Peter Pan (2003 film)

Peter Pan
North American theatrical release poster
Directed by	P. J. Hogan
Produced by	Lucy Fisher Douglas Wick Patrick McCormick
Screenplay by	P. J. Hogan Michael Goldenberg
Based on	Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie
Starring	Jason Isaacs Jeremy Sumpter Rachel Hurd-Wood Olivia Williams Lynn Redgrave Ludivine Sagnier
Music by	James Newton Howard
Cinematography	Donald McAlpine
Edited by	Garth Craven Michael Kahn
Production companies	Revolution Studios Red Wagon Entertainment Allied Stars Ltd
Distributed by	North America: Universal Pictures International: Columbia Pictures
Release date	22 November 2003 (2003-11-22) (Australia) 24 December 2003 (2003-12-24) (UK) 25 December 2003 (2003-12-25) (US/Canada)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	United States United Kingdom Australia
Language	English
Budget	$130 million
Box office	$122 million

Peter Pan is a 2003 American-British-Australian adventure fantasy film released by Universal Pictures, Columbia Pictures, and Revolution Studios. It was the first authorized and faithful film or television adaptation of J.M. Barrie's play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up in half a century, after Disney's version in 1953. P. J. Hogan directed a screenplay co-written with Michael Goldenberg which is based on the classic play and novel by J. M. Barrie. Jason Isaacs plays the dual roles of Captain Hook and George Darling, Olivia Williams plays Mrs. Darling, while Jeremy Sumpter plays Peter Pan, Rachel Hurd-Wood plays Wendy Darling, and Ludivine Sagnier plays Tinker Bell. Lynn Redgrave plays a supporting role as Aunt Millicent, a new character created for the film.

Contrary to the traditional stage casting, the film featured a young boy in the title role. Since the first stage production of the story, the title role has usually been played by a woman, a tradition followed in the first film adaptation. Two subsequent animated adaptations have featured a male voice actor as Peter Pan, and a Soviet live-action film adaptation for television cast a boy to play the role. This film was the first live-action theatrical release with a boy playing the part. The casting of a single actor to play both George Darling and Captain Hook follows a tradition also begun in the first staging of the play.