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By Borys Kit
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - There must be fairy dust floating above Hollywood.
The recent rush of Peter Pan film projects hitting the town began with "The.Never.Land," a spec script by John Swetnam that was sent to studios in...
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By Borys Kit
Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:44pm EDT
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - There must be fairy dust floating above Hollywood.
The recent rush of Peter Pan film projects hitting the town began with "The.Never.Land," a spec script by John Swetnam that was sent to studios in mid-February from FilmEngine. That project, described as a big-budget tent pole, tells the story of Wendy and the forever-young boy with a "Twilight"-ish spin.
Around the same time, an untitled Peter Pan pitch hit studios from "Wedding Crashers" producer Tapestry and writer/producer Jeff Rake, who came up with a Pan family adventure concept.
Both projects then saw some of the wind taken out of their sails by "Pan," the high-profile Channing Tatum-led package that included Billy Ray on board to write and Joe Roth attached to produce.
"Pan," which reimagines the classic 1904 stage play (and later novel) by J.M. Barrie with the boy and the dastardly Captain Hook as brothers, recently sold to Sony in what sources say is a seven-figure deal.
Not to be outdone, on March 11, "Neverland" hit the town and is in play at several studios. The spec script has Pan recast as a villain abducting London's children, while Hook, the hero, must stop him.
"It's amazing that I picked the week that Peter Pan is more ubiquitous than Charlie Sheen," jokes Aperture's Adam Goldworm, who is repping "Neverland."
The Pan pileup comes amid a wave of fairy-tale and classic literature projects taking hold in Hollywood, as studios seek to move away from the comic books and toy brands that have filled multiplexes. On the heels of "Red Riding Hood," several versions of the "Snow White" tale are in the works, as well as "Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters" at Paramount and "Jack the Giant Killer" at Warner Bros.
Not to be left out, TV is jumping into the Pan game, with U.S. cable network Syfy making a four-hour miniseries titled "Neverland." Keira Knightley just joined the cast as the voice of Tinker Bell in what is intended to be a prequel of sorts.
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