. Around the world, the movie made $636.8 million in total.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 is scheduled to be released in theaters June 11, 2027.
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