Peter Pan (franchise)

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Disney's Peter Pan
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Created by Walt Disney
Original work Peter Pan (1953)
Owner The Walt Disney Company
Based on Peter and Wendy
by J. M. Barrie
Films and television
Film(s)
Television series Once Upon a Time (2011–2018) *
Animated series Jake and the Never Land Pirates (2011–2016)
Games
Traditional Walt Disney's Peter Pan: A Game of Adventure
Video game(s)
Audio
Original music Disney Fairies: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust (2012) **
Miscellaneous
Theme park attraction(s)
Based on Peter and Wendy (1904) by J. M. Barrie
* Work where this franchise's characters or settings appeared as part of a crossover, or has characters based on those from this franchise.
** Also part of the Disney Fairies franchise

Peter Pan is a Disney media franchise based on J. M. Barrie's original 1904 play and 1911 novel, which officially commenced with the 1952 theatrical film Peter Pan . The spin-off film series Tinker Bell has continued this franchise into the 21st century.

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The franchise is about Peter Pan, a boy who lives in Never Land and refuses to enter the human world and grow up. He takes Wendy Darling's family to his home and shows them around, and together they aim to foil the plan of the evil and vengeful Captain Hook.

The character Tinker Bell is also part of the Disney Fairies franchise.

Films

Animated feature films

Peter Pan (1953)

Peter Pan is a 1953 theatrical film based on the play Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up by J. M. Barrie.

Peter Pan: Return to Never Land (2002)

Return to Never Land, also known as Peter Pan: Return to Never Land, is a 2002 theatrical film which serves as a sequel to the 1953 film.

Tinker Bell (film series)

The Tinker Bell film series consists of six films, one half-hour special, and one six-minute short, and is based around the character Tinker Bell.

Live-Action feature films

Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)

The Walt Disney Company released a live action Peter Pan movie titled Peter Pan & Wendy, directed by David Lowery, with a script he co-wrote with Toby Halbrooks and Joe Roth and Jim Whitaker serve as producers. [1] Alexander Molony and Ever Anderson stars as Peter Pan and Wendy, respectively; while Jude Law, Yara Shahidi, Alyssa Wapanatâhk and Jim Gaffigan as Captain Hook, Tinker Bell, Tiger Lily and Mr. Smee. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The film was released on Disney+ in 2023. [7]

Theme park attractions

Peter Pan's Flight

Peter Pan's Flight is a ride located in Fantasyland at Disneyland, Walt Disney World, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disneyland and Shanghai Disneyland.

Pixie Hollow

Pixie Hollow is a character meet-and-greet located in Fantasyland at Disneyland, and features characters from the Tinker Bell film series.

Back to Never Land

Back to Never Land is a short film shown inside The Magic of Disney Animation at Disney's Hollywood Studios, and Disney Animation at Disney California Adventure.

Fantasmic!

The Peter Pan main characters are featured in a scene in the nighttime show Fantasmic!

Meet and greets

Peter Pan, Wendy, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook and Mr. Smee all appear as meetable characters at the Disney Parks and Resorts. Peter Pan, Wendy and Tinker Bell are normally based in Fantasyland, whilst Captain Hook and Mr. Smee are in Adventureland.

Video games

Peter Pan: Adventures in Never Land

Peter Pan: Adventures in Never Land is a 2002 side-scrolling video game.

Peter Pan: The Legend of Never Land

Peter Pan: The Legend of Never Land is a 2005 PlayStation 2 video game, based on Peter Pan and the sequel Return to Never Land. The plot follows Captain Hook has discovered the island's magical secret and plots to rid Never Land of its enchanting Pixie dust. This spells danger for Peter Pan in this all-new action adventure.

Kingdom Hearts

Neverland appears as a playable world in Kingdom Hearts , Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories , Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days , and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep . Peter Pan also appears (along with Tinker Bell) in Kingdom Hearts II as a summon character.

Disney Infinity

Peter Pan was referenced in the Disney Infinity series though power discs and in-game toys. Tinker Bell was added as a playable character starting in the second game, Disney Infinity 2.0 (also known as Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition), although she was primarily based on her Disney Fairies appearances. Nevertheless, the "Disney's Treasure Hunt" intro to the game included a segment based on the 1953 film where the player flies through London as Tinker Bell.

