New Image Emerges For Pete’s Dragon

 

Lavish live-action remakes and modern re-imaginings are currently high on the pecking order over at the House of Mouse, and one need only look at Disney’s marketing campaigns for Alice Through the Looking Glass and Bill Condon’s upcoming Beauty and the Beast for evidence of this renewed drive.

Sandwiched in between those two relative heavyweights is Pete’s Dragon, David Lowery’s rendition of a cult ’70s classic. It brings together Oakes Fegley’s pint-sized protagonist with a towering, feathery reptile, sparking an usual friendship deep within the woods.  And so, with a release pegged for mid-August in the States Empire Magazine has premiered a new image spotlighting the titular beast, all the while revealing the genesis behind Lowery’s furry creation, who took strides to ensure that Pete’s amicable dragon stood apart from those fire-breathing beasts spotted in Game of Thrones, Harry Potter et. al.

Pete’s Dragon will swoop into theaters on August 12 in the States. Wes Bentley, Karl Urban and Oona Laurence are among the cast.