14th June 2016 - Full Trailer & New Poster
The new trailer for #PetesDragon debuts tomorrow on @accesshollywood Live! Here’s the new poster to hold you over: pic.twitter.com/uUyLVhWHzT
— Bryce Dallas Howard (@BryceDHoward) June 13, 2016
21st February 2016 - Teaser Trailer
10th February 2015 - Filming Has Begun + Release Date Revealed
Principal photography on Pete’s Dragon commenced today in New Zealand. A reimagining of the 1977 Disney classic, the family film will blend live action and CGI to tell the story of the special bond between an orphaned boy, Pete, and his best friend, Elliott, who just happens to be a dragon.
Pete’s Dragon is directed by David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) and produced by Jim Whitaker, with Barrie Osborne serving as executive producer. The screenplay is by Lowery and Toby Halbrooks. WETA Digital, the visual effects company founded by filmmaker Peter Jackson based in New Zealand, will utilize the latest in digital effects to bring the dragon, Elliott, to life. The film is scheduled to be released in U.S. theaters August 12, 2016.
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29th January 2015 - Karl Urban to Replace Michael C. Hall
“Star Trek’s” Karl Urban has joined the cast of Disney’s “Pete’s Dragon,” replacing Michael C. Hall, TheWrap has learned.
Robert Redford, Bryce Dallas Howard and Wes Bentley are set to star alongside newcomer Oakes Fegley, who will play the title character.
Hall was forced to exit the project due to a scheduling conflict, though it remains unclear which role Urban is taking over. A representative for the actor did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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9th January 2015 - Michael C. Hall Joins Cast
Michael C. Hall is set to join the cast of Disney’s remake of “Pete’s Dragon.”
Robert Redford, Bryce Dallas Howard and Wes Bentley are also on board, with newcomer Oakes Fegley set as the title character.
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7th January 2015 - Wes Bentley Joins Cast
“Hunger Games” actor Wes Bentley has signed on to star in Disney’s “Pete’s Dragon,” an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
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20th November 2014 - Bryce Dallas Howard Cast As A Forest Ranger
Bryce Dallas Howard is in talks to join the cast of Pete's Dragon, Disney's remake of its 1977 classic children's movie.
While the original was set in a fishing village at the turn of the 20th century, the new story is set against the backdrop of loggers cutting down a forest. Pete is a boy whose parents died in a car crash and who has been subsequently raised by Elliot, the titular dragon that resides in the threatened forest.
Howard will play a forest ranger who finds the boy and doesn't believe his stories about a dragon ... at first.
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16th October 2014 - Robert Redford Cast As Local Storyteller
Robert Redford is in early talks to join Pete’s Dragon, Disney’s remake of its 1977 classic children's movie.
If a deal makes, Redford will play a local who tells tall tales involving dragons that no one believes. The project will be live-action with CGI used for the dragon.
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19th September 2014 - Oakes Fegley And Oona Laurence Cast As Pete And Natalie
Oakes Fegley and Oona Laurence are set to star in Disney’s remake of “Pete’s Dragon.”
David Lowery is set to direct from a script he wrote with Toby Halbrooks.
The story is a reinvention of the 1977 film that revolves around Pete and his best friend Elliot, who happens to be dragon. The first pic was a musical, but sources say this will be a straight narrative.
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19th March 2013 - Film In Development
EXCLUSIVE: I didn’t see this one coming. After directing one of the most talked-about films at Sundance Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, David Lowery has hired on with writing partner Toby Halbrooks to script Pete’s Dragon for Disney and producer Jim Whitaker. I’m told they will reinvent the core story of a venerable Disney family film. It will not be a musical and at this point Lowery is just engaged as writer. The original 1977 Pete’s Dragon mixed an animated fire-breather with a live-action cast of actors that included Mickey Rooney, Red Buttons, Shelley Winters, Helen Reddy and Jim Dale, with Sean Marshall playing the orphan boy who comes to a town with his magical dragon, his abusive adoptive parents in hot pursuit.
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