Peter Pan (2003)
Peter Pan (2003)
Anyone else hear about this film? It's due out this Christmas and it looks simply amazing. The trailer for it is currently playing before "The Hulk" and is available online at www.peterpanmovie.net. Tell me what you think! I think it looks amazing!
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I know; I heard about that. Disney's really stupid for first letting Lord of the Rings slip through their fingers, now this. Walden Media is making a film series out of the Chronicles of Narnia, the first of which (The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe) is due early 2005. Since Holes was made by Walden Media and released by Disney, let's hope Disney gets the rights to release Narnia as they're currently the only major film studio without a successful movie series. WB has Harry Potter, New Line has Lord of the Rings, Columbia has the Spider-man series, 20th Century Fox has the X-Men series, Universal is planning to make a film series out of The Hulk, and Disney's left with nothing, but The Chronicles of Narnia is the perfect film series for them as it's suitable for all ages and is regarded as a classic.
Ahem-Going back to Peter Pan, I love how this version seems more in tune with the original novel than any other version out there. This film has the potential to be not only the definitive Pan movie, but one of the greatest fantasy films ever created. All we need now is a similarly big-budget theatrical adaptaion of Alice in Wonderland, and then I'll be *REALLY* happy.
Ahem-Going back to Peter Pan, I love how this version seems more in tune with the original novel than any other version out there. This film has the potential to be not only the definitive Pan movie, but one of the greatest fantasy films ever created. All we need now is a similarly big-budget theatrical adaptaion of Alice in Wonderland, and then I'll be *REALLY* happy.
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Actually:
1. The films you're referring to were a BBC mini series. The Walden Series will be the first time Narnia has gone theatrical.
2. The BBC series didn't do all 7 books; they only did 4 of them, two of which were combined together. From what I understand, if The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is successful (which I'm sure it will be), Walden plans on doing all 7 books.
3. Remake makes it sound like the Walden movies are trying to re-do the BBC series when it's just adapting the same book series.
So...yeah. 
1. The films you're referring to were a BBC mini series. The Walden Series will be the first time Narnia has gone theatrical.
2. The BBC series didn't do all 7 books; they only did 4 of them, two of which were combined together. From what I understand, if The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is successful (which I'm sure it will be), Walden plans on doing all 7 books.
3. Remake makes it sound like the Walden movies are trying to re-do the BBC series when it's just adapting the same book series.
So...yeah.
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disney does have a series air budDisneykid wrote:I know; I heard about that. Disney's really stupid for first letting Lord of the Rings slip through their fingers, now this. Walden Media is making a film series out of the Chronicles of Narnia, the first of which (The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe) is due early 2005. Since Holes was made by Walden Media and released by Disney, let's hope Disney gets the rights to release Narnia as they're currently the only major film studio without a successful movie series. WB has Harry Potter, New Line has Lord of the Rings, Columbia has the Spider-man series, 20th Century Fox has the X-Men series, Universal is planning to make a film series out of The Hulk, and Disney's left with nothing, but The Chronicles of Narnia is the perfect film series for them as it's suitable for all ages and is regarded as a classic.
Ahem-Going back to Peter Pan, I love how this version seems more in tune with the original novel than any other version out there. This film has the potential to be not only the definitive Pan movie, but one of the greatest fantasy films ever created. All we need now is a similarly big-budget theatrical adaptaion of Alice in Wonderland, and then I'll be *REALLY* happy.
Warner Bros technically has TWO big series - Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, since New Line is simply a "sub-studio" of WB.
Wanna know another depressing "if only" from Disney? Read this Eye Drive article from Jim Hill (the column he wrote for before starting his own site). It details how Disney passed up the rights to Dinotopia. 'Nuff said.
Wanna know another depressing "if only" from Disney? Read this Eye Drive article from Jim Hill (the column he wrote for before starting his own site). It details how Disney passed up the rights to Dinotopia. 'Nuff said.
Life often leaves us standing bare, naked and dejected with a lost opportunity. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words: "Too late."
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I just saw a trailer on E!'s Coming Attractions for the live-action Peter Pan coming to theaters Christmas Day from Universal. It does look interesting, but I can't help but compare it with Hook, which is in my opinion the most "magical" non-Disney film ever made. I know Hook [Tri-Star] was a sequel to the fairy tale, but the characters were acted out very well. For one thing, Captain Hook looked short. Maybe it was just me, and he didn't seem that scary, just angry. But the other character's seemed all right,though the preview was short and showed characters very briefly. Also, One HUGE Thing Wrong: Hook's Hook (which looked misshapen and not at all realistic like the one on Dustin Hoffman's arm) was on the RIGHT hand, which is of course the WRONG one.
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All right all right, now that I've devoted my full attention to the trailer by clicking on the link, it does look rather good. But Hook's hook traits still bother me. The girl who plays Wendy looks very pretty. I bet she'll be a teen heart throb in a few years.
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Sorry for yet another post, but I realized by reading more about it that the actor who plays Captain Hook played the villain in The Patriot and Lucious Malfoy in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which I guess makes up for part of the annoyance with the hook dilemma. All right. It's won me over. I agree with all of you. Disney should have shared this and it does look extraordinary. I'm there!
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CRAAAAAAP!!! All right, last post on this thread tonight, I swear. I just thought I'd be picky (maybe cause I'm tired) and point out that their website claims it to be the first live-action feature film of Peter Pan when in fact there was a '20s version. There. I've stated my complaints (I'm not usually such a complaining person) and I look very much forward to this film. Can't Wait!
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1. Do you know there's a nifty little feature called the EDIT button? It's quite handy.
2. The filmmakers put Hook's hook on his right hand on purpose. From what I heard, Peter makes a wisecrack about that in one scene. To be honest, I like his hook. Virtually every hook I've seen in Peter Pan films and pictures have been curved like the Disney one. The polygon shape makes it unique.
3. Jason Iscaacs is his name, and he's awesome!
4. You're right. This is (I believe) the 2nd theatrical film version of Peter Pan after the 20's one which is on the French Peter Pan 2-disc. All the other versions are either animated, made-for-television, or are filmed versions of the musical.
2. The filmmakers put Hook's hook on his right hand on purpose. From what I heard, Peter makes a wisecrack about that in one scene. To be honest, I like his hook. Virtually every hook I've seen in Peter Pan films and pictures have been curved like the Disney one. The polygon shape makes it unique.
3. Jason Iscaacs is his name, and he's awesome!
4. You're right. This is (I believe) the 2nd theatrical film version of Peter Pan after the 20's one which is on the French Peter Pan 2-disc. All the other versions are either animated, made-for-television, or are filmed versions of the musical.
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New Peter Pan Movie
Has anybody seen the new Peter Pan movie? It looks surprisingly good, and I'm REALLY mad at Disney for pulling out their support. Anyway, I'm just wondering what your opinions are. My friend got me the movie poster for my birthday today.
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This has become my most anticipated movie of the year. I love the trailers for this film and the clips I've seen online from it are very encouraging. To me this looks even better than the Disney animated film as it's more in tune with the novel and seems to be more magical and heartfelt. I intend to see this the weekend after Christmas, and the wait is killing me. Ah, well. Return of the King will sustain me till then.