List of works based on Peter Pan

Adaptations of Peter Pan for public performance have a unique status in UK copyright law:

• 1904 – Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (play): Peter brings Wendy and her brothers to Neverland, where he has a showdown with his nemesis, Captain Hook. After the play was first staged in 1904, Barrie continued to make changes until the script was published officially in 1928.^[1] This play was later adapted as a novel by Barrie
• 1906 – Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens: an origin story where the infant Peter flies away from his home, takes up residence in Kensington Gardens and makes friends with the fairies. The story first appeared as a chapter in Barrie's The Little White Bird published in 1902
• 1908 – When Wendy Grew Up – An Afterthought, a short sequel play first staged in 1908, but only published in book form in 1957
• 1911 – Peter and Wendy (novel), later published as Peter Pan and Wendy, adapted as a novel from the play, it also incorporates events from When Wendy Grew Up – An Afterthought
• 1928 – Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, the first publication of the script of the play

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• The Peter Pan Picture Book (sometimes titled The Story of Peter Pan), retold by Daniel O'Connor, illustrated by Alice B. Woodward (1907),^[2] based on the original stage production of 1904. The text was also published as Peter Pan Keepsake but illustrated with photographs from the first productions.^[3] It is the first novelisation of the play and also the first illustrated version of the story. This version differs from Barrie's own 1911 novelisation because he had made several changes to his play and story since it was first staged in 1904
• Peter Pan and Wendy, retold by May Byron (1915), authorized novelisation of the novel, later illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell in 1921. It was the first time that this form of the title was used, later reused also for Barrie's own novel
• Peter Pan and the Only Children by
  Alice in Wonderland
  stories
• Neverland by Toby Forward (1989), first of the cancelled Neverland series where Peter Pan, Captain Hook etc. are brought back to life through a computer game. Published by Simon & Schuster when Peter Pan first entered the public domain in the UK, before the copyright was revived in 1995
• Hook by Terry Brooks (1991), a novelization of the Spielberg film
• After the Rain: A New Adventure for Peter Pan by J. E. Somma (1999), an unauthorised sequel novel. Set in modern times, telling of Peter's reaction to a world that has grown to neglect him, and his rescue by three children who teach him that it's OK to grow up. It was published without incident in Canada, where the copyright to Peter Pan was generally agreed to have expired, but Somma and GOSH were in legal dispute when it was published in the U.S. in 2002, where GOSH claimed their copyrights were still valid. They eventually settled out of court^[4]
• Jardines de Kensington (translated into English as "Kensington Gardens") by Rodrigo Fresán (2003), interweaves the story of Peter Pan, his creator JM Barrie, and various aspects of 1960s London pop culture. The narrator is called "Peter Hook"^[5]
• The Lost Girls: A Novel by Laurie Fox (2004), an unauthorised sequel novel. Follows the interaction of Peter Pan with each generation of Wendy Darling's female descendants, up to a distinctly 21st-century great-great-granddaughter. Published by Simon & Schuster.
• The "Starcatchers" books by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, an unauthorised series reboot,^[6] published by Hyperion Books (a subsidiary of Disney) in the US and by Walker Books in the UK^[7][8][9]
  • Lost Boys. In 2005, the publisher announced plans by Disney to adapt the book as a digitally animated movie. "Peter and the Starcatchers" was adapted to a play similarly titled "Peter and the Starcatcher" winning several Tony awards^[11]
  • Peter and the Shadow Thieves (2006)^[12]
  • Peter and the Secret of Rundoon (2007)^[13]
  • Peter and the Sword of Mercy (2009)
  • Twenty-three years since Peter and the Lost Boys returned from Rundoon.^[14]
