The Academy Awards are less than a week away and all the other major awards shows have made their opinions known; it is time for final predictions to be made. Here is my mildly self-indulgent Oscar predictions list.

Best Picture:
Let’s start with the big one. A month ago I would have said (and I believe I did say) that The Social Network had this one in the bag. I was wrong. The Facebook film has lost most of its Best Picture buzz in the last few weeks and The King’s Speech has taken over top spot, crushing the competition at the BAFTAs last week. With any luck this momentum shift hasn’t come too late and The King’s Speech will take home the prize. It all depends on how many stubborn Academy voters are still clinging to The Social Network’s bandwagon.  If it were up to me Inception would reign victorious, with Black Swan and Toy Story 3 as the other top contenders. Unfortunately for me (and Christopher Nolan) the Academy didn’t ask for my opinion.

Official Prediction: The King’s Speech

Best Documentary Feature:
I’ll be honest – I haven’t seen all the documentary nominees and it’s not a category that develops a lot of discussion. This year there just isn’t a Bowling for Columbine or March of the Penguins to create huge buzz. However, based on what I’ve seen so far this awards season, only one of the nominees has been a regular presence: Exit Through the Gift Shop.

Official Prediction: Exit Through the Gift Shop

Best Foreign Language Film:
Like the documentary category, there hasn’t been a huge Foreign Language standout either.  Biutiful probably has the best shot, as it has consistently been nominated this season. Also, it is the only nominee with a nomination in another category (Javier Bardem’s Best Actor nom), which will likely give it more credit in the eyes of Academy voters. Still, I won’t be surprised of the Canadian drama, Incendies, wins instead.

Official Prediction: Biutiful

Best Supporting Actor:
Up until the BAFTAs Christian Bale had won almost every single Supporting Actor trophy he could find for his role in The Fighter. And for good reason. Bale is well-known for his astonishing physical transformations (see The Machinist), and The Fighter is no exception. Any trace of Bruce Wayne is gone and Bale’s acting totally immerses you in the character of Dickie Ecklund. However, Geoffrey Rush, who pulled off a phenomenal performance in The King’s Speech has been a consistent nominee this season, and was finally rewarded at the BAFTAs. His win may be partly attributed to the BAFTA’s favoritism toward British films and the strong momentum The King’s Speech has been gaining. Whatever the reason, Rush’s win makes him a viable contender for the statuette. The other three nominees, while all putting forth incredible performances, don’t have the buzz or the critical reception surrounding them to garner a victory.

Official Prediction: Christian Bale (The Fighter)

Best Supporting Actress:
This category has been a delightfully unpredictable crapshoot this year. No single nominee has stood out above the pack. The momentum of The King’s Speech might propel Helena Bonham Carter toward a win, especially after her BAFTA victory, although I hope that won’t be the case.  Jacki Weaver (The Animal Kingdom) had some decent buzz early in the awards season, but it has mostly faded away. Hailee Steinfeld, the True Grit darling, has a decent shot since the Academy loves the Coen brothers and has a history of favoring young actresses in this category. Where we are mostly likely to see a win, however, is from The Fighter duo – Melissa Leo and Amy Adams. Both of them have been ubiquitous this year (minus a couple notable snubs – I’m looking at you BAFTAs) and the fact that there are two nominations from the same movie adds clout to their chances. Melissa Leo has been the stronger nominee, winning a Golden Globe and a number of other awards, so I’m placing my bets on her.

Official Prediction: Melissa Leo (The Fighter)

Best Animated Feature:
Toy Story 3, hands down. I’ll be stunned and horrified if anything else wins. I liked How To Train Your Dragon and The Illusionist has a cool retro thing going on, but they just don’t compare to Pixar’s latest gem. Don’t believe me? The fact that it’s the only nominee in this category that also has a Best picture nomination should convince you.

Official Prediction: Toy Story 3

Best Adapted Screenplay:
While The Social Network has been losing some serious Best Picture momentum, Aaron Sorkin has not lost any for his script. He has won at the WGAs, the BAFTAs, the Golden Globes, the Scripters, and too many more to mention. Even in awards where there is only one screenplay prize (like the Globes, where they don’t split original and adapted screenplays), Sorkin has won.

