Animated ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Series Comes to Cartoon Network

Moviegoers who loved this year’s “How to Train Your Dragon” must be having a field day right about now: after the announcement that a sequel was in the works comes confirmation that an animated series will arrive on TV.

This means that fans will probably not have to wait until 2013 to see what happens to Hiccup and Toothless, which is when the second 3D animated film comes out from DreamWorks.

Instead, they can just tune in to Cartoon Network to catch them in the new animated series announced by Stuart Snyder, President / COO of Turner’s Animation, Young Adults & Kids Business.

According to the press release sent out to ScreenCrave, the project is in the works right now, with Cartoon Network and DreamWorks teaming up to make it happen.

“The ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ weekly series definitely falls into that category of giving our viewers around the globe something they can’t find anywhere else on television and DreamWorks Animation is a proven leader in taking this art form to the next level,” Snyder says.

“We are ecstatic to be bringing this project to our network and working with everyone at DreamWorks Animation,” the statement further reads.

Further details are not provided for the time being, tough fans of the original novels and the first film are promised what they saw in it is only the beginning, the foundation for the upcoming television series.

“In the ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ television series on Cartoon Network, the characters and worlds originally created for the big screen will be explored and further developed in a number of exciting ways that will be revealed over time,” Snyder explains.

“TV audiences will be taken on original, new adventures with Hiccup and Toothless every week,” the COO adds.

While this is undeniably excellent news, ScreenCrave points out that there is a high chance the project doesn’t work because the material is more suited for the big screen instead of television.

Most of Disney’s ‘90s biggest animations films (“The Little Mermaid,” “Aladdin,” “The Lion King”) were turned into television shows and these failed to catch on, the e-zine says.

It would be quite a shame if the same happened to “How to Train Your Dragon.”