Peter Pan & Wendy is the timeless story of “a younger lady who, defying her dad and mom’ needs to attend boarding college, travels together with her two youthful brothers to the magical Neverland. There, she meets a boy who refuses to develop up, a tiny fairy and an evil pirate captain, and so they quickly discover themselves on an exciting and harmful journey far, far-off from their household and the comforts of house.”
Lowery beforehand talked about his imaginative and prescient for the movie saying he wished to make “The Revenant with flying children.” He added: “I hesitate to make use of the phrase grounded as a result of it has fairies and flying kids in it. However once I went to speak to the studio about it I used to be like ‘What if we keep true to the unique materials, take away the problematic parts of each the novel and the animated movie in fact, however then deal with it like The Revenant. What if we made The Revenant with flying children?’ And so they had been into it. It’s not 100% like that nevertheless it’s type of the ethos by which we’ve gone about making it….That was type of the concept, have it’s visceral, have it’s grounded, it’s nonetheless joyful, it’s nonetheless stuffed with exuberance and magic, in order that’s why I don’t like to make use of the phrase ‘grounded.’”
Lowery additionally stated: “In making Peter Pan & Wendy, we got down to craft a movie that honors each the unique J.M. Barrie textual content and Walt Disney’s animated adaptation; we wished to invigorate our retelling with emotional sincerity, an open coronary heart, and a grand craving for journey. A whole lot of unimaginable artists spent a few years bringing this movie to the display; I’m excited for audiences to see their work, to go on this experience, and to rediscover an evergreen story from a brand new perspective.”
The movie stars Ever Anderson as Wendy, Alexander Molony as Peter Pan, Jude Legislation as Captain Hook, and Yara Shahidi is taking part in Tinker Bell within the film. It additionally stars Molly Parker as Mrs. Darling, Alan Tudyk as Mr. Darling, Joshua Pickering as John, Jacobi Jupe as Michael, Alyssa Wapanatank as Tiger Lily, and Jim Gaffigan as Smee.
The film hits Disney+ on April twenty eighth, 2023.