How To Train Your Dragon Officially Returns With A New Release This Week

Published Sep 30, 2026, 2:37 PM EDT

Cathal Gunning has been writing about movies, television, culture, and politics online and in print since 2017. He worked as a Senior Editor in Adbusters Media Foundation from 2018-2019 and wrote for WhatCulture in early 2020. He has been a Senior Features Writer for ScreenRant since 2020.

One new animated special brings the Fast & Furious movies to the world of the How To Train Your Dragon franchise, although this outing is nothing like any of the earlier movies and shows in either series. The How To Train Your Dragon franchise began back in 2010 with the hit Dreamworks fantasy comedy, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Cressida Cowell. How To Train Your Dragon earned a superb $494 million on a budget of only $165 million.

The original movie’s success spawned the sequels How To Train Your Dragon 2 and How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World in 2017 and 2019, before How To Train Your Dragon’s live-action remake was released in 2025. While recent live-action Disney remakes like Moana and Snow White struggled to connect with audiences, the How To Train Your Dragon franchise continued to go from strength to strength as 2025’s live-action remake earned a staggering $636 million on a budget of only $150 million.

With a cast that included Gerard Butler, Julian Dennison, Peter Serafinowicz, and Ruth Codd, How To Train Your Dragon’s live-action remake was faithful enough to satisfy existing fans without feeling entirely superfluous or redundant. However, How To Train Your Dragon’s live-action remake isn’t the most recent outing of the franchise. Instead, the Lego Dreamzzz special How To Fast Train Your Furious Dragon now offers viewers a bizarre mashup of the Fast & Furious movies and the How To Train Your Dragon series that is a testament to Lego’s chaotic creativity.

What In Odin's Name Is How To Fast Train Your Furious Dragon?

Premiering in 2023, Lego Dreamzzz is an animated TV series that has lasted three seasons and 60 episodes to date. Focusing on ordinary middle-school kids who find out how to enter a secret dream dimension in their sleep, the show sees the kids utilize their imagination to "dream craft" wild scenarios with each episode. 2026’s most recent outing is a crossover event, the aptly titled How To Fast Train Your Furious Dragon, that begins with the kids arguing about which series is better, the Fast & Furious movies or How To Train Your Dragon.

This being the world of Lego Dreamzzz, the show’s young heroes end up entering the dream world to race cars from the Fast & Furious franchise, only to find themselves in peril when the dragons of the How To Train Your Dragon series are unleashed upon them by the villainous Nightmare King. This animated adventure mixes the existing Lego Dreamzzz show with elements from both the Fast & Furious movies and How To Train Your Dragon, creating a truly unexpected but inspired crossover.

As evidenced by blockbusters like The Lego Batman Movie, the Lego franchise can blend unlikely franchises across genres thanks to its playful, self-aware sense of humor and the boundless creative possibilities inherent in the Lego format. However, this special is far from the first foray into TV and streaming for the animated franchise, as there are already three separate shows linked to the movies.

This Isn't How To Train Your Dragon's First Foray Into TV

Back in 2012, DreamWorks Dragons became the first TV spinoff of the How To Train Your Dragon movies, lasting for a superb 118 episodes over eight seasons. Impressively enough, the show held on to the original movie’s main voice stars Jay Baruchel, America Ferrara, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Broadchurch’s David Tennant. DreamWorks Dragons was followed by DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders in 2019, which lasted 53 episodes across six seasons until the show ended in 2022.

Since then, DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms has released eight seasons with 52 episodes. Although DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms received some of the franchise’s most mixed reviews so far, the duration of its run proves the series has its fans. Between these many shows and How To Train Your Dragon’s live-action remake, it is clear the franchise is still going strong.