Peter Pan

***Peter Pan*** is an upcoming American live-action reboot film distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is a remake of the 1953 Walt Disney Animation Studios feature film, *Peter Pan*, which was based on the play and novel, *Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and/or Peter and Wendy* by J.M. Barrie.

## Plot

Wendy and her brothers travel with the famous Peter Pan to Neverland to stop the nefarious Captain Hook.

## Cast

* To be announced actor as Peter Pan
* To be announced actress as Wendy Darling
* To be announced actor as Captain Hook
* Reese Witherspoon as Tinker Bell
* To be announced actor as John Darling
* To be announced actor as Michael Darling
* To be announced actor as Mr. Smee
* To be announced actress as Tiger Lily
* To be announced actress as Mary Darling
* To be announced actor as George Darling
* To be announced actor as Slightly
* To be announced actor as Nibs
* To be announced actor as Curly
* To be announced actor as Tootles

## Development

In January 2020, Margot Robbie was in talks to play Tinker Bell, and the film was announced to be released on Disney+.

In February 2020, Joaquin Phoenix had been offered to play the role of Captain Hook.

In March 2020, it was announced that newcomer child actor Alexander Molony and Ever Anderson (Daughter of actress/model Milla Jovovich and director Paul W.S. Anderson) are both casted as Peter Pan and Wendy Darling respectively, and that the film will be released theatrically instead of on Disney+.

Filming for the film was to commence on April 17, 2020 in both London and Canada, but was temporally postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In July 2020, it was announced that Jude Law will play Captain Hook as Phoenix ended up turning the role down. Adam Driver and Will Smith also declined to play Captain Hook.

In September 2020, it was announced that Yara Shahidi will play Tinker Bell instead of Robbie.

In October 2020, it was announced that newcomer actress Alyssa Alook AKA Alyssa Wapanatâhk was cast as Tiger Lily.

In December 2020, it was announced that the film will be released on Disney+ as originally planned instead of theatrically.

In January 2021, it was announced that Jim Gaffigan was cast as Mr. Smee, and that some of the cast recently arrived in Vancouver the same week for a quick costume test.

Filming started in Canada and London on March 8, 2021 and wrapped up on June 30, 2021.

Production on the film officially started on March 16, 2021, and it was also announced that Molly Parker and Alan Tudyk, along with newcomer child actors, Joshua Pickering and Jacobi Jupe, have joined the cast as Mary, George, John, and Michael Darling respectively.

In May 2021, the Lost Boys' roles were announced and new characters were added in the form of newcomer child actors Noah Matthew Matofsky (Slightly), Sebastian Billingsley (Nibs), Kelsey and Skyler Yates (Twins; As girls instead of boys like in the original play, novel, and other adaptation versions), Florence Bensburg (Curly; As a girl, instead of a boy like in the original play, novel, and other adaptation versions, instead of Cubby, a boy character, like in the original Disney version), Caelan Edie (Tootles), Diana Tsoy (Birdie; A new Lost Girl character), and Felix de Sousa (Bellweather; A new Lost Boy character).

In July 2021, it was announced that additional filming will take place in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada on August 2021, also serving the locations as the film’s backdrops.

Filming officially wrapped on August 14, 2021.

On January 27, 2022, it was then announced that reshoots will take place from February 2 to 8.

It was also recently announced that both Framestore and DNEG (Double Negative) will work on the film’s visual effects.

On September 9, 2022, it has been officially confirmed at the D23 Expo that the film will be released in 2023, in order to coincide with the original film's 70th anniversary. It was later verified that the film would be released on Disney+ in the spring of 2023.

On December 19, 2022, a 30-second Disney+ preview trailer also showed some tidbit preview clips of the film, with the first clip being a shot of Wendy flying with Michael and John flying behind her, the next clip of John and Michael first meeting Peter alongside Wendy in the Darling nursery, and the last clip briefly showing Wendy dueling with one of Hook's pirates on the Jolly Roger.

On February 28th, 2023, the official trailer for the film was released and its release date was revealed to be April 28th, 2023.

On March 3, 2023, the film have been criticized by the critics with non white characters such as Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell and Alexander Molony as Peter Pan, even for Jude Law's Captain Hook that showed him with terrible first looks in the trailer, it wasn't until fans got angry at the filmmakers for casting black actress called Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell which currently have with the same race swap characters with Halle Bailey's Ariel.