Peter Pan was planned to be added to the series via an update for Disney Infinity 3.0 after being chosen by "Toy Box Artists" at the 2015 Disney Infinity Toy Box Summit, [8] but further development for the series was cancelled in May 2016, with the Peter Pan figure having never seen release.

Disney Magic Kingdoms

Tinker Bell, Peter Pan, Wendy, John, Michael and Captain Hook appear as playable characters in Disney Magic Kingdoms . While most focus on their versions of Peter Pan, Tinker Bell's version focuses on her version of the Tinker Bell film series. Some attractions based on the franchise also appear in the game, including Pixie Hollow, Peter Pan's Flight, Lost Boys' Hideout, and The Jolly Roger (this last featuring Tick-Tock the Crocodile as a non-player character). [9] [10] [11]

Television series

Once Upon a Time

Alternate versions of the characters appeared in the Disney-inspired show Once Upon a Time . The episode "Second Star to the Right" centers around these characters as well as the first half of the shows third season taking place primarily in Neverland. The show also reverses the roles of Peter Pan and Captain Hook in which Pan is the antagonist and Hook is a protagonist. This variation is exclusive to the series. Although not directly based on the Disney film, but primarily on the original tale, it does include some elements inspired by the Disney version, including the appearance of Silvermist from the Disney Fairies franchise in the spin-off series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland .

Jake and the Never Land Pirates

Jake and the Never Land Pirates is a spin-off television series based on Disney's Peter Pan franchise. Further spin-offs of this show include: Playing With Skully, Jake's Never Land Pirate School, Mama Hook Knows Best!, and Jake's Buccaneer Blast.

Tabletop games

Walt Disney's Peter Pan: A Game of Adventure

Walt Disney's Peter Pan: A Game of Adventure is a board game based on the 1953 film, created by Transogram Company.

Music

Disney Fairies: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust

Disney Fairies: Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust is a compilation album with songs from the Tinker Bell film series.

Songs

Theatre and stage

Disney on Ice

Disney on Ice began a touring production of Peter Pan in 1999.may

Cast and characters

List indicators

This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series.

CharactersAnimated filmsShort filmVideo gameTelevision seriesLive-action film
Peter Pan Return to Never Land Back to Never Land Peter Pan: Adventures in Never Land Jake and the Never Land Pirates Peter Pan & Wendy
Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4
Peter Pan Bobby Driscoll Blayne Weaver Blayne Weaver Adam Wylie Alexander Molony
Wendy Darling Kathryn Beaumont Kath Soucie Maia Mitchell Ever Anderson
Cassie Von Wolde O
Harriet Owen Y Deborah Ramsey O
Tinker Bell Character is mute Mae Whitman U Yara Shahidi
Captain James Hook Hans Conried Corey Burton Jude Law
Mr. Smee Bill Thompson Jeff Bennett Jeff Bennett Jim Gaffigan
John Darling Paul Collins SilhouetteElliot ReeveJoshua Pickering
Michael DarlingTommy LuskeColby MulgrewJacobi Jupe
Slightly Stuffy Singer Quinn BeswickNoah Matthews Matofsky
Cubby Robert Ellis Spencer Breslin Florence Bensberg
NibsJeffrey Silver Bradley Pierce Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez
Twins Johnny McGovern Aaron SpannAron SpannSkyler and Kelsey Yates
TootlesCharacter is muteCaelan Edie
Tick-TockCharacter is muteSilhouetteCharacter is mute Dee Bradley Baker Character is mute
Indian Chief Candy Candido Corey Burton
Princess Tiger Lily Character is mute Melissa Disney Alyssa Wapanatâhk
Mary Darling Heather Angel Molly Parker
George DarlingHans Conried Alan Tudyk
Mermaids June Foray Characters are muteMelissa DisneyGemita Samarra
Connie Hilton
Karen Kester Megan Parlen Liise Keeling
Margaret Kerry Ivett Gonda
JaneHarriet Owen
Octopus Frank Welker Dee Bradley Baker
DanielAndrew McDonough
Edward Roger Rees
Robin Williams Himself
Walter Cronkite Himself

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Captain Hook</span> Fictional character

