First PETE´S DRAGON Teaser Trailer and Motion Poster Check out the first PETE´S DRAGON teaser trailer and motion poster! The film, written and directed by David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints), stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Wes Bentley, Oakes Fegley, Karl Urban, Oona Laurence, and Robert Redford. PETE´S DRAGON will be released in theaters on August 16. The adventure of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott, who just so happens to be a dragon.