All promo material for Disney's Pete’s Dragon has kept the titular mythical creature out of the lime light so far, offering teasing glimpses in the first trailer or the poster placing him just out of sight behind a tree. Now, thanks to Entertainment Weekly’s big Summer preview, we now have our first real look at Elliott in all his gigantic, furry green glory.
If the the first trailer wasn’t enough indication for you, bringing a slightly darker edge to the classic tale, David Lowrey’s (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) remake is a lot different from the 1977 original. Elliott this time round is more full on dragon (with a bit of dog maybe mixed in there too) than the original’s clumsy, anthropomorphised oaf, though the magic and wonder of the original is there in his wonderfully expressive face. This movie just keeps becoming more and more intriguing each time we see something from it.
Released: August 12th
Synopsis: For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham (Robert Redford) has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard), who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales…until she meets Pete (Oakes Fegley). Pete is a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete’s descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham’s stories. With the help of Natalie (Oona Laurence), an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack (Wes Bentley) owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.
If the the first trailer wasn’t enough indication for you, bringing a slightly darker edge to the classic tale, David Lowrey’s (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) remake is a lot different from the 1977 original. Elliott this time round is more full on dragon (with a bit of dog maybe mixed in there too) than the original’s clumsy, anthropomorphised oaf, though the magic and wonder of the original is there in his wonderfully expressive face. This movie just keeps becoming more and more intriguing each time we see something from it.
Released: August 12th
Synopsis: For years, old wood carver Mr. Meacham (Robert Redford) has delighted local children with his tales of the fierce dragon that resides deep in the woods of the Pacific Northwest. To his daughter, Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard), who works as a forest ranger, these stories are little more than tall tales…until she meets Pete (Oakes Fegley). Pete is a mysterious 10-year-old with no family and no home who claims to live in the woods with a giant, green dragon named Elliott. And from Pete’s descriptions, Elliott seems remarkably similar to the dragon from Mr. Meacham’s stories. With the help of Natalie (Oona Laurence), an 11-year-old girl whose father Jack (Wes Bentley) owns the local lumber mill, Grace sets out to determine where Pete came from, where he belongs, and the truth about this dragon.
