In making a new version of “Pete’s Dragon,” Dallas director David Lowery didn’t keep much from Disney’s original — and still very weird — 1977 film. He kept the title, he kept a kid ...

He definitely had to be a dragon named Elliot, but director David Lowery only had one other major ask for his title beast in Pete’s Dragon: The creature needed to be furry. Scales can be cute ...

Too bad about the singing, however here’s hoping that all signs of the Gogans and their songs about child abuse will be gone from the new adaptation. The new “Pete’s Dragon” is slated for ...

Bryce Dallas Howard and Robert Redford aren’t buying this whole dragon story you’re selling, Oakes Fegley. On Sunday, Disney dropped the U.S. teaser trailer for Summer 2016 fantasy film ...

If the name of the director of “Pete’s Dragon” were kept under wraps, the artistry displayed throughout the film would be a surprise. The director is David Lowery, whose 2013 feature “Ain ...

Pete is a 10-year-old boy with no family who claims to live in the forest with his dragon, Elliot. With the help of her wood-carver father Mr. Chameleon (Robert Redford), forest ranger Grace ...

The first Pete's Dragon had a sad story at its core. Pete was an orphan who was adopted by a hillbilly family, the Gogans, who abuse him (there's even a song about the abuse). He runs away, and ...

The new Disney film rebuilds the story of Pete's Dragon from the ground up. Here, Pete (Oakes Fegley) becomes an orphan after his parents die in a car accident.

But after seeing this new photo, and after re-watching the trailer Disney released back in February, I also feel other things about it, because change is hard. 1. He’s gigantic ...

With a terrier’s blocky face, a somewhat portly figure and klutzy landing technique, the flying dragon Elliot is unlike almost any other creature on screen. This update of Disney’s animated ...

Earlier this year, moviegoers flocked to “The Jungle Book,” propelling the story about a young boy raised by wolves to massive box office success. In just a few weeks, film fans will have the ...