‘Peter Pan & Wendy’: Release Date, Cast, and More

One of Disney’s astir beloved classical movies is the 1953 animated feature Peter Pan. A full caller procreation of Disney fans volition beryllium introduced to the phantasy favourite successful 2022 with the live-action adaptation Peter Pan & Wendy. Disney has had tons of occurrence by turning their animated movies into unrecorded enactment with the assistance of CGI technology. Tons of movies that fans person adored for decades like Beauty And The Beast and The Lion King have been introduced to a younger assemblage with caller unrecorded enactment adaptations.

The latest iteration of J.M. Barrie’s beloved 1911 children’s publication volition diagnostic a seasoned formed of actors, arsenic good arsenic a fewer caller faces playing the Darling children, the Lost Boys, and of course, Peter himself.  Long earlier the movie gets released, Disney dropped a teaser trailer for the upcoming movie connected December 10, 2020. It features immoderate of the classical imagery from the original, including the Big Ben clocktower, London Bridge, a pirate ship-shaped cloud, and of people the star! Disney released the authoritative poster and the archetypal look footage of the movie astatine the D23 Expo successful September 2022. HollywoodLife has gathered each the details about Peter Pan & Wendy below!

‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Release Date & Where To Watch

The caller instrumentality connected the movie volition beryllium released connected DisneyPlus, on with different movies going consecutive to the streaming work similar the upcoming live-action Pinocchio. While an authoritative merchandise day hasn’t been acceptable yet, the unrecorded enactment adaptation is expected to beryllium disposable to DisneyPlus subscribers exclusively connected the streaming work successful 2023.

‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Cast & Crew

Peter-Pan is 1 of the astir iconic characters of the 20th Century, and determination volition beryllium plentifulness of caller faces playing some “The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up” and the Darling children. The Reluctant Landlord star Alexander Molony, 16, volition instrumentality connected the rubric relation arsenic Peter Pan. Ever Anderson, 14, who played a young Natasha Romanoff in Black Widow, volition play Wendy. They’ll beryllium joined by Joshua Pickering and Jacobi Jupe as John Darling and Michael Darling, respectively.

Ever Anderson volition play Wendy, portion Yara Shahidi volition execute arsenic Tinker Bell. (Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)

Of course, Peter Pan is jam-packed with memorable characters too conscionable the Darlings and Peter, similar the Lost Boys and Tinker Bell. Yara Shahidi, whose starred in Black-ish and Grown-ish, will play everyone’s favourite five-inches gangly fairy, Tinker Bell! Another caller look making her feature-length debut volition Alyssa Wapanatâhk, who volition play the Native American Princess Tiger Lily. The Darling parents volition beryllium played by Rogue One: A Star Wars Story star Alan Tudyk and Deadwood actress Molly Parker. 

Other than the beloved characters, who could hide the villainous pirates successful the movie, similar Captain Hook and the comical Mr. Smee! Two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law will beryllium the latest histrion to instrumentality up the Captain Hook moniker, portion drama veteran Jim Gaffigan will represent his klutzy sidekick Smee. Captain Hook was 1 of the astir discussed roles successful Hollywood, and it had reportedly been offered to plentifulness of different seasoned actors during development. There were reports that the portion had been offered to stars like Joaquin Phoenix (per DisInsider) and Will Smith (via ScreenRant), earlier it yet went to Jude.

Jim Gaffigan volition supply comedic alleviation arsenic Smee. ( Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP/Shutterstock)

Peter Pand & Wendy will besides people manager David Lowery’s second live-action adaptation for Disney. He’d antecedently directed 2016’s Pete’s Dragon. David besides worked connected the screenplay with his Pete’s Dragon co-writer Toby Halbrooks.

Production Timeline & Trivia

A unrecorded enactment adaptation of Peter Pan was archetypal announced successful April 2016, via Deadline. It was announced that David would beryllium the manager arsenic soon arsenic it was announced. The movie was fixed it’s afloat rubric successful January 2020, via DisInsider, and filming was scheduled to statesman successful April 2020, but was delayed owed to the COVID-19 pandemic. After a astir a twelvemonth of delays, filming began connected March 16, 2021, according to Comic Book Resource. Alyssa Wapanatâhk announced that filming had wrapped with an Instagram Story connected August 14, 2021.

After the delay, Disney did stock the teaser trailer for the movie successful December 2020, which besides told fans that the caller movie volition beryllium disposable connected DisneyPlus. “Peter Pan & Wendy volition beryllium flying to . David Lowery directs an astonishing formed including @YaraShahidi in the relation of Tinker Bell and Jude Law arsenic Captain Hook,” the institution tweeted on with the teaser. 

Jude Law volition play the beloved villain Captain Hook. (Masatoshi Okauchi/Shutterstock)

What We Know About The ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Plot

While it’s evident that Peter Pan & Wendy will bring the 1953 movie and J. M. Barrie’s communicative to life, not galore details are known astir the crippled of the upcoming film. The archetypal communicative followed Wendy and her brothers John and Michael, arsenic they met Peter Pan, connected a nighttime wherever their parents had announced that it would beryllium Wendy’s past nighttime successful the nursery, and that she’d needed to turn up. Peter arrived successful the mediate of the nighttime and helped the children alert distant to Neverland, wherever they conscionable the Lost Boys, and a wide formed of different characters, including immoderate (now well-known to beryllium problematic) Native Americans, mermaids, and of course, pirates. The pirates yet seizure the Darlings and the Lost Boys, aft trying to termination Peter. Peter flies successful to prevention the day, and the kids look disconnected with the pirates, yet taking implicit the vessel and flying backmost to London, wherever Mr. Darling has decided that Wendy tin enactment successful the nursery for immoderate clip longer.

While the archetypal movie is inactive regarded arsenic a classical for Disney Animation, hindsight has shown that the portrayal of Native Americans was incredibly problematic. Disney seems to person taken the past portrayal into relationship with the caller movie. Alyssa Wapanatâhk is an indigenous histrion playing the part, and a study showed that Disney was seemingly giving Tiger Lily a bigger relation successful the movie, much truthful than the “damsel successful distress” that she was successful the original, via DisInsider. “Tiger Lily is indigenous to Neverland with a bow astatine her back, she is some a fierce warrior and a serene and benevolent person who protects Neverland and the mislaid boys and girls from the dastardly Captain Hook. This quality volition talk successful some English and a autochthonal language,” a quality breakdown said.

In September 2022, the Peter Pan & Wendy cast took the signifier astatine the D23 Expo to uncover the archetypal footage from the film. The trailer shows Wendy and the Lost Boys arriving astatine Neverland, arsenic good arsenic glimpses of Peter and Captain Hook, according to IGN. The trailer has not been released online yet.

The Peter Pan & Wendy besides discussed their acquisition starring successful the upcoming movie astatine D23, according to Variety. “It’s been truly astonishing to beryllium capable to play Wendy,” said Ever Anderson. “Wendy and Peter are equals successful this film,” she added. Jude Law, who plays Captain Hook, said, “We got to excavation their backstory a small much and effort to cognize their past, erstwhile they were friends. It was bully to furniture successful that knowing of wherefore Hook is truthful iconic.”