Director Dean DeBlois and The Riders of Berk Discuss ‘How to Train Your Dragon’

June 12, 2025 Mike Manalo

We are soaring ever so close to the debut of How To Train Your Dragon! We have been fortunate all week to bring you interviews with stars Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler, and Nick Frost. However, we’re not done yet! We’re proud to present to everyone our interviews with franchise mastermind, Dean DeBlois, and the Riders of Berk themselves, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Gabriel Howell, and Julian Dennison!

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Berk’s Best Buds Gerard Butler and Nick Frost on ‘How to Train Your Dragon’

June 11, 2025 Mike Manalo

Being the Chieftain of Berk is a tough job. While other islands have pests like rats or mice, they have dragons. Which is why if you’re going to rule this sturdy Viking isle, you’re going to need the best right-hand man available (so to speak and pun intended). Enter How To Train Your Dragon stars, Gerard Butler’s Stoic the Vast and his most trusted friend, Nick Frost’s Gobber!

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Flying High with ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Stars Mason Thames and Nico Parker

June 9, 2025 Mike Manalo

Remaking a classic can be incredibly risky. However, when you’re Vikings, that’s just an occupational hazard! One that the cast and filmmakers of How to Train Your Dragon absolutely nailed, in one of this summer’s best blockbusters! All this week, we’ll be bringing you the most incredible interviews from all of them, starting with Hiccup and Astrid themselves, stars Mason Thames and Nico Parker!

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Taking Flight at the ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Trailer Event with Dean DeBlois

February 12, 2025February 12, 2025 Mike Manalo

How timeless is How to Train Your Dragon? The first film debuted almost 15 years ago, and the themes of prejudice and misjudgment could not be more relevant today than ever.

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Filming Wraps on Dreamworks’ Live-Action ‘How to Train Your Dragon’

May 16, 2024May 17, 2024 Mike Manalo

It’s time to once again take flight to The Isle of Berk! As Dreamworks and Universal bring the magic of the classic How to Train Your Dragon trilogy to life in stunning live action next year!

Animation, Movies, Streaming

Netflix Just Dropped the Full Trailer for ‘Trollhunters: Rise Of The Titans’

June 15, 2021June 17, 2021 Sophia Soto

Netflix has released the official trailer for Trollhunters: Rise Of The Titans! The film will serve as the conclusion of the Arcadia saga. The talented cast includes Emile Hirsch, Lexi Medrano, Charlie Saxton, Kelsey Grammer, Alfred Molina, Steven Yeun, Nick Frost, Colin O’Donoghue, Diego Luna, Tatiana Maslany, Cole Sand, Nick Offerman, Fred Tatasciore, Brian Blessed, Kay Bess, Piotr Michael, James Hong, Tom Kenny, Angel Lin, Amy Landecker, Jonathan Hyde, Bebe Wood, Laraine Newman, Grey Griffin, and Cheryl Hines.

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Get All the Details on Netflix’s ‘Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans’

May 28, 2021July 20, 2021 Sophia Soto

Are you ready for your next Netflix adventure? The heroes from Trollhunters, 3Below, and Wizards are teaming up to face a mysterious enemy in Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans. The film will premiere on July 21.

Movies, Sci Fi

Grab Your Baseball Caps: ‘Attack The Block 2’ is Official

May 18, 2021June 17, 2021 Adonis Gonzalez

Before he was briefly wielding Luke’s lightsaber, or taking down entire fleets of Stormtroopers, John Boyega was part of a little project called Attack the Block. “Little” of course being a massive understatement. Though it took a minute, Attack the Block became a smash success, developing a cult following thanks to its clever blend of science fiction horror and comedy. That, and its incredible cast that included John Boyega, Jodie Whitaker, and Nick Frost.

Streaming, Television

‘Why Women Kill’ Returns June 3 on Paramount+

May 12, 2021May 17, 2021 Sophia Soto

Get ready for a new story and new cast! The new season of Why Women Kill, which is set in 1949, will explore what it means to be beautiful, the hidden truth behind the facades people present to the world, the effects of being ignored and overlooked by society, and finally, the lengths one woman will go in order to finally belong.

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NOC Recaps Into the Badlands: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story?

May 22, 2017May 22, 2017 Keith Chow

So that happened.

We’ve been singing the praises of Into the Badlands all season, but man, that death was disappointing. I’ll keep the spoiler about which character(s) met their ultimate demise until after the jump. Just know that it has made me reevaluate how I feel about this show.

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NOC Recaps Into the Badlands: Disciplined Dissidents

May 16, 2017May 16, 2017 Keith Chow

In a fateful example of perfect timing, the airing of Into the Badlands episode nine, titled “Nightingale Sings No More,” coincided with Mother’s Day. So how does the Badlands writing crew celebrate mothers? By ripping their babies away from them, locking them in solitary confinement, and having them duel their daughters in deadly sword-to-sword combat, of course! More on that in a minute…

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NOC Recaps Into the Badlands: Equal, Opposite Reactions

May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 Keith Chow

There are few nerdy pursuits that bring me a lot of pure joy anymore. Hamilton, of course, is one, and Into the Badlands is the other. And like what the homie Shawn Taylor said, sometimes it just feels better to big up a thing you love than to tear down something you don’t. That’s why I love giving these HamLands recaps to you, the people. One, unwarranted Hamilton references is kinda my thing — just ask my poor family. And two, the hashtag Into the HamLands — which was initially designed to house Badlands-specific Hamilton puns, IS BEING USED BY THE CAST AND WRITERS OF THE SHOW! (Badlands, that is. Still waiting for Lin to chime in.)

So when Veil herself tweeted this gem below, I knew it had to be the title of this week’s ‘cap!

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NOC Recaps Into the Badlands: What is a Legacy?

May 3, 2017May 4, 2017 Keith Chow

Apologies for the delay in getting this weeks Badlands recap out¹. I know how much you anticipate my weekly Hamilton references! It was probably a good thing that I didn’t watch this episode live though. Not sure I would’ve been able to sleep had I seen Artemis haunt my television right before going to bed!

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