Disney will gutPete’s Dragonand sell its corpse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYT975dSm9c

Wow , Disney is delve deeply into the vault for movie material . First it was Alice In Wonderland , and Beauty and the Beast — now Pete ’s Dragon is get a remaking .

Yes the 1977 jewel that include two of the best all timevillainous melodious numbersis getting a full re - haul , thanks to Ai n’t Them Bodies Saints director David Lowery . fit in toDeadline , the pilot is merely an inspiration — because the studio apartment plans to “ reinvent the core story . ” Which … why even do it then ? Pete ’s Dragon might be date stamp , but it ’s still a terrific little movie with fantastic line . Ah well , our money is on Elliot getting a jumbo Smaug - alike makeover . Sigh .