How to Train Your Dragon 2 (video game)

How to Train Your Dragon 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dean DeBlois
Produced by	Bonnie Arnold
Screenplay by	Dean DeBlois
Based on	How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Starring	Jay Baruchel Cate Blanchett Gerard Butler Craig Ferguson America Ferrera Jonah Hill Christopher Mintz-Plasse T.J. Miller Kristen Wiig Djimon Hounsou Kit Harington
Music by	John Powell
Cinematography	Roger Deakins (Visual Consultant)
Edited by	John K. Carr
Production company	DreamWorks Animation
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	May 16, 2014 (2014-05-16) (Cannes) June 13, 2014 (2014-06-13) (United States)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$145 million
Box office	$621.5 million

How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated fantasy action film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox, loosely based on the British book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell. It is the sequel to the 2010 computer-animated film How to Train Your Dragon and the second in the trilogy. The film is written and directed by Dean DeBlois, and stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and Kristen Wiig, with the addition of Cate Blanchett, Djimon Hounsou, and Kit Harington. The film takes place five years after the first film, featuring Hiccup and his friends as young adults as they meet Valka, Hiccup's long-lost mother, and Drago Bludvist, a madman who wants to conquer the world.

DeBlois, who co-directed the first film, agreed to return to direct the second film on the condition that he would be allowed to turn it into a trilogy. He cited The Empire Strikes Back and My Neighbor Totoro as his main inspirations, with the expanded scope of The Empire Strikes Back being particularly influential. The entire voice cast from the first film returned, and Cate Blanchett and Djimon Hounsou signed on to voice Valka and Drago, respectively. DeBlois and his creative team visited Norway and Svalbard to give them ideas for the setting. Composer John Powell returned to score the film. How to Train Your Dragon 2 benefited from advances in animation technology and was DreamWorks' first film to use scalable multicore processing and the studio's new animation and lighting software.