Need a live-action Night Fury in your life? The recent How to Train Your Dragon remake is hitting Peacock, so animated film fans can spend more time with the franchise’s Vikings and dragons.
The new version from Universal Pictures stars Mason Thames as the misfit Viking teen Hiccup, and Gerard Butler as Hiccup’s dragon-loathing dad, Stoick the Vast (Butler also voices the character in the animated movie). Nico Parker plays Astrid, the tough girl Hiccup has a crush on, and Nick Frost plays the village of Berk’s blacksmith, Gobber. The live-action film has a 76% score on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s written and directed by Dean DeBlois, who co-directed and co-wrote the 2010 original.
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If you want to stream a movie with adventure, underdogs and deceptively fearsome dragons, here’s when the How to Train Your Dragon remake premieres on Peacock.
When to watch the How to Train Your Dragon remake on Peacock
US viewers can start watching the live-action flick as early as 6 a.m. ET (3 a.m. PT) on Friday, Oct. 10.
Peacock will also offer the three animated movies — How to Train Your Dragon (2010), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) — starting Oct. 1. The streaming service now offers three tiers: $11 per month Premium, $17 per month Premium Plus and $8 per month Select, which doesn’t carry some Peacock offerings like originals and Universal Pictures movies. You’ll need Premium, which is ad-based, or Premium Plus, which is mostly ad-free, to stream the live-action How to Train Your Dragon remake.
Peacock is among the streaming services that have raised prices in 2025. If you plan to use Peacock for a while and want to save some money, you could consider prepaying for a year for less than the cost of 12 separate months. Students may be eligible for discounted Peacock Premium, and Walmart Plus customers will soon be able to select the ad-supported plan as a streaming perk.