The Peter Pan reimagining from Hanna's Joe Wright has been slated for the heart of the dizzying tentpole feast that is summer 2015.
And the madhouse competition for tentpoles in summer 2015 continues to escalate into dizzying degrees. Warner Brothers, which already has Batman vs. Superman (or whatever it’s called), Mad Max: Fury Road and San Andreas 3D slated for that summer, has announced another release: Pan.
That’s right, not to be confused with this year’s Once Upon a Time, WB is releasing a new take on the Peter Pan story as originally dreamed by J.M. Barrie in which a darker turn is made. With Joe Wright (Atonement, Hanna) already onboard to direct, the project has already attempted to entice Javier Bardem to make port in the budding new franchise as the villainous Blackbeard, though he has since passed on the role. However, that has not stopped WB from pressing forward on scheduling Panfor June 26, 2013.
Working from a screenplay by Jason Fuchs, this origin tale reimagines the coming of permanent age for Peter Pan when he is taken as an orphan from England into the magical world of Neverland, where he will lead the natives as a savior against the dreaded pirates.
The film will be in 3D.
SOURCE: Deadline