  • The Bridge to Never Land (2011). Sarah and Aidan are drawn from the modern world as they follow clues left by an ancient coded document^[15]
• The "Never Land Books" by Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Greg Call (ill.), a series of unauthorised spin-off chapter books. Based on the continuity established by the "Starcatchers" novels, for a younger audience
  • Escape from the Carnivale (2006)^[16][17]
  • Cave of the Dark Wind (2007)^[18]
  • Blood Tide (2008)^[19]
• Capt. Hook: The Adventures of a Notorious Youth by
  Hook), Brett Helquist (ill.) (2005), an authorised (non-canon) prequel illustrated novel, published by HarperCollins in the US. Details the history of 15-year-old James Matthew, young Oppidan Scholar
  and future Captain Hook. The book portrays the villainous youth in a sympathetic light
• The
  Disney Press in the US and HarperCollins in the UK. Introduces a new cast of "Never Fairies", in addition to Tinker Bell. Peter Pan and Captain Hook are mentioned but play very minor roles. Additional chapter books in the series are intended for younger readers, and were written by various authors, focusing on the different characters invented by Levine^[20]
  • Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg (2005)
  • Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand (2007)
• Peter Pan in Scarlet by Geraldine McCaughrean (2006), the official sequel novel, commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital following a competition launched in 2004. It has been sold in 40 different editions in 37 languages. The book is published by Oxford University Press in the UK and Margaret K McElderry (Simon & Schuster) in the US^[21]
• Tigerheart by
  J. M. Barrie's characters into a parallel universe setting. A novel retelling the Peter Pan stories from another character's perspective, referring to him as "the boy" throughout the novel, and referencing both Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and Peter and Wendy, with changes to many of the original characters.^[22]
• The Child Thief by artist Gerald Brom (2009), a new adult illustrated novel reinterpreting Peter Pan based on the darker themes in the story as a ruthless figure recruiting children to serve toward his own ends
• Another Pan by Daniel Nayeri and Dina Nayeri (2010), a darker version featuring an adult Peter Pan searching for the magic bone dust so he will never grow old. Characters also include Wendy, John and their father George Darling^[23]
• Always Neverland by Zoe Barton (2011). Ashley is to be another in a long series of "Wendy girls" Peter brings to Neverland, but she is more interested in adventuring^[24]
• Dylan and the Dream Pirates by Jason Andrew (2012). First of a postponed Dreamland serial set in contemporary times in which a bereaved Dylan must find a cure to a magical plague like curse called The Taint.^[25]
• Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson (2013). The story of fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily who becomes enthralled and entangled in the life of Peter Pan, told from the perspective of Tinker Bell^[26]
• Alias Hook by Lisa Jensen (2014). Captain Hook is caught in an endless loop of warring with Peter Pan until a woman named Stella Parrish dreams her way into Neverland and begins to change things
• Hook's Revenge Series by Heidi Schulz, a humorous adventure series about the 12-year-old daughter of Captain Hook on a quest to avenge her father's death^[27]
  • Hook's Revenge (2014)^[28]
  • The Pirate Code (2015)^[29]
• Lost: a Never novella by C. S. R. Calloway (2014) an unofficial
  interquel set between Peter and Wendy and Hook.^[30]
• Essence of Neverland by Juna Jinsei Dr (2015). First of Legends of the Pan trilogy where following Peter Pan being slain, prompts a race to find a replacement for him fast to save Neverland.^[31]
• Lost Boi by
  Sassafras Lowrey (2015). A novel for adults retelling the story through the lens of homeless queer youth with prominent BDSM themes. Told from the point of view of Tootles, "Pan's best boi"^[32]
• Never Never by Brianna R. Shrum (2015), an alternate history origin of James Hook and his rivalry with Peter, back when they were both Lost Boys in Neverland.^[33]