Official Prediction: Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)

Best Original Screenplay:
The only reason any of these nominees has a chance is because The Social Network is in the other category. That being said, the battle is likely between David Seidler (The King’s Speech) and Christopher Nolan (Inception). Nolan is in contention purely due to his WGA win – the WGA’s strict eligibility restrictions prevented Seidler from being nominated, which left the field wide open for Nolan to step in. The fact is, however, that Seidler has the upper hand at the Oscars thanks to his huge number of other wins.

Official Prediction: David Seidler (The King’s Speech)

Best Actor:
This one shouldn’t be much of a surprise. Colin Firth has been cleaning up this category right from the beginning. His performance as King George VI in The King’s Speech is about as close to flawless as you’re going to find. In another year we might have seen a younger actor like James Franco (127 Hours) or Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) take home the top prize. Javier Bardem (Biutiful) and Jeff Bridges (True Grit) have both received honors recently, so the Academy shouldn’t feel obligated to snub Firth in order to honor them.

Official Prediction: Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)

Best Actress:
Earlier on this season this was actually a tight race. Both Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right) and Natalie Portman (Black Swan) came strong out of the gate. Since then, however, Bening has all but disappeared off the radar and Portman has continued to soar. I like to think that this is because people have good taste. The other three nominees shouldn’t pose much of a threat. The only way I can see Natalie Portman losing is if a whole bunch of Academy voters decide Annette Bening is too long overdue for a win.

Official Prediction: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

Best Director:
This one might be a bit of a heads or tails call. Personally, I’d scrap all five nominees and hand the award to Christopher Nolan (Inception). Unfortunately, the Academy won’t allow me to do that. Trust me, I asked. The Best Director race looks like it has come down to Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech) and David Fincher (The Social Network), which is more or less a reflection of the Best Picture race. The Academy has a long history of giving Best Director and Best Picture to the same movie. In fact, in the last 30 years, the Best Picture has won Best Director 24 times. Similarly, the Directors Guild of America award has been nearly perfect in predicting the Best Director Oscar, only missing the mark six times since its inception over six decades ago. In light of the fact that The King’s Speech is the Best Picture frontrunner and Tom Hooper won the DGA award, it would seem that he is the one to beat. But Fincher has continued to snag directing awards even when The Social Network loses the Best Picture category (ie. at the BAFTAs).  Fincher also has the “long overdue” card in his hand, having directed films like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fight Club, and Se7en, whereas before The King’s Speech Hooper was almost exclusively a TV director. It’ll be close, but I expect Fincher will end up getting love from ol’ Oscar.

Official Prediction: David Fincher (The Social Network)

All of those other minor/technical awards:
I’m not going to sit here and pretend I’m an expert on sound editing or sound mixing (or even really understand the difference between the two) or any of the other minor/technical awards. I expect that Inception will walk away with a number of them (the rotating hallway scene alone should give it the Visual Effects award) and Alice in Wonderland is looking good for the Costume Design statuette. The Social Network’s musical score (by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) looks to be the front runner in that category, and my makeup artist mother says that Barney’s Version should nab the makeup award.

The 83rd Academy Awards will be held on Sunday, February 27 and will be hosted by James Franco and Anne Hathaway. You can see all the nominees here and feel free to make your own predictions in the comments section below!

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Sequel after sequel, adaptations and for once (in a long time) the worldwide top 10 matched the North American top 10. By matched I mean the same 10 movies that were there are here, the difference is in their order as you will see after the break.

10. How to Train Your Dragon $494.9 million

Just $1.7 million made the difference between this and Clash of the Titans. In the end we can say quality triumphed.

9. Despicable Me $527.8 million

What more can I say that wasn’t already said here, impressive, impressive and impressive again. $69 million budget, $527.8 million worldwide box office, now that’s what I call return on investment.

8. Tangled $522.3 million – projected to finish with over $550 million

$194 million in North America was impressive but to get $328 million more from around the world is really something and this is still going strong in many countries. Sure, the reported budget is somewhere around $260 million, making this by far the most expensive animated flick ever, but as I mentioned some time ago, that cost also includes development of previous versions of Rapunzel, all ultimately canned. Tangled managed to not only pay for itself but also those projects, all the more amazing.

7. Iron Man 2 $622.1 million

Less amazing was Iron Man 2 with only a slightly higher number then the $585.1 million that Iron man made worldwide back in 2008.

6. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $693.5 million

While this made a bit more in North America, it actually made less around the world ($393 million versus $413.2 million) so it came short of the $709.8 million of The Twilight Saga: New Moon. This series might have hit the maximum it can ever expect to achieve. Breaking Dawn Part 1 in November this year can prove me right or wrong.

5. Shrek Forever After $750 million

While in the US Shrek is dropping with every new release, outside the thing actually grows (in money, not attendance, obviously). This 4th Shrek reached an all time series high of $511.2 million, more then twice as much as it did in North America. We might just see Shrek again after all, I mean who can say no to so much money.

4. Inception $823.6 million

We finally get to the big boys starting with Inception. Also not much more to say here so I will leave it to this, The Dark Knight made $468.5 million outside North America, Inception made $531 million. All in all this should be good news for The Dark Knight Rises, coming in 2012.

3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 $948.3 million

The first Harry Potter made $974.7 million worldwide and the closest to that has been this one. Part 2 coming this summer should ultimate become (thanks in no small part to 3D) the highest grossing in the series.

2. Alice in Wonderland $1,024.3 million

Maybe we didn’t get another Avatar in2010 but what we got instead are 2 titles grossing over $1 billion worldwide, each. Alice in Wonderland was the first one and it was also the first 3D movie that came after Avatar, definitely no coincidence here.

1. Toy Story 3 $1,063.2 million

This is what happens when you have a highly anticipated movie that actually manages to meet expectations, this is the kind of movie that you just have to see regardless of age, skin color or religion. Yeah sure, if you start digging you notice that it is number 1 mostly thanks to the $415 million it has made in North America and that Alice in Wonderland with $690.1 million and Harry Potter 7 with $654.8 million made more internationally but Toy Story 3 is the highest grossing Pixar movie to date, both in North America and around the world and those two numbers put together add up to more then any other title this last year.

Note: I put a picture of Alice in Wonderland up there because Toy Story 3 already had its picture a week ago when I did the top 10 for North America, so it was only fair to give Alice a bit of credit also, after all it did make more money internationally.

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Now that nothing is moving up and down anymore and everything is finally in place we can take a final (we not really, you’ll see soon) look at 2010, more specifically the 10 highest grossing 2010 released movies in North America, after the break.

10. Tangled $193.4 million

What is that you say, a mistake? How can an animated Disney movie not made by Pixar be in a top 10, why you would have to go all the way to 1999 to see another such feat. Tarzan with $171 million was 6th that year. Well no mistakes here, Tangled is the hit Disney waited a decade to come.

9. How to Train Your Dragon $217.5 million

Ok, quick reminder here, action + animation – talking animals =  bad box office prospects. Well obviously since this is in 9th place you can guess we have right here the exception to that rule not to mention it got a frigging Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. DreamWorks are moving forward with a sequel scheduled for 2013.

8. Shrek Forever After $238.7 million

The final chapter in the Shrek saga is also the worst box office performer but all is good for DreamWorks because as one falls (Shrek), another will rise (Dragon). Now don’t get me wrong, $238 million is still a lot of money but coming from a series that peaked at $441.2 million in 2004 with Shrek 2, it looks like this ogre is starting to run on fumes.

7. Despicable Me $251.5 million

Ok, notice a trend going on here? Let me see, animated, animated, animated and animated, yeap, definitely something is going on here. Basically Despicable Me performed beyond even the most wild expectations and to make things even more impressive, this was the first animated feature for studio Illumination Entertainment. Best of all, it only cost $69 million (a fraction of the normal cost of this movies), obviously a sequel is already in production.

6. Inception $292.5 million

Hail to the king baby, Nolan somehow managed to do it again. This and Despicable Me are the only original works found in this top 10, everything else is either a sequel or adapted from something so give it up once again for Chris Nolan cause he really is the man. He had the guts to take his dream project and make it into a $200 million epic (props to Warner also because it takes a lot of confidence in a man to finance this kind of thing) without sacrificing nothing of his vision while also making it a huge commercial hit. Anyone else might have tried to dumb this down but not Nolan, nope, not Nolan.

5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 $293.4 million

The 7th in the Harry Potter series exactly in line with what we have come to expect from this already historical box office performing franchise. Next summer the final chapter will go for the Potter record ($317.5 million) with the help of 3D.

4. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse $300.5 million

Ok, I have to hand it to the vampire soap opera, it finally managed to beat Harry Potter (but only in North America). Also in the tradition of Harry Potter the final chapter of this series will be split in 2 parts, first one coming in November.

3. Iron Man 2 $312.4 million

Don’t know about you guys but I was expecting more from this, at least more then what Iron Man made in 2008 ($318.4 million). I mean everything was in place but it just forgot to click. So, can the 3rd make more or is this the best we’ll ever see from Iron Man, The Avengers will tell us in 2012.

2. Alice in Wonderland $334.1 million

In 2005 Warner released Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to $206.4 million. Alice in Wonderland comes from the same Tim Burton – Johnny Depp collaboration this time with Disney behind it. A year ago I could not picture this making Charlie and the Chocolate Factory numbers and look at it now. But this is nothing, wait until you see the worldwide numbers.

1. Toy Story 3 $415 million

What a wonderful history this series has, Toy Story back in 1995 was the first feature film for Pixar and it made $191.7 million. I was 8 years old when I first saw it in a theater with my class, I remember like it was yesterday. Back then it was something to behold, unlike anything I had ever seen. Toy Story was the highest grossing movie of 1995. Forward to 1999 and Toy Story 2 is released to even more success, $245.8 million, enough for 3rd that year. 11 years later and a total of 15 years since Pixar started this series, Toy Story 3 is out finishing one of the most beautiful and loved stories of all time with the success it deserved. While it took Pixar 15 years to get back on top at the box office, they have always been number 1 when it comes to quality animation.

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DreamWorks Animation has the most animated franchises out of all the studios, with Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, and it created a new one this year with How to Train Your Dragon.

While it continues to produce original movies (Megamind, Monsters vs. Aliens) the money making sequels are its main priority, and we can expect to see a lot more in the future.

Empire recently spoke to DreamWorks Animation boss Jeffrey Katzenberg and he gave them a run-down of the current plans:

“What our movies and our franchises also share in common with Shrek is that they have a beginning, a middle and an end; they’re not open-ended. Each of the films is a chapter of a story and in every instance we knew what that journey was or could be before we even started.

“So today I can tell you pretty succinctly where Madagascar goes. Ultimately they will come back to New York, and they will come to terms with that, which they will do in this next chapter. Because of the way that movie concludes there’s probably one more for them…”

So a fourth?

Katzenberg: “Yeah, there’s probably a fourth there. Kung Fu Panda actually has 6 chapters to it, and we’ve mapped that out over the years. How To Train Your Dragon is at least three: maybe more, but we know there are a least three chapters to that story. There are actually 8 books.”

So fans of Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon will be happy to know they will probably still be making films in 2025, while those who groan at the endless amount of sequels produced will have a lot more groaning to do.

Here’s the current DreamWorks sequel schedule:

Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom – May 26, 2011
Puss in Boots: The Story of an Ogre Killer – November 4, 2011
Madagascar 3 – May 18, 2012
How to Train Your Dragon 2 – 2013

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According to Variety Jay Baruchel, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller and Kristen Wiig will reprise their speaking roles in How to Train Your Dragon 2, which is currently in pre-production at DreamWorks.

As well as overwhelmingly positive reviews (98% on Rotten Tomatoes) How to Train Your Dragon became a surprise hit by taking nearly $500 million at the worldwide box office. With that kind of response a sequel was guaranteed.

After sharing writing and directing duties with Chris Sanders on the original, Dean DeBlois will take over both tasks on the sequel, with Sanders remaining as an executive producer. The current aim is to release the sequel in 2013, and as Cressida Cowell’s book series contains 8 books in total there will be a wealth of material to draw from.

How to Train Your Dragon will be released on DVD and Blu-ray October 15th, and you can pre-order it from Amazon via these links:

- Single Disc DVD
- Two-Disc Edition DVD
- Blu-ray

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DreamWorks Animation will be releasing How to Train Your Dragon on DVD and Blu-ray on October 15th.

The DVD will only be available for a limited time and will include a commentary, featurettes and the all-new Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon animation, featuring the voices of the original film’s cast.

