15 Live-Action Remakes Disney Are Currently Developing

14. Pete's Dragon

The Original: The movie saw a nine-year-old orphan escaping his brutal adoptive parents, the Gogans, with his friend, an animated dragon named Elliott. They successfully escape the grasps of the parents and live with a lighthouse keeper and her father, Lampie. The Planned Remake: Although this movie doesnʼt fall exactly into the category of being a re-imagining of an existing animated feature, rather a straight-up remake, it is an interesting decision for the studio to redo a movie that isnʼt a particularly well known Disney release. Peteʼs Dragon will be directed by acclaimed indie filmmaker David Lowery (Ainʼt Them Body Saints) and stars Oakes Fegley, Oona Laurence, Bryce Dallas Howard, Karl Urban and Robert Redford. Filming began earlier this year in New Zealand with the movie scheduled for a August 12, 2016 release.