Topic: How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)

[samuelrichardscott]

June 20th 2014 is the release date so a bit of a wait

Jay Barochel who voices Hiccup:

I’m going to be starting work on it this year, yeah. Yes I [know things about it]. I know everything about it. I read it last week! It’s phenomenal. And it’s not a sequel; it’s a chapter two. Because there are eight books, so it’s not just finding crazy situations to put our characters in. It’s very much a second act of a three act thing.

[Achim]

If there are eight books, why would the sequel be "very much a second act of a three act thing"

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

If there are eight books, why would the sequel be "very much a second act of a three act thing"

Take a look at "Cirque du Freaks".
Originally: 12 books that got republished as 4.
The movie only left the main characters the rest was completely restructured (even the story-line).

Sometimes I wonder why Hollywood is actually buying the rights for some books if they only want to use the title.