Special features include:

• Filmmakers’ commentary
• Animators’ Corner (BD-exclusive)
• Trivia Track (BD-exclusive)
• Featurettes:
  • Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon
  • Tech of Dragon
  • Viking – Sized Cast
  • The Way We See it
  • Meet Cressida Cowell
  • Going for the Gold
  • How to Draw a Dragon
  • Dragon Training Final Exam
  • Viking – Sized Cast
• Deleted scenes
• Trailers
• DWA Jukebox

How to Train Your Dragon, which earned $479 million worldwide, is currently one of the best reviewed films of 2010 with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, and is Dreamworks Animation’s highest-grossing film at the American and Canadian box office that is not a Shrek film. Dragon opened to $43 million during its first weekend of release but through word of mouth it stayed in the top 3 for nearly 2 months and even managed to claim the #1 spot again a month after its release.

DreamWorks are currently working on a sequel which they plan to release sometime in 2013. If they follow the books of which How to Train Your Dragon is loosely based then the title of the sequel may be How to Be a Pirate.

Amazon has now made How to Train Your Dragon available to pre-order:

- Single Disc DVD
- Two-Disc Edition DVD
- Blu-ray

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Update: Amazon has now made How to Train Your Dragon available to pre-order:

- Single Disc DVD
- Two-Disc Edition DVD
- Blu-ray

DreamWorks Animation will be releasing How to Train Your Dragon on DVD and Blu-ray on October 15th.

The DVD will only be available for a limited time and will include a commentary, featurettes and the all-new Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon animation, featuring the voices of the original film’s cast.

The Blu-ray combo will also include Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon, an “Animator’s Corner” viewing option with picture-in-picture storyboards, behind-the-scenes footage and interviews, pop-up trivia, a 3D dragon-building featurette, a Viking winter game, deleted scenes, a tutorial for drawing the main dragon Toothless, a Viking personality test and more.

How to Train Your Dragon, which earned $479 million worldwide, is currently one of the best reviewed films of 2010 with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, and is Dreamworks Animation’s highest-grossing film at the American and Canadian box office that is not a Shrek film. Dragon opened to $43 million during its first weekend of release but through word of mouth it stayed in the top 3 for nearly 2 months and even managed to claim the #1 spot again a month after its release.

DreamWorks are currently working on a sequel which they plan to release sometime in 2013. If they follow the books of which How to Train Your Dragon is loosely based then the title of the sequel may be How to Be a Pirate.

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128.1 million was the final number for the opening weekend of Iron Man 2 in North America (I was pretty close on Friday but I was hoping it would do better). Add to that $195.3 million from around the world, 9.3 million on Monday and we have already $332.8 million worldwide in just a few days.

Unfortunately this was probably on the low end of expectations for most but it’s still enough to be the 5th highest opening weekend ever:

1. The Dark Knight (2008) $158,411,483
2. Spider-Man 3 (2007) $151,116,516
3. Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) $142,839,132
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) $135,634,554
5. Iron Man 2 (2010) $128,112,480

This is already the second movie this year that makes it into the top 10 opening weekends ever, a few months ago it was Alice in Wonderland in 6th place (now 7th) with $116.1 million, a movie that so far has grossed over $960 million worldwide in little over 2 months. Wizard of Oz, you are next in line!

The majority of people seem to like this movie (7.6 on IMDB) so it will probably have a nice run at the box office from now on, without major drops (hopefully) but I’m doubt it can reach $400 million in North America anymore.

A Nightmare on Elm Street performed as expected, 72.3% from last weekend for $9.1 million, $48.4 million in total and already a planned sequel. This should finish around $60 million in North America and probably little over $100 worldwide.

How to Train Your Dragon continues the impressive run that convinced DreamWorks to give the go on the sequel. $6.6 million after 7 weeks, $201 million in NA and $409.1 million worldwide.

After a modest $43.7 million opening (for such an expensive movie) this shows that quality can go a long way in turning something into a hit.

Date Night continues to do solid business in 4th place with $5.4 million and $81 million in total.

The Back-Up Plan turned out better then I was expecting and is now at $30.1 million in total after $5 million this weekend for CBS in 5th place.

Clash of the Titans still holds on in 7th place with $2.5 million now, $158 million in NA and $453.3 million worldwide. Oh and guess what, another Clash of the Titans should hit us in about 2 years because of all that money made by this one.

