![]() ![]() ![]() Development on the film began April 13, 2016. The film will be a live-action adaptation of the classic 1953 animated hit, Peter Pan. Lowery and Toby Halbrooks are writing with Jim Whitaker and Joe Roth producing. Interestingly enough, Peter and Wendy was originally planned for Disney+, but then got a theatrical release announcement, but now has been moved back to streaming exclusively.ĭavid Lowery directs the Disney+ original, with Tom Holland as Peter Pan, Yara Shahidi playing Tinkerbell and Jude Law as Captain Hook with Alexander Molony and Ever Anderson in the roles of Peter and Wendy. Peter Pan and Wendy definitely fits that mold, along with others in the Disney live action remake portfolio. Other titles, though, with lesser-known casts on standard compensation deals, are likely easier to reposition, or 'buy out'. Titles like Cruella, Black Widow, Eternals and Shang-Chi will likely also hold on to their theatrical releases. Those films rely on their stars to promote and stars like Johnson almost certainly have gross participation deals that make moving to a streamer prohibitive. The studio has seemed to hold course, though, on certain of its titles, especially those with massively expensive above-the-line talent, like Jungle Cruise, with Dwayne Johnson. As Disney has released more information over the last several weeks on its new strategy that prioritizes its streaming operations and drive to build subscribers, the studio has made it clear that it will bolster its personnel and content schedule to support those properties.
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