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Somehow it took this long, but after a trilogy of Oscar-nominated animated movies, a spin-off TV show, a series of short films, and multiple video games, How to Train Your Dragon—inspired by Cressida Cowell’s 2003 best-selling book—is getting the live-action treatment.