![]() But he also felt compelled to add layers to his film for a more discerning and contemporary audience.Ĭertainly, there is a nostalgic innocence to the new version but Howard says “there are profound themes” in it, as well. Lowery says he wanted to stay loyal to the original narrative minus the musical parts, of course. The new film can be appreciated on many levels. “That’s why I make movies - to feel connected to others.”ģ. But she continues to be enthusiastic about the film’s accessibility. “It wasn’t much of a stretch for me,” she says. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Even she admits that sensible is what she knows well. Howard seems like the appropriate actress to play the grounded ranger. The director and co-writer of Pete’s Dragon says that he’s hoping to bring the same sort of Pioneer emotion and energy to the updated film. It’s about a father, his son and a bedtime story. Lowery’s an unlikely family entertainment rebooter.įor his second movie Lowery made the gritty crime story Ain’t Them Bodies Saints. But his calling card for Pete’s Dragon was a short two years earlier called Pioneer. Here are five more things you should know about the newest Pete’s Dragon.ġ. He managed the unimaginable, he says, thanks to the kindness of a dragon named Elliott.īlending the latest in digital techniques and live action, the David Lowery-directed movie is dedicated to underscoring family values of a different kind, not to mention some not so subtle environmental themes. In the makeover, Howard plays a forest ranger who is helped by her father (Robert Redford) to investigate the claim that an orphan boy named Pete (Oakes Fegley) survived six years in the wilderness. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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