--- description: Disney's remake stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford and newcomer Oakes Fegley title: Watch the New 'Pete’s Dragon' Teaser Trailer image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17aced7f06ce3973/69887e96bc6cfce4383dbd62/gettyimages-85241342.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Movie](/tag/movie/) ## Movie Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the First _Pete's Dragon_ Teaser Trailer by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 23, 2016 4:07 AM CUT  A photo of the 1977 'Pete's Dragon' film poster A photo of the 1977 'Pete's Dragon' film posterGAB Archive/Redferns/Getty Images by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 23, 2016 4:07 AM CUT It’s time to see _Pete’s Dragon_. Disney has unveiled the first teaser for its forthcoming remake, starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, newcomer Oakes Fegley (great name for a child actor playing a feral child) and the title dragon. Pete’s dragon only registers a brief glimpse in the whimsical teaser, which debuted Sunday, but it’s a majestic first appearance (check it out at the end of the clip below). Directed by David Lowery (_Ain’t Them Bodies Saints_), this new _Pete’s Dragon_ reimagines the 1977 children’s classic for modern times. Fegley is Pete, Howard is the park ranger who finds him living alone (or “alone”) in the forest, and Redford is her father. _Pete’s Dragon_ is set for release on Aug. 12. [_This article originally appeared on Ew.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/21/petes-dragon-trailer-video "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4233422/petes-dragon-trailer-disney/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4233422/petes-dragon-trailer-disney/"},"headline":"Watch the First Pete's Dragon Teaser Trailer","datePublished":"2016-02-23T04:07:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:17:02.331Z","description":"Disney's remake stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford and newcomer Oakes Fegley","url":"https://time.com/4233422/petes-dragon-trailer-disney/","keywords":["Movie","Disney","Trailer","Robert Redford"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17aced7f06ce3973/69887e96bc6cfce4383dbd62/gettyimages-85241342.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt17aced7f06ce3973/69887e96bc6cfce4383dbd62/gettyimages-85241342.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Photo of FILM POSTERS","caption":"Photo of FILM POSTERS","creditText":"GAB Archive/Redferns/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movie/","name":"Movie"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4233422/petes-dragon-trailer-disney/","name":"Watch the First Pete's Dragon Teaser Trailer"}}]}] ```