Teaser trailer released for Disney’s Pete’s Dragon

The teaser trailer for Disney’s Pete’s Dragon aired during ABC’s Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60 tonight. Check out the new teaser trailer below that reimagines the classic Disney family film that was released back in 1977.

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.

The film stars Bryce Dallas Howard (Jurassic World), Oakes Fegley (This is Where I Leave You), Wes Bentley (The Hunger Games), Karl Urban (Star Trek), Oona Laurence (Southpaw) and Robert Redford (Captain America: The Winter Soldier). The film is directed by David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) and written by Lowery & Toby Halbrooks based on a story by Seton I. Miller and S.S. Field.

Disney’s Pete’s Dragon hits theaters on August 12, 2016.