so to speak.Īdditionally, to round out the supporting cast for this streaming exclusive, grown-ish star Yara Shahidi is on-board to play Tinker Bell, Lost In Space's Molly Parker will play Mary Darling, Wendy's mother, and Firefly's Alan Tudyk adopts the role of George Darling, Wendy's father. Likewise, in an inspired bit of casting, Jim Gaffigan is attached to play Smee, Hook's right-hand man. Law really knows how to throw himself into a role, and his villainous performance should be a lot of fun to watch. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes blockbusters. The Oscar-nominated British actor is no stranger to playing famous literary characters, from Dumbledore in the Fantastic Beasts movies to John H. In addition to starring Alexander Molony and Ever Anderson as our Peter Pan and Wendy, the movie will also star Jude Law as none other than the malicious Captain Hook. So this list will expand further, but in the meantime there are still several classic takes on the story to keep you entertained.īelow, nine great (and not-so-great) Peter Pan adaptations.The Supporting Cast Includes Jude Law, Jim Gaffigan, Yara Shahidi, And More There’s a live action film adaptation coming in 2022 called Peter Pan and Wendy, starring (among others) Jude Law as Captain Hook and Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell - the first time a Black woman will play the role.
Some films handle the troubling source material better than others, but it's a problem that all adaptations must reckon with.Īnd they’ll continue to do so: Hollywood is hardly pressing pause on the Never Land flicks.
The original work contains horribly problematic, caricaturistic depictions of Native Americans, as it presents them as fantasy creatures rather than as actual people (worse, adaptations have gone further to depict them as heathen “red men”). Of course, faithfulness presents its own challenges, as the Peter Pan story itself is inherently problematic. But for the purposes of this list, we'll only be looking at movie adaptations that stay somewhat faithful to the original story.
From novels and comic books, to television episodes and stage plays, to stage plays acted out on live television (the 2014 NBC special Peter Pan Live!), to homages and references (the 1987 vampire movie The Lost Boys, the 2004 film Finding Neverland), Peter Pan has popped up in practically every medium there is. Barrie first told the story of Peter Pan in the 1904 stage play and subsequent 1911 novel, the boy who wouldn't grow up has gone on to become one of literature’s most adapted characters.
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