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Posted: Mon., Mar. 17, 2008, 3:35pm PT

DreamWorks fires up 'Dragon' cast

Butler, Ferrera, Hill, Baruchel join animated pic

Gerard Butler

Butler

America Ferrera

Ferrera

Gerard Butler, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel and Christopher Mintz-Plasse will voice "How to Train Your Dragon" for DreamWorks Animation.

Peter Hastings will helm the feature toon, and Bonnie Arnold is producing.

Comic adventure is set in a mythical world and centers on a scrawny teenage Viking who must capture and subdue a wild dragon. Story is based on the book by Cressida Cowell.

Project marks the second film the studio will produce in Ultimate 3-D; the first is "Monsters vs. Aliens." "Dragon" is slated for a domestic release on March 26, 2010.

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