Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington To Play Villain in How to Train Your Dragon 2

Kit Harington, who plays Jon Snow on HBO’s series Game of Thrones, is in negotiations to voice the role of a villain in How to Train Your Dragon 2, the sequel to DreamWorks’ animated fantasy hit starring Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, and America Ferrer, according to Variety.

Dean DeBlois will be writing and directing the new film, which is again based on the books by Cressida Cowell. DeBlois was the co-author and co-director of the first How to Train Your Dragon film with Chris Sanders, who will be executive producing the new film with DeBlois.

How to Train Your Dragon 2  is planned for a June 20, 2014 release.

Hiccup and Toothless will be back with a new villain in 2014 (Image © DreamWorks)