Peter Pan and Wendy - Movie Info: Release Date, Cast, Trailer

• Original name: Peter pan
• Country: USA
• Genre: fantasy, adventure, family
• Producer: David Lowry

Disney returns to Neverland. Viewers will find a modern film adaptation of James Matthew Barry's classic fairy tale from director David Lowry. There is no information yet on the exact release date, cast and trailer for Peter Pan and Wendy, but the project is in production at the studio.

Expectations rating - 96%.

Plot

This is a remake of the 1952 musical "Peter Pan". The story of a mischievous boy who does not want to grow up. In London, he meets the girl Wendy and her two brothers, John and Michael, to go together on a magical adventure through the enchanted land of Neverland.

Production

The director and one of the scriptwriters of the project is David Lowry ("Mistakes of the Past", "The Old Man with a Gun", "Pete and His Dragon", "A Ghost Story", "Yellow Birds").

Lowry stated that directing a remake of Peter Pan for Disney was a "difficult project" for him. And not only because this is a story that Lowry has loved since childhood. But also due to the fact that this is another of the gems in the Disney animation empire. And there are certain expectations about how a Disney-style Peter Pan movie should be.

Worked on the film:

• Screenplay: Toby Halbrooks (The Old Man with the Pistol, You to Me, I to You, Listen, Philip), Arthur T. Manderley (The Red Bracelets, In the Flesh), Milt Bantha (Maleficent , "Sleeping Beauty"), J. M. Barry ("Fairies", "Peter Pan"), William Cottrell ("Pinocchio", "Alice in Wonderland"), etc .;
• Producers: Joe Roth (Major League, While You Sleep); James Whitaker (Knockdown, Gangster);
• Composer: Oliver Wallace (Lady and the Tramp, Cinderella).

Studio: Walt Disney Pictures.

Filming period: April-August 2020. Filming location: Vancouver, Canada.

Actors

The full cast has not yet been announced.

• Yara Shahidi (Unthinkable, Smallfoot, Family Guy: It's a Trap) will play the role of the Tinker Bell fairy.

The main roles at the casting are described as follows.

• Peter Pan is 10 to 14 years old, a boy who never grows up. An adorable child, confident and brave, with and without a sword. Leading role.
• Wendy is 12 to 14 years old, a mischievous and good-natured girl who does not want to leave for boarding school. She's not quite ready to step into the adult world. Leading role.
• John Darling is a 9 to 11 year old budding child. Leading role.
• Michael Darling is 6 to 9 years old, an adorable child rarely seen without his closest friend, his teddy bear. Leading role.

Interesting Facts

Did you know that:

• The rating of the original cartoon "Peter Pan" (1952): KinoPoisk - 7.8, IMDb - 7.3. Budget - $ 4 million. Box office in the United States - $ 87,404,651.
• On July 31, 2018, it was announced that Peter Pan might be coming to Disney +.
• Many fans of Tom Hiddleston (Thor: Ragnarok, Only Lovers Left Alive) hope that the actor will play the role of Captain Hook.
• It is not yet known if the film will be linked to the fantasy melodrama Tinker Bell, starring Reese Witherspoon (Cruel Intentions, Pleasantville).
• Many fans of the fairy tale about Peter Pan expect the Tiger Lily and the Piccaninni tribe to appear in the film.

The release date and trailer details for Peter Pan and Wendy, directed by David Lowry, will arrive in 2020 with no cast yet.