{"id":623311,"date":"2026-04-22T10:26:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/623311\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:26:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:26:26","slug":"how-to-train-your-dragon-2-crew-member-suffers-horrific-injury-while-film-in-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/623311\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Train Your Dragon 2 crew member suffers horrific injury while film in production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A crew member working on How To Train Your Dragon 2 has suffered an horrific injury at the film studio where the live-action sequel is being produced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The worker, believed to be a special effects technician, severed multiple fingers on one hand during an incident involving a saw in a workshop at Sky Studios Elstree in the UK, according to <a class=\"css-445i33-StyledTextLink ezegcyi0\" data-link-type=\"article-inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/film\/global\/how-to-train-your-dragon-2-crew-member-severe-injury-1236726859\/\">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Despite extensive surgery, surgeons weren\u2019t able to reattach the fingers, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The Universal film is the sequel to How To Train Your Dragon released in 2025 as the animated franchise\u2019s first live-action adaptation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Directed by Dean DeBlois, filming got underway in February with cast once again led by Mason Thames with Nico Parker Gabriel Howell, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Nick Frost and Gerard Butler also reprising their roles from the first film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Cate Blanchett plays Valka, who she voiced in the animated movies with \u00d3lafur Darri \u00d3lafsson and Phil Dunster joining the cast as new characters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The second movie will feature further adventures for Thames\u2019 character Hiccup, who is Valka\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/8518b9d13580d0ad0608bfb4495113860de0ac87.jpg\" alt=\"Mason Thames and Toothless in How to Train Your Dragon.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconMason Thames and Toothless in How to Train Your Dragon. Credit: BANG &#8211; Entertainment News<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">News of Blanchett making the transition from the animated movies to the live-action sequel comes after DeBlois previously admitted he was keen for the Aussie to sign up for the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Speaking to ComicBook.com about Blanchett\u2019s possible involvement in How to Train Your Dragon 2, the filmmaker said: \u201cWell, I\u2019m wishful as well. It\u2019s still early days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI think she is probably waiting for a script, but I\u2019ve been knocking on that door. I wrote the character of Valka for her, so I told her it\u2019ll always be hers to turn down first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">How To Train Your Dragon 2 is set for release on June 11, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A crew member working on How To Train Your Dragon 2 has suffered an horrific injury at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-623311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}