Dean DeBlois is getting ready to show off footage from his live-action adaptation of "How to Train Your Dragon." But he wants to explain some things first. The filmmaker — an animation legend who made "Lilo & Stitch" and the original "How to Train Your Dragon" with Chris Sanders and directed two more "How to Train Your Dragon" installments for DreamWorks Animation on his own — had flirted with live-action filmmaking before.

The official trailer for the live-action adaptation of How to Train Your Dragon has arrived, and it looks as though writer and director Dean DeBlois is bring back some very familiar elements in hopes of recreating what made the animated films so beloved.