‘Pete’s Dragon’ Teaser Trailer: A Lost Little Boy And A Jolly Green Giant
Disney’s slowly been going through its back catalogue over the past few years, remaking its greatest hits in live-action with the help of 21st century technology. This spring bringsThe Jungle BookandAlice Through the Looking Glass(a sequel to 2010’sAlice in Wonderlandremake), and then later this summer comesPete’s Dragon.
Directed byDavid Lowery,Pete’s Dragonbrings the 1977 movie into the modern day.Oakes Fegleyis the titular Pete, a little boy in the woods who claims to live with a giant green dragon.Robert RedfordandBryce Dallas Howardalso star. The firstPete’s Dragonteaser trailer has just hit, and you may check it out after the jump.
Disney unveiled the firstPete’s Dragonteaser trailer during ABC’sThe Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60special.
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— Pete’s Dragon (@disneypetes)June 17, 2025
It’s to Disney’s credit that their long string of remakes doesn’t look like a bunch of lazy cash grabs. Lowery, who’s best known for directingAin’t Them Bodies Saints, is an unexpected choice for aPete’s Dragonremake, and it should be interesting to see what he brings to the original movie — which, honestly, wasn’t exactly an unassailable classic to begin with.
Pete’s DragonarrivesAugust 12. Here’s the 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. Disney’s “Pete’s Dragon” opens in U.S. theaters on July 30, 2025.
