After enjoyed success last year by releasing Monsters Vs Aliens in March - a surprisingly early slot for a major animated family movie - DreamWorks Animation is once more circling a similar release window for its next big project. That said, there's good reasons why DreamWorks is scheduling How To Train Your Dragon for a March 26th 2010 US release, given that the summer sees both Toy Story 3 and Shrek Forever After doing battle. It's, thus, quite a savvy move to steer a good three months clear of both.

As such, the firm has now released the first trailer for its new film, which features the voice talents of McLovin (that'll be Christopher Mintz-Plasse), Gerard Butler and Jonah Hill, and it looks like the usual DreamWorks Animation fun thus far.

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