From the Back Cover
Here is a look behind the frozen fjords and ice caves of Berk at the making of the sequel to a beloved animated classic. This full-color, lavishly illustrated book features more than 650 paintings, drawings, sketches, models, film stills, lighting studies, color keys, story boards, and photographs. Along with quotes from all the principal filmmakers there is also an introduction by the writer/director Dean DeBlois and a foreword by Gerard Butler, the voice of Stoick.
In this brilliantly conceived sequel, we are on a journey of exploration to new lands, four-winged dragons, long-lost love, vicious and powerful enemies, and ginormous Bewilderbeasts.
How does a movie of such imagination and magnitude come into creation? Well, you begin with an incredibly talented team of artists, writers, engineers, animators, modelers, and tech wizards and you let their creativity soar. The result is a stunning, original vision—bigger, better, and fiercer than ever—of an earth-shattering, fire-breathing sequel to the legendary story of Vikings and dragons in the frozen north.
Hold on to your dragons, fans and friends, you're in for the ride of a lifetime!
About the Author
Linda Sunshine is the author of more than sixty books, including books about the making of such movies as Schindler's List, Monsters vs. Aliens, Catch Me If You Can, E.T., and Saving Private Ryan, as well as several novels and humor books. Her most recent titles include Celebrity Vineyards: From Napa to Tuscany, American Nurses, and Through Maria's Eyes. She lives in Los Angeles with her own little dragon, Bernie Brooklyn.