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Disney has been remaking its animated classics for years to great financial success.

Lilo and Stitch has been dominating the box office for weeks now,

so it's no surprise that DreamWorks is now getting in on the action with a remake of how to train your dragon.

It's full of epic battles, majestic countryside, and, of course, dragons galore.

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She's a host and reporter for NPR's science podcast, Shortwave.

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So if your memory doesn't extend all the way back to the bygone days of 2010,

how to train your dragon was a hugely successful animated film about a boy named Hiccup. He's the son of a fierce Viking leader named Stoic.

And in typical animated movie fashion,

Hickup doesn't want to follow in his father's footsteps,

which in this case would mean protecting his remote island home from marauding dragons.

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