Burger King Unveils How to Train Your Dragon Meal With ‘Dragon Flame-Grilled Whopper’ and a Horned Crown

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One fast-food chain is changing up its menu just in time for the release of DreamWorks’ live-action How to Train Your Dragon, which hits theaters on June 13. Per CNBC, ahead of the movie’s premiere, Burger King will debut a themed menu based on the new film starring Gerard Butler, Mason Thames, and Nico Parker.

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Beginning on May 27, Burger King’s menu will feature several new items themed around How to Train Your Dragon. The menu will be available for a limited time and will include the “Dragon Flame-Grilled Whopper,” which features a red and orange marbled bun. Also available on the limited-time menu are “Fiery Dragon Mozzarella Fries” concocted with Calabrian chili pepper breading, “Soaring Strawberry Lemonade,” and the “Viking’s Chocolate Sundae” topped with Hershey’s syrup and black and green cookie crumbles.

Burger King teased the collaboration via its Instagram account, which can be seen below.

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This isn’t the First Movie Collab for BK

The collaboration with How to Train Your Dragon is the latest in Burger King’s effort to bring families back to the fast food chain with fun-colored Whopper buns and family-friendly movie themes. In 2023, the burger chain debuted a “Spider-Verse” whopper complete with a red bun and black sesame seeds in collaboration with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

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A More Family-Friendly Approach

Burger King’s U.S. and Canada President Tom Curtis said in a CNBC interview that the restaurant chain is opting for a family-first approach in its marketing. “Where we’re really starting to lean in now that we’ve made some progress in both operations and in our restaurants is on a family-first marketing strategy,” Curtis said.

“We’re finding that there will be chapters to this as we go through time, and right now this is a family strategy chapter, where we’ve done enough work and transformed our restaurant operations to the extent we are proud of,” Curtis continued. “We’re inviting families back in, and we’re finding that we’re getting better retention when they do come back in.”

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Gerard Butler Nearly Wasn’t Cast in the Live-Action Movie

When How to Train Your Dragon hits theaters next month, fans will find that Gerard Butler will be reprising his role as Stoick the Vast, a part he voiced in the original animated How to Train Your Dragon trilogy. However, the Den of Thieves star nearly didn’t get the role in the live-action film.

The film’s director, Dean DeBlois, who also helmed the original animated movies, said many factors almost led to Butler not lending his skills to the new film, including scheduling conflicts and even other actors being considered for the part.

“I (texted) Gerry and I said, ‘Just so you know, we really tried, and it’s really disappointing to me that you can’t assume the role,” DeBlois said in a previous interview via Screen Rant. Butler said he wrote back. “Immediately, I went, ‘Wait a minute,’ What are you saying here?…Dean fought really hard for me, when maybe the studio was saying, ‘Do we not get somebody bigger?’”

DeBlois said Butler was the perfect actor for the role as he said he’s interested in the Viking lore and mythology, and he could draw on his personal experiences to “dig into” the role of Stoick and the relationship his character has with his son, Hiccup (Thames).

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

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The Movie is a Retelling of the Original Animated Film

DreamWorks’ live-action How to Train Your Dragon is a reimagining of the 2010 animated film, which was based on the books by author Cressida Cowell. The film will follow the adventures of Hiccup and his friend, a dragon called Toothless. Butler, Thames, and Parker star alongside Nick Frost, Gabriel Howell, Bronywn James, Murray Arthur, and Harry Trevaldwyn.

How to Train Your Dragon debuts in theaters on June 13. Burger King’s collab drops on May 27.