Tom Bancroft, Animation Master
Photo © W.R. Miller. To help promote the soon-to-be-released live action Pete’s Dragon, Disney has released The Art of Disney’s Dragons, published on June 28. As one would expect, the book showcases designs, drawings, paintings and CG renderings of all of Disney’s dragons from The Reluctant Dragon to both hand-drawn and CG versions of Elliot. […]
Promoting Pete’s Dragon
This week it appears Disney is pulling out all the stops in promoting its new live-action Pete’s Dragon, unleashing a torrent of videos on the web and social media. Here are a few videos in chronological order of release: Disney’s Pete’s Dragon Trailer https://youtu.be/A7vWCd2Jj-U Uploaded on June 14, 2016 Elliot in the Air July 4, […]
Pete’s Puppy
On February 15, 2016, Disney released their teaser trailer for their new version of Pete’s Dragon: And on April 15, 2016, Entertainment Weekly published an image of what Elliot the Dragon looked like: This is a dragon? My curiosity brought me over to Amazon.com to see what books would be published as a tie-in. One […]
Elliott is Coming
He’s big. He’s green. He protects a little boy named Pete. And he’s coming to a theater near you: The lowdown from Disney: A reimagining of Disney’s cherished family film, “Pete’s Dragon” is the adventure of an orphaned boy named Pete and his best friend Elliott, who just so happens to be a dragon. “Pete’s […]
How boys grow up in Disney films
What’s it like to be an orphaned boy in a Disney film these days? November 25, 2015 The Good Dinosaur, the story of an orphaned boy raised in the forest by an orphaned dinosaur. April 15, 2016 The Jungle Book, the story of an orphaned boy raised in the forest by wolves, a panther and […]
