Syfy just announced it will begin production next week on a 4-hour Peter Pan prequel called “Neverland” which will be filmed in Genoa, Italy and Dublin, Ireland. Casting looks great with Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill) as James Hook, Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies) as Captain Elizabeth Bonny, Oscar nominee Bob Hoskins as Smee (a role he played in Spielber’s ‘Hook’), Raoul Trujillo (Tin Man) and Charlie Rowe (Pirate Radio) as Peter Pan.
Written and directed by Nick Willing (who worked on Syfy’s “Tin Man” and “Alice”), Neverland is set to air on Syfy in 2011.
Following is part of the official press release by Syfy:
"RHI's creative partnership with Syfy continues to produce exciting appointment television for audiences worldwide," said Robert Halmi Sr., RHI Entertainment. "Viewers are in for a rare treat - and one they won't soon forget!"
Sweeping in time from the turbulent seas of the pirates of the Caribbean to the back alleys of Dickensian London to a world of pure imagination, Neverland is the inspired origin story of one of the most cherished characters of all time... Peter Pan.
Raised on the streets of turn-of-the century London, orphaned Peter (Rowe) and his pals survive by their fearless wits as cunning young pickpockets. Now, they've been rounded up by their mentor Jimmy Hook (Ifans) to snatch a priceless--some believe, magical--treasure which transports them to another world. Neverland is a realm of white jungles and legendary mysteries of eternal youth, where unknown friends and enemies snatched from time welcome the new travelers with both excitement and trepidation. These groups include a band of 18th century pirates led by the power-mad Elizabeth Bonny (Friel), and the Native American Kaw tribe led by a Holy Man (Trujillo), which has protected the secret of the tree spirits from Bonny and her gang for ages--and that has meant war. But as the fight to save this strange and beautiful world becomes vital, Hook, Peter, and the ragamuffin lost boys consider that growing old somewhere in time could be less important than growing up--right here in their new home called Neverland.
Source: Examiner
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