First Look At Elliott From Pete’s Dragon

A new image has been revealed by Entertainment Weekly of Elliott the Dragon, from the new live action movie, Pete’s Dragon, which is a remake of a classic Disney movie from 1977.   The movie hits theatre’s on August 12th.

And this Elliott doesn’t look anything like the one from the 70’s.

The director Davis Lowery told EW about the design of the character,  “Certain things about the original design we loved: Big jaw, big snout, and a clumsy quality that we really wanted to not completely forget about,”

“We explored pink, just to see what would happen, From the get-go, the aesthetic was always to make everything feel as handmade as possible, including effects. To really have it feel like a blur between a very grounded realistic world and a world in which a big green dragon that can turn invisible can exist.”

“David saw this furry, soft dragon that kids could imagine, when they go into the woods, could actually be there,” production designer Jade Healy adds.

“There’s one video of a giant panda tumbling in his cave, and we looked at that again and again as our Elliott — this big animal who just doesn’t know what to do with his body,” says Healy.

Here is the teaser trailer:

What do you think of Elliot?