She’s wise. She’s principled. She’s joyous. She’s divided. She’s damaged. She’s vulnerable. She’s something female characters so often aren’t in action/adventure films with male protagonists: She’s ...

DreamWorks' live-action remake of How To Train Your Dragon 2 is sure to introduce Hiccup's mom, Valka, based on the animated movie. So far, casting decisions have not been made for the character, but ...

The live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon 2 has the opportunity to make some prescient changes to the original animated movie, proving its worth as more than just a change in medium. After ...

Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett is officially returning to play the character Valka in the upcoming live-action movie, How to Train Your Dragon 2. Blanchett also voiced Valka in the original ...

Animated films have a complicated relationship with gender. Growing up, we were treated to films with very black and white depictions of women. Women were beautiful and selfless (think Belle) or ...

Part two of a five-part series in which Ed Hooks, author of Acting for Animators, does an acting and performance analysis of this year’s five Academy Award-nominated animated features. Read his ...

Dean DeBlois: It was part of the original pitch that there would be this masked, mysterious character that actually, when disguised, is unrecognizable as a woman, and Hiccup was excited and interested ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cate Blanchett (Credit: Lia Toby/Getty Images) and "How to Train Your Dragon 2" (Credit: DreamWorks) For its upcoming live-action ...