Bryce Dallas Howard In Talks For ‘Pete’s Dragon’
Jurassic WorldstarBryce Dallas Howardis about to log some time with a different kind of big, scaly beast. She’s just entered talks forPete’s Dragon,David Lowery’s remake of the 1977 Disney original.Robert Redford,Oona Laurence, andOakes Fegleyalso star.
Hit the jump for more details on the Bryce Dallas HowardPetes Dragoncasting, plus new details on the film’s New Zealand shoot.
ThePete’s Dragonscript by Lowery andToby Halbrooksis set “against the backdrop of loggers cutting down a forest. Pete (Fegley) is a boy whose parents died in car crash, and has been subsequently raised by Elliot, the titular dragon in the threatened forest.” Unlike the original, the remake will not be a musical.
Laurence will play Pete’s human friend, the daughter of the mill owner. Redford was cast last month as a local who tells fantastical tales about dragons that no one believes. The title character, Pete’s dragon Elliot, will be played by CG magic.
Other roles remaining to be cast include the greedy brother of the mill owner, and a forest ranger who finds Pete. That last character sounds like a possible fit for Howard, but details on her role have not been revealed.THRreports only that Howard will be the female lead.
The CG / live-action hybridis expected to shootbetween January and April 2015 in New Zealand’s Stone Street Studios — the same place whereThe Hobbitfilms are based. Other locations around New Zealand will also be used including the Bay of Plenty, Wellington, and the Canterbury region.
Howard has not been seen on the big screen since 2011’s50/50andThe Help, but she’ll be back in a big way next year withJurassic World. Her other previous credits includeThe Twilight Saga: Eclipse,Terminator Salvation,Spider-Man 3, andLady in the Water.
