Toon-In Talk Episode 25: Interview with Art Brown

Hello and welcome to twenty-fifth episode of Fanboy Nation’s Toon-In-Talk, your rendezvous for animation interviews. Whitney had to take a short hiatus due to everything hitting the fan at once, but now she’s back with Art Brown, executive produce of DreamWorks’s How To Train Your Dragon: Dragons Race To the Edge. Dragons Race To the Edge is an exciting Netflix exclusive cartoon series and it continues with its second season. Hiccup, Astrid, Fishlegs, Tuffnut, Ruffnut, Snoutlout, Toothless, Stormfly, and all the other dragons are in for thrilling adventures as the protect the Edge from a duo of villainous brothers and discover more dragon species. Art Brown chats with Whitney about what to expect in Dragons Race To the Edge season two and she had a hard time controlling her laughter. Show Notes Art Brown is an executive producer on How To Train Your Dragon: Dragons Race To the Edge. He says the new season will have brand new dragons, new dastardly brother villains named Viggo and Ryker, cool Astrid adventures, and some great comedy. Whitney is a big stiggler for continuity and Art assures her that he is constantly in contact with the franchise as whole to retain continuity with the How To Train Your Dragon Dragons Race To the Edge takes place between the first two movies. Art loves working on the Dragons Race To the Edge TV series, because he gets to explore routes that the movies can’t get into due to time. Art and Whitney both love Fishlegs and Meatlugs’ relationship, they’re so cute and funny. Does Dragons Race To the Edge delve into why there is only one Nightfury? Art said it’s a “no fly zone.” If Art had his own dragon companion he would want either Hookfang or Meatlug. Mostly because he and Doug are huge animal fans and both have great pets. Doug Sloan is another executive producer on the show. If Art and Doug want to make people laugh on the Dragons Race To the Edge, they always cut to Meatlug and her antics. To create new dragons, the Dragons Race To the Edge creative team look at the amazing creatures in the animal kingdom for inspiration. Whitney and Art both like the honey badger. Art Brown declares that there will be a minimum of eight new dragons in Dragons Race To the Edge.