Peter Pan & Wendy
Yara Shahidi on “Beautiful” Response to Her and Halle Bailey Playing Disney Icons, “Seeing How Many People Feel Included in This Fairy Tale”
In the last two weeks, Disney has released trailers for both Peter Pan & Wendy and The Little Mermaid, with Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell and Halle Bailey as Ariel, respectively. Both actresses, who co-starred on Grown-ish, break new ground in playing Disney icons, who have historically been white, and the two friends have been […]
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‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Trailer Sees the Darling Siblings Return to Neverland
It’s off to Neverland once again. Disney+ released the first trailer for its upcoming live-action Peter Pan & Wendy, which puts a new spin on the classic story based on the J.M. Barrie novel and 1953 animated hit. “We set out to craft a film that honors both the original J.M. Barrie text and Walt […]
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‘The Green Knight’ Filmmaker David Lowery on the “Nightmare” Shoot and ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’
2020 had very few silver linings, but for The Green Knight filmmaker David Lowery, the coronavirus pandemic-related delay allowed him to reshape his Arthurian epic with newfound perspective after a rather grueling shoot. Based on the 14th-century Arthurian poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Lowery’s second A24 film chronicles King Arthur’s impulsive nephew, Sir […]
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