Disney used their Disneyland 60th Anniversary Celebration Special on ABC Sunday night to unveil our very first look at their Pete’s Dragon remake and a new commercial for The Jungle Book.
Pete’s Dragon won’t be hitting theaters until August, but this week marks the first time we’re seeing any official previews for this Disney live-action remake. The new movie stars Bryce Dallas Howard as Grace, Robert Redford as Grace’s father, Oakes Fegley as young Pete, and Craig Hall as adult Pete.
In the film, Grace and dad learn about Pete, a boy who’s been out in the woods by himself for six years. How’d he survive for that long? He had a certain dragon as a companion:
The film’s synopsis is below:
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. Disney’s “Pete’s Dragon” opens in U.S. theaters on August 12, 2016.
In related news, Disney also used the 60th Anniversary Special to share a new preview of their live-action Jungle Book. While not our first look at the movie, the trailer offers an exciting new sneak peek ahead of the film’s April 15 opening:
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