PETE´S DRAGON Trailer Debut Experience the first PETE´S DRAGON trailer! 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.