Captain James Hook is the main antagonist of J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its various adaptations, in which he is Peter Pan's archenemy. The character is a pirate captain of the brig Jolly Roger. His two principal fears are the sight of his own blood and the crocodile who pursues him after having previously eaten Captain Hook's hand cut off by Pan. An iron hook that replaced his severed hand has given the pirate his name.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Neverland</span> Fictional island in Peter Pan and other works of J. M. Barrie

Neverland is a fictional island featured in the works of J. M. Barrie and those based on them. It is an imaginary faraway place where Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, the Lost Boys, and some other imaginary beings and creatures live.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tinker Bell</span> Fictional character created by J. M. Barrie

Tinker Bell is a fictional character from J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and its 1911 novelisation Peter and Wendy. She has appeared in a variety of film and television adaptations of the Peter Pan stories, in particular the 1953 animated Walt Disney picture Peter Pan. She also appears in the official 2006 sequel Peter Pan in Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital as well as the "Peter and the Starcatchers" book series by Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry.

<i>Peter Pan</i> (1953 film) 1953 animated Disney film

Peter Pan is a 1953 American animated adventure fantasy film produced in 1952 by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, the film was directed by Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi, and Wilfred Jackson. Featuring the voices of Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, Bill Thompson, Heather Angel, Paul Collins, Tommy Luske, Candy Candido, Tom Conway, Roland Dupreee and Don Barclay, the film's plot follows Wendy Darling and her two brothers, who meet the never-growing-up Peter Pan and travel with him to the island of Never Land to stay young, where they also have to face Peter's archenemy, Captain Hook.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fantasyland</span> Themed land at Disney theme parks

Fantasyland is one of the "themed lands" at all of the Magic Kingdom-style parks run by The Walt Disney Company around the world. It is themed after Disney's animated fairy tale feature films. Each Fantasyland has a castle, as well as several gentle rides themed after those Disney animated feature films.

<i>Return to Never Land</i> 2002 American film

Return to Never Land is a 2002 animated adventure fantasy film produced by Disney MovieToons and Walt Disney Television Animation. A sequel to Walt Disney Feature Animation's 1953 film Peter Pan, the film follows Wendy's daughter, Jane, who is mistakenly abducted and brought to Neverland and must learn to believe in order to return home. The film stars the voices of Harriet Owen, Blayne Weaver, Corey Burton, Jeff Bennett, Kath Soucie, Spencer Breslin, and Bradley Pierce.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Pan's Flight</span> Dark ride at Disney theme parks

Peter Pan's Flight is a rail-suspended dark ride at the Magic Kingdom, Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disneyland, and Shanghai Disneyland theme parks. Located in the Fantasyland area of each park, its story, music, staging, and artwork are based on Walt Disney's Peter Pan, the 1953 animated film version of the classic Peter Pan story by J. M. Barrie. It is also one of the few remaining attractions that was operational on Disneyland's opening day in 1955, although the original version was entirely redesigned in 1983. Five of the six Disney resort destinations feature it, each with a unique exterior, walk-through queue and ride experience.

Lost Boys (<i>Peter Pan</i>) Fictional characters

The Lost Boys are characters from J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and later adaptations and extensions to the story. They are boys "who fall out of their prams when the nurse is looking the other way and if they are not claimed in seven days, they are sent far away to Neverland," where Peter Pan is their captain.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mr. Smee</span> Fictional character from Peter Pan

Mr. Smee is a fictional character who serves as Captain Hook's boatswain in J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and 1911 novel Peter and Wendy.

<i>Disney Fairies</i> Disney franchise based on Never Land Fairies

Disney Fairies is a Disney franchise created in 2005. The franchise is built around the character of Tinker Bell from Disney's 1953 animated film Peter Pan, subsequently adopted as a mascot for the company. In addition to the fictional fairy character created by J. M. Barrie, the franchise introduces many new characters and expands substantially upon the limited information the author gave about the fairies and their home of Never Land. The characters are referred to within stories as "Never Land fairies." The franchise includes children's books and other merchandise, a website and the animated Tinker Bell film series, featuring the character and several of the Disney fairies as supporting and recurring characters.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wendy Darling</span> Character created by J.M. Barrie

Wendy Moira Angela Darling is a fictional character and one of the main protagonists of the 1904 play and 1911 novel Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie, as well as in most adaptations in other media. Her exact age is not specified in the original play or novel by Barrie, though it is implied that she is about Peter's age as she is "just Peter's size".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Pan</span> Character created by James Matthew Barrie

Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, interacting with fairies, pirates, mermaids, Native Americans, and occasionally ordinary children from the world outside Neverland.

