They were then composited into the shots of London and Neverland, although they are sometimes replaced with computer-generated figures. Another character, an animatronic parrot, appears in some scenes on the pirate ship.Ī complex harness was built to send the live-action actors rotating and gliding through the air for the flight sequences. cite web |url= |title=A Mature Peter Pan |accessdate= |last=Wloszczyna |first=Susan |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=USA Today ] The film also features a large, computer-generated crocodile. According to actor Jason Isaacs, the filmmakers were impressed with actress Ludivine Sagnier's performence and decided to abandon their plans to make Tinkerbell entirely computer animated.
The fairies that appear in the film are actors composited into the movie with some digital enhancements. The visual effects in the film are a mixture of practical and digital. He is briefly dismayed at what has happend to her, then turns to her daughter Jane and takes the girl with him to Neverland. In an alternate ending based on Barrie's epilogue, included on the DVD release with unfinished special effects, Peter returns to the London house many years later, finding Wendy as a grown mother.
Wendy decides that she belongs back home, and returns to London with her brothers and the Lost Boys. Hook begins to think unhappy thoughts, which drags him down and allows the crocodile to swallow him alive. The crocodile takes a jump out of the water and snaps his jaws around Hook. But with a "thimble"(kiss) from Wendy, Peter recovers and sends Hook above the crocodile. Peter finally falls, unable to fight anymore and gives in to inevitable death. Hook gets sprinkled with Tink's fairy dust, and duels Peter in the air, weakening him with taunts about Wendy abandoning him and growing up. Peter and Tink save the children from walking the plank, and they all fight the pirates. Tink stops him, poisoning herself in the process Peter reaches out to the other children sleeping around the world, the Darlings, and even the pirates to sustain her with their belief in fairies. The pirates capture her and the boys by gagging every one of them and carrying them over their shoulders to Hook's ship, but since Hook is unable to reach Peter, he leaves poison for Peter to drink when he wakes up. Hook later finds Wendy and takes her to his ship "Jolly Roger", where he entices her with a job telling stories to the crew, then sends a spy to follow her to the Lost Boys' underground lair.
But, after a struggle, Wendy's parents manage to reopen the window, refusing to let it be closed. Peter returns to the Darling house, and seeing that Wendy's mother is still waiting for the children to come home, he attempts to shut the window (to make Wendy's parents forget about them). Wendy, in tears, escapes to her little house. Peter becomes angry at her, and tells her to go home if she's not happy. Peter reminds Wendy that "they" are make believe, and Wendy confronts Peter about his feelings about love. That night, Peter and Wendy share a "fairy dance", while Hook spies on them, distressed that Peter has "found himself a Wendy".
Wendy and Peter free them, with help from the Amerindian princess Tiger Lily ( Haida speaker, Carsen Gray) and the timely arrival of the crocodile that ate Hook's hand. Meanwhile Captain Hook ( Jason Isaacs) captures John and Michael and holds them as bait for Peter. Out of jealousy, Tinker Bell ( Ludivine Sagnier) tricks the Lost Boys into shooting Wendy as she approaches the island, but Wendy survives and the boys ask her to be their mother and tell them stories. Wendy asks to bring her brothers John (Harry Newell) and Michael (Freddie Popplewell), and Peter teaches them all to fly with him. Peter invites her to come to Neverland and be a "mother" to his gang of Lost Boys. In it, the perpetually young Peter Pan ( Jeremy Sumpter) from time to time visits his birthplace of London, where he becomes enthralled by the stories he hears being told by Wendy Darling ( Rachel Hurd-Wood) to her brothers. This story is a fairly faithful adaptation of the play and novel by J. It was the first major live-action production of the story (on stage or screen) to feature an actual "boy" in the title role. Noted actress Lynn Redgrave plays a supporting role as Aunt Millicent, a new character created for the film.
Jason Isaacs plays the roles of Captain Hook and George Darling, while Jeremy Sumpter plays Peter Pan, Rachel Hurd-Wood portrays Wendy Darling, and Ludivine Sagnier plays Tinker Bell. Hogan directed a screenplay co-written with Michael Goldenberg which is based on the classic play and novel by J. "Peter Pan" is a film released on December 25, 2003, by Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios. Distributor = Universal Studios (USA, Canada, UK, France, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand)