howtotrainyourdragon:

“His color was inspired by a black panther screensaver on one of our story artist’s monitors. That image was striking and electrifying, with those eyes staring out from the darkest black face.” - Chris Sanders, director of How to Train Your Dragon

howtotrainyourdragon:

‎”It was our goal to take the original concept of the story and bring it to the level of some of our favorite fantasy adventure films, with real world stakes, exciting action sequences, and more mature character interactions and themes.” - Dean DeBlois