The Tron Legacy actor has been offered the part of Hook in WB's 2015 re-imagining of Peter Pan, which features Hugh Jackman as Blackbeard.
Garrett Hedlund can finally sink his hooks into another franchise as Warner Bros. has offered him the part of the once-and-future pirate captain in 2015’s upcoming Pan.
The role has apparently been on the radar of several young up-and-coming actors, including Boardwalk Empire and American Hustle’s Jack Huston, as well as Ezra Miller of The Perks of Being a Wallflower. It should also be noted that this is not the traditional image of CAPTAIN Hook from J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan lore. Rather, the main villain will be Blackbeard, as played by Hugh Jackman in a role that was previously offered to Javier Bardem. This would seem to indicate franchise possibilities if the main Peter/Hook dynamic is not even in place for at least much of the first picture.
The movie will be directed by Joe Wright (Atonement, Hanna) and is working from a screenplay by Jason Fuchs. The story imagines the tale of an orphan whisked away to Neverland where he will soon become the child to lead the revolution against the dastardly pirates.
Hedlund was most recently seen in Inside Lewyn Davisand On the Road. However, fans currently know him best as the lead in Tron Legacy.
Pan opens July 17, 2015 in a weekend recently vacated by WB’s Batman vs. Superman.
SOURCE: Deadline