Tiger Lily (<i>Peter Pan</i>) Fictional character

Tiger Lily is a fictional character in J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, his 1911 novel Peter and Wendy, and their various adaptations.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pixie Hollow</span> Meet and greet at Disney theme parks

Pixie Hollow is a character meet and greet attraction at Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland, offering guests the opportunity to meet Tinker Bell and her friends from the Disney Fairies franchise, including Vidia, Terrence, Fawn, Rosetta, Silvermist, Iridessa, and Periwinkle. The attraction is designed to create the illusion of gradually shrinking to Pixie size as the scenic elements in the queue increase in scale as guests approach Tinker Bell's teapot house.

<i>Tinker Bell</i> (film series) Animated fantasy film series produced by DisneyToon Studios

Tinker Bell is an animated fantasy film series based on the character Tinker Bell, produced by DisneyToon Studios as part of the Disney Fairies franchise after producing a number of direct-to-video Winnie the Pooh films. Voices of Mae Whitman, Lucy Liu, Raven-Symoné, America Ferrera, Kristin Chenoweth and Pamela Adlon are featured in the films. Six feature films and one TV special were produced: Tinker Bell, Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure, Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue, Pixie Hollow Games, Secret of the Wings,The Pirate Fairy, and Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast. The series is a spin-off of and prequel to Peter Pan. Originally developed as a direct-to-video franchise, the series was theatrically released from its third film onwards.

<i>Jake and the Never Land Pirates</i> American animated preschool childrens television series

Jake and the Never Land Pirates, titled Captain Jake and the Never Land Pirates for the fourth season and associated merchandise, is an American animated interactive preschool children's television series for Disney Junior. Based on Walt Disney's Peter Pan franchise, which was itself based on the 1904 play and 1911 book by J. M. Barrie, it was the first Disney Junior original show following the switch from Playhouse Disney. It stars Sean Ryan Fox, Megan Richie, Jadon Sand, David Arquette, Corey Burton, Jeff Bennett, Loren Hoskins, and Dee Bradley Baker. The series was created by Disney veteran Bobs Gannaway, whose works include Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Secret of the Wings.

<i>The Pirate Fairy</i> 2014 American animated fantasy film

The Pirate Fairy is a 2014 American animated fantasy film directed by Peggy Holmes. It is the fifth direct-to-video feature-length animated film in the Disneytoon Studios' Tinker Bell film series and the Disney Fairies franchise, based on the character Tinker Bell from J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy. The film features the voices of Mae Whitman, reprising her role of Tinker Bell, Christina Hendricks as a dust-keeper fairy named Zarina, and Tom Hiddleston as James.

<i>Peter Pan & Wendy</i> 2023 film by David Lowery

Peter Pan & Wendy is a 2023 American fantasy adventure film directed by David Lowery from a screenplay he co-wrote with Toby Halbrooks. Jim Whitaker served as producer on the Walt Disney Pictures and Whitaker Entertainment production, based on the 1904 play of the same name by J. M. Barrie and a live action adaptation to Walt Disney's 1953 film Peter Pan. The film stars Alexander Molony and Ever Anderson in the title roles. Jude Law, Yara Shahidi, Alyssa Wapanatâhk, Joshua Pickering, Jacobi Jupe and Jim Gaffigan also appear in supporting roles. The story follows Peter Pan and Wendy, who go to the magical world of Neverland with Wendy's brothers and Peter's best friend Peter Pan. Along the way, Wendy embarks on the adventure that will change her life and encounters Peter's archenemy Captain Hook.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tinker Bell (Disney character)</span> Disney character

Tinker Bell is a fictional fairy based on the same name character created in 1904 by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie, and one of the most popular characters adapted for film and television by The Walt Disney Company. She first appeared in the 1953 Disney animated film, Peter Pan, and has since become a widely recognized unofficial mascot of Disney, next to the company's official mascot Mickey Mouse. She is recognized as "a symbol of 'the magic of Disney'".

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