Disney’s remake of Pete’s Dragon now has a Pete
Last year, Disney decided to go ahead and remake Pete’s Dragon, presumably because dragons are pretty hot right now. Today Variety reports that human child Oakes Fegley has been cast as Pete in the music-less “straight narrative” version of the 1977 film. Fegley recently starred opposite Michelle Monaghan in Fort Bliss, and has played younger versions of Jason Bateman and Shea Wigham (Eli Thompson) in This Is Where I Leave You and Boardwalk Empire, respectively.