## Differences from the 1953 film

* While the original Disney film, as well as the original play and novel and most other adaptations, was simply titled "Peter Pan,” the remake is titled "Peter Pan and Wendy,” in homage to one of the alternate titles of the original play and novel, “Peter and Wendy.”
* The Lost Boys not only include boys, but girls, too.
	+ Slightly is now a child with Down Syndrome, Nibs is biracial, the twins, now named Tudy and Rudy, are African-American girls, Cubby is renamed Curly, like in the original play and novel and most other adaptations, and is a girl instead of a boy, and Tootles is an African-American.
	+ There are also two new characters among the Lost Children; Birdie, a Chinese-American girl, and Bellweather, a Latino boy.
* While Tinker Bell was a white Caucasian in the original play, novel, and Disney film and many other adaptations, she is now an African-American in the remake.
* While Captain Hook and George Darling were both performed by the same actor in the original Disney film, as well as the original play and many other adaptations, both characters are now portrayed by different actors in the remake. The first time this tradition break happened was in NBC’s broadcast of “Peter Pan Live!” in 2014, where Christopher Walken played Captain Hook and Christian Borle played both Mr. Smee and George Darling instead.
* Tiger Lily will have a larger role in the remake than she did in the original Disney film.
	+ She now has a horse sidekick.
	+ She is described in the remake as "Both a fierce warrior and a serene and benevolent leader who protects Neverland and the Lost Boys and Girls from the dastardly Captain Hook.”
	+ She is now bilingual, speaking in both English and her native language.
* In the original Disney film and some adaptation versions, Captain Hook's namesake prosthetic hook is on his left hand, but in this remake, it's on his right hand, like in the original play, novel, and most other adaptations.
* Unlike the original Disney film, this remake will not have smoking due to a ban enacted in 2015 prohibiting all forms of smoking and tobacco use from being featured in all Disney films.
* In the original Disney film, Captain Hook wears a red coat, but in this remake, he wears a blue coat. Yet in the trailer and official poster of the film, he is wearing a red coat. And his hair is black in the original and most other adaptations while in this film, his hair is grayish brown.
* In the original Disney film, Wendy never wields a sword nor does she fight. But in this remake, she does as she is shown dueling Captain Hook in the official teaser poster and in a brief clip of her fighting one of the pirates.
	+ Wendy also wielded a sword and fought in the 2003 live-action film adaptation of *Peter Pan*.
* In the original film, Peter Pan wields a dagger. But in the remake, he wields a sword.
* Wendy's backstory and the history of Peter Pan and Captain Hook's rivalry will be further explored in the remake.
* According to director David Lowery, the remake will remove problematic elements that were present in the original film such as the insensitive stereotypical depiction of Neverland's Native American tribe (which got the original film a warning disclaimer on Disney+).
* In the original film, Wendy wears a blue nightgown and has a hair ribbon. But in the remake, she wears a blue robe over her white sleepwear (or undergarments) and she doesn't have a hair ribbon.
* In the original film and some adaptations, as well as the remake, the children characters wear shoes and/or footie socks for the majority of the adventures, while in other adaptations, including the original play and 2003 live-action film adaptations, the children characters were mostly barefoot.
* In the original film, The Lost Boys stayed in Neverland, while in this remake, as well as other adaptations, they get adopted by the Darling family.
* Wendy is a deuteragonist in the original film, while in this remake, she has been elevated to a protagonist alongside Peter Pan.

## Trivia

* Ever Anderson and Jude Law also had roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Anderson played young Black Widow in *Black Widow* and Law played Yon-Rogg in *Captain Marvel*.
* The film will be released in 2023, which will coincide with the original film's 70th anniversary.
* This is the 14th Disney film to feature Alan Tudyk, after *Wreck-It Ralph*, *Frozen*, *Big Hero 6*, *The Good Dinosaur*, *Zootopia*, *Moana*, *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story*, *Ralph Breaks the Internet*, *Aladdin*, *Raya and the Last Dragon*, *Encanto*, *Disenchanted*, and *Strange World*.
* This is the fourth live-action remake to have an alternate title different from the original's title, after *Maleficent* for *Sleeping Beauty*, *Christopher Robin* for *The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh*, and *Cruella* for *One Hundred and One Dalmatians*.
* This is the third live-action remake to be released exclusively on Disney+, after *Lady and the Tramp* and *Pinocchio*.
* This will be the first ever Disney live-action remake to use the new 2022 on-screen logo.

## Videos

Peter Pan & Wendy - Official Trailer - Disney+

## Gallery

### Promotional Images

Original logo

Current logo

### Miscellaneous

Jude Law dressed up as Captain Hook on the set.

## External links

* Peter Pan & Wendy on Wikipedia
* Peter Pan & Wendy on IMDb

## References

1. ↑ "'Peter Pan' officially announced as the next Disney live-action film adaptation". *Inside the Magic* (April 13, 2016).
2. ↑ "Disney's Live-Action 'Peter Pan' Brings On 'Pete's Dragon' Director". *Collider* (April 13, 2016).
3. ↑ "Margot Robbie Eyed For Peter Pan And Wendy: EXCLUSIVE". *The Illuminerdi* (January 30, 2020).
4. ↑ "Disney Eyeing Joaquin Phoenix For Hook: EXCLUSIVE". *The Illuminerdi* (February 4, 2020).
5. ↑ "Disney’s Live-Action ‘Peter Pan’ Movie Finds Its Wendy and Peter (EXCLUSIVE)". *Variety* (March 10, 2020).
6. ↑ "Disney’s Live-Action ‘Peter Pan’ Re-Titled ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Production Begins This Spring". *The DisInsider* (January 7, 2020).
7. ↑ "Jude Law to Play Captain Hook in Disney’s Live-Action ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’". *The Hollywood Reporter* (July 7, 2020).
8. ↑ "Yara Shahidi to Play Tinkerbell in Disney’s Live-Action ‘Peter Pan’". *The Hollywood Reporter* (September 25, 2020).
9. ↑ "Alyssa Wapanatâhk to Play Tiger Lily in ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’". *TheWrap* (October 16, 2020).
10. ↑ "Jim Gaffigan to Play Mr. Smee in Disney’s ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ (Exclusive)". *TheWrap* (January 21, 2021).
11. ↑ "Disney+’s Live-Action Peter Pan & Wendy Film Begins Production". *ComingSoon.net* (March 16, 2021).
12. ↑ "Actors for ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Lost Boys Revealed". *The DisInsider* (May 11, 2021).
13. ↑ "Peter Pan & Wendy puts N.L. on world stage, says producer working on film". *CBC.ca* (July 3, 2021).
14. ↑ "‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Wraps Filming". *Disney Tips* (August 14, 2021).
15. ↑ "‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Gearing up For Additional Photography". *The DisInsider* (January 27, 2022).
16. ↑ "First 'Peter Pan & Wendy' Footage Teases a Magical Return to Neverland". *Collider* (December 19, 2022).