It’s not often a studio as big as Dreamworks goes on record to say the third installment of a critically acclaimed series and box office success will be its last. Why paint yourself into a corner like that when the possibility for more is right at your fingertips? Dare I say the answer is integrity? That’s not a word you hear much in Hollywood, but I have to believe it’s the reasoning behind Dean DeBlois’ adaptation of Cressida Cowell’s How to Train Your Dragon. At a certain point the only reason to keep going is to cash in while the law of diminishing returns sets in quickly. So why not pump the brakes, iron out a thematically satisfying arc, and deliver a trilogy worth remembering?
Maybe it helps that this cinematic franchise has only been a “modest” hit at just over a billion dollars after two chapters.
Maybe it helps that this cinematic franchise has only been a “modest” hit at just over a billion dollars after two chapters.
- 2/20/2019
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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