1977's Pete's Dragon, the story of orphan Pete and his imagainary friend Elliot, who just happens to be an enormous animated dragon, was regular viewing in my house growing up, especailly when my parents needed to get work done. It's not considered an out and out classic of the Disney archives, but it does have it's fair share of fans, who are no doubt perturbed that plans are in the works to remake it. Still in the development stage, David Lowery, writer/ director of the upcoming Ain't Them Bodies Saints, starring Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, and Rooney Mara, and his writing partner Toby Halbrooks have being brought on to pen the script. There is no word on who is in line for director for the movie, which unlike the original, won't be a musical.
via Deadline
