Pete's Dragon Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

The story of the special bond between an orphaned boy, Pete, and his best friend, Elliott, who just happens to be a dragon.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

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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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Pete's Dragon.

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  Oakes Fegley

  ... Pete

  The Fabelmans, Adam the First

• 
  Robert Redford

  ... Grace’s Father

  Captain America: The Winter Soldier, The Discovery

• O
  Oona Laurence

  ... Natalie

  What We Found, Lamb

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  Bryce Dallas Howard

  ... Grace

  Argylle, Jurassic World

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  Wes Bentley

  ... Jack

  Interstellar, The Hunger Games

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  Karl Urban

  ... Jack's Brother

  Mortal Kombat 2, The Bluff

Crew Behind the Film

The Pete's Dragon behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director David Lowery last directed An Almost Christmas Story and Peter Pan & Wendy. The film's writer David Lowery last wrote Peter Pan & Wendy and The Old Man and the Gun.

Director

David Lowery

Screenwriters

David Lowery
Toby Halbrooks

Producers

Barrie M. Osborne
James 'Jim' Whitaker

Production Details

What we know about the Pete's Dragon movie production.

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".

Production Updates for Pete's Dragon

Feb 2016

Completed

Changed Pete's Dragon movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Jun 2015

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Jan 2015

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. Principal photography commenced on February 10, 2015 in New Zealand.

Oct 2014

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Eyeing a shoot in New Zealand this fall.

Mar 2013

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. David Lowery and Toby Halbrooks signed on to pen the script.

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