Plot Outline: The story of the special bond between an orphaned boy, Pete, and his best friend, Elliott, who just happens to be a dragon.
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Release Date:
Friday, August 12, 2016 In Theaters (Nationwide)
for action, peril and brief language
Pete's Dragon Plot: What's it about?
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.
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A look at the Pete's Dragon behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director David Lowery previously directed Mother Mary, An Almost Christmas Story and Peter Pan & Wendy. The film's writer David Lowery penned Mother Mary, Peter Pan & Wendy and The Old Man and the Gun.
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Key Facts
- The film stars Bryce Dallas Howard as Grace, a park ranger who discovers the existence of Elliott; 10-year-old Oakes Fegley as Pete; Wes Bentley as Jack, a local mill owner; New Zealand native Karl Urban as Jack's brother, Gavin; Oona Laurence as Natalie, the young girl who befriends Pete; and Robert Redford as Grace's father.
- The production begins shooting in and around Wellington before moving north to the Rotorua area, and will complete principal photography in the South Island communities of Tapanui and Invercargill.
- Robert 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.
- Remake of the 1977 film of the same name. It will not be a musical. Said to be "a reimagining of Disney’s cherished family film".
Pete's Dragon Filming Timeline
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— Pete's Dragon entered Completed status.
Awaiting release by the distributor; a release date may or may not be available.
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— The film entered Post-Production status.
Filming completed; footage being edited; music being composed and recorded; sound and visual effects being added.
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— The film entered Production status.
Principal photography commenced on February 10, 2015 in New Zealand.Finalizing production budget, filming the movie begins.
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— The film entered Pre-Production status.
Eyeing a shoot in New Zealand this fall.Key cast and crew being hired; budget and production schedule finalized; shooting script approved.
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— The film entered Announced status.
David Lowery and Toby Halbrooks signed on to pen the script.Intentions to make the movie; early in development.
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Pete's Dragon was released nationwide on . 10 other films are opening on the same date, including Sausage Party , Florence Foster Jenkins and Hell or High Water.
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