The full top 10 is as follows:

1. Iron Man 2 (Par) $128.1 million (NEW)
2. A Nightmare on Elm Street (WB) $9.1 million ($48.7M)
3. How to Train Your Dragon (P/DW) $6.6 million ($201M)
4. Date Night (Fox) $5.4 million ($81M)
5. The Back-Up Plan (CBS) $5 million ($30.1M)
6. Furry Vengeance (Sum) $4.4 million ($12.1M)
7. Clash of the Titans (WB) $2.5 million ($158M)
8. Death at a Funeral (SGem) $2.3 million ($38.5M)
9. Babies (Focus) $2.1 million (NEW)
10. The Losers (WB) $1.8 million ($21.4M)

Robin Hood visits the box office next weekend, will it give Iron Man 2 a run for first place?

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An awful family movie starring Brendan Fraser and a remake of a classic horror are going to entertain us this weekend at the box office.

A Nightmare on Elm Street opens in 3332 theaters and is the remake of the now classic A Nightmare on Elm Street from 1984 that spawned 7 more movies (if we count Freddy vs Jason as one of them). Could this R rated horror reboot/remake be the start of a new Freddy series? It depends on a lot of this, opening just a week before the mammoth that Iron Man 2 will be, A Nightmare on Elm Street seems doomed without a solid opening in the $30 million range, enough to take the movie to a $60-$70 million total in North America. Seems a lot of people think it can make it to 30 but I see it falling short of that mark, probably $27-$28 million. Expect a at least a 65%-70% drop next weekend.

And now Furry Vengeance, 2997 theaters, Summit Entertainment (with the money Twilight makes them, they can afford a train wreck like this) and very bad previews. Now I know that when it comes to family movies nobody gives a damn about critics but 2% on Rotten Tomatoes says a lot about the quality of this thing. Come on Brendan Fraser, even you can do better then this. Crash and burn, $7 million opening weekend, $15 million in total.

I simply can’t wait for the box office to finally become exciting again with the release of Iron Man 2 and basically everything that is to come during the summer. Last weekend was poor and you know something is wrong when an older movie comes back to first place in its 5th week. How to Train Your Dragon should easily come in second this weekend proving once more that it has fantastic legs at the box office

The top 5 for the weekend will probably look something like this:

1. A Nightmare on Elm Street (WB) $28 million (NEW)
2. How to Train Your Dragon (P/DW) $11 million ($189.3M)
3. Furry Vengeance (Sum) $7 million (NEW)
4. The Back-Up Plan (CBS) $7 million ($19.2M)
5. Date Night (Fox) $6 million ($69.3M)

How much do you think Iron Man 2 can pull next weekend, $100 million, more, less or a lot more?

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It was only a matter of time before DreamWorks announced plans for a sequel to How to Train Your Dragon. As well as overwhelmingly positive reviews (98% on Rotten Tomatoes) the film has stayed within the top 3 at the US box office since its release, and also managed to reclaim the #1 spot this weekend.

As part of its First Quarter financial results DreamWorks Animation confirmed that they have a new franchise on the hands, and that we can expect to see a sequel in 2013.

From ComingSoon:

“2010 is off to a strong start, thanks in large part to the performance of ‘How to Train Your Dragon,’ which – having grossed nearly $375 million to date in worldwide box office – has become DreamWorks Animation’s next franchise. We plan to release the sequel theatrically in 2013,” said Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation. “3D continues to have a tremendous impact on the industry at large and we are now looking forward with great anticipation to bringing ‘Shrek Forever After,’ the final chapter in our beloved ‘Shrek’ series and the first in 3D, to audiences across the globe next month.”

If they follow the books of which How to Train Your Dragon is loosely based then the title of the sequel may be How to Be a Pirate. In the book Hiccup and Fishlegs find a coffin out at sea. When they open it, they find out that it contains a man named Alvin the Treacherous, soon to become Hiccup’s worst enemy. He tells them of how he found the coffin when he was farming, and when he opened it, it snapped his hand off. He shows the Vikings that he has a hook to replace it. He then tells them of a riddle that shows where to find the treasure of Grimbeard the Ghastly, the world’s greatest pirate and Hiccup’s great-great grandfather.

There are 7 other books in the series, such as How to Speak Dragonese and How to Cheat a Dragon’s Curse, so they could potentially follow the story of any of them.

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