'How to Train Your Dragon' plays the hits

By Stephen Thompson,

Jordan Morris, Regina G. Barber, Hafsa Fathima, Liz Metzger, Jessica Reedy, Mike Katzif

Published June 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM CDT

Mason Thames as Hiccup in How to Train Your Dragon — Mason Thames as Hiccup in *How to Train Your Dragon*

Disney has been remaking its animated classics for years to great financial success – Lilo & Stitch has been dominating the box office for weeks now. So it's no surprise that DreamWorks is now getting in on the action with a remake of How to Train Your Dragon. It's full of epic battles, majestic countrysides and, of course, dragons galore.

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Stephen Thompson

Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)

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Regina G. Barber

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