US EditionPhil Dunster Boards Live-Action 'How To Train Your Dragon 2'
Phil Dunster joins returning cast in Universal's sequel continuing Hiccup's saga, following a 2025 hit that grossed $636 million worldwide.
- Phil Dunster, the Ted Lasso actor, has been cast as Eret in Universal Pictures' live-action How to Train Your Dragon 2, set for release on June 11, 2027.
- Dean DeBlois returns as writer, director and executive producer, with Marc Platt producing via Marc Platt Productions and Lexi Barta overseeing the film for the studio.
- Based on Cressida Cowell's books, the franchise's four films have grossed more than $2.2 billion, while Universal's 2025 live-action entry earned $636 million worldwide.
- Emmy-Nominated Phil Dunster stands to raise his profile with the role, and he will soon appear in HBO's Rooster with Steve Carell and Charly Clive.
- Adapting the 2014 second installment, the film revisits Hiccup's arc with the return of Hiccup's believed-to-be-dead mother and the threat from Drago Bludvist, portrayed by Ólafur Darri Ólafsson.
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Phil Dunster Boards Live-Action 'How To Train Your Dragon 2'
Phil Dunster (Ted Lasso, Rooster) has joined the cast of Universal Pictures’ live-action How to Train Your Dragon 2 as Eret, son of Eret. Dunster joins Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerard Butler, Cate Blanchett, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James and Harry Trevaldwyn in the sequel. Dean DeBlois returns to write, direct […]
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Casts Ted Lasso Star Who’s Not Returning for Season 4
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TED LASSO Star Phil Dunster Joins HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 as Eret
Universal Pictures is adding some extra attitude to its growing dragon-filled universe. Phil Dunster, best known for playing the endlessly confident Jamie Tartt on Apple TV’s Ted Lasso, has officially joined the cast of How to Train Your Dragon 2, the upcoming live-action sequel to the studio’s massively successful reboot.Dunster is set to play Eret, a character fans will recognize from the 2014 animated sequel. Eret enters the story as a loud, …
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