• All Darling Children by Katrina Monroe (2016). A young adult re-telling told from the perspective of Madge Darling; Wendy Darling's teenage granddaughter.^[34]
• Everland by Wendy Spinale (2016) first of the
  J. M. Barrie's characters into a parallel universe setting. This steampunk or dieselpunk retelling set in an alternate history version of the Blitz, where Gwen's sister Joanna is kidnapped by Hook and his Marauders^[35]
• The Neverland Wars by Audrey Greathouse (2016). First of The Neverland Wars trilogy where an outside worldly organization goes to war with Neverland. Sixteen-year-old Gwen is caught up in a looming war in Neverland.^[36]
• Unhooked by Lisa Maxwell (2016), Gwendolyn's mother's fears are proven right when shadowy creatures kidnap her and her best friend Olivia to a terrifying place to Neverland, where Peter Pan and Hook compete for her trust.^[37]
• Never Ever Series by Sara Saedi loosely based on Peter Pan. Wylie meets Phinn in a club and he whisks her and her brother off to a magical island where no one ages past seventeen^[38]
  • Never Ever (2016)
  • The Lost Kids (2018)
• Hook' s Tale (2017) by John Leonard Pielmeier. The story from Captain Hook’s perspective.^[39]
• Lost Boy (2017) by Christina Henry. In Neverland, Jamie, one of Peter Pan's Lost Boys, grows disenchanted with his leader.
• Peter Darling by Austin Chant (2017), a romance between an adult Peter Pan (who is a transgender man born as "Wendy") and Captain Hook.^[40] Winner of the 2017 Rainbow Award for best cover and best transgender science fiction/fantasy^[41]
• You Can Fly: A Sequel to the Peter Pan Tales by Chuck Rosenthal (2017). On the eve of his thirteenth birthday, Thomas Pandora discovers the truth about his family legacy. [1]
• Forever Neverland by Susan Adrian (2019). A contemporary sequel to J. M. Barrie's timeless classic featuring the great-great-grandchildren of Wendy Darling. [2]
• Dead Lies Dreaming by
  Laundry Files setting. It is first in the Tales of the New Management trilogy^[42]
• Neverland: A Fantasy Role-playing Setting, written and illustrated by Andrew Kolb (2020).
• Straight on Till Morning by
  Liz Braswell (2020). Four years after her original adventure, 16-year-old old Wendy joins with Tinker Bell in rescuing Peter from Hook. Part of the Twisted Tale Series from the Disney Book Group^[43]
• The Neverland Girl by Dash Hoffman and illustrated by El Geron (2021). Reality and Fantasy collides when a sickly girl with a lifelong illness seems to find herself in Neverland. [3]
• Son of Neverland by Cal Barnes (2021). An epic fantasy sequel taking exactly one hundred years after Peter Pan and Hook's final battle.^[44]
• Wendy Darling (Titan Books, 2021) A. C. Wise. Sequel novel.^[45]
• Legend of the Pan (Scroll Media, 2021) by Christian Michael retells the Peter Pan saga from a Game of Thrones-style seven-book brutal fantasy epic for adults about the first child pan fighting a trans-dimensional war while rushing to preserve the fabric of reality from unravelling. Fantasy Series. ^[46]
  • Advent (Book 1) (2024)
  • Peter (Book 2) (2021)
• Hooked (Titan books, 2022) A. C. Wise.^[45]
• Saving Neverland by Abi Elphinstone (2023). A contemporary sequel to J. M. Barrie's timeless classic featuring the newest residents to 12 Darlington Street Road the old address of Wendy Darling who encounter Peter Pan. [4]
• These Deathless Shores by P. H. Low (2024). An upcoming gender bending origin tale to Captain Hook featuring Malaysian-coded main characters^[47]

Comics

• Disney produced
  Gold Key
• Peter Pank by Spanish cartoonist "Max" (Francesc Capdevila) (1985–1990), an unauthorised comic reinterpretation for "adults only". Peter is a violent, spiked-hair anarchist living in Punkland with a gang of punk Lost Boys. The pirates are a gang of rockers, the Indians are hippies, and the female characters are often depicted bare-breasted, with numerous sexual scenes. It was published in three albums: Peter Pank, El Licantropunk, and Pankdinista
• Peter Pan by French cartoonist
  bandes dessinées. A bawdy, violent series of six albums (two of which won the Angoulême Audience Award), giving Peter Pan's back story a distinctly Dickensian flavour^[48]
• Peter Pan: Return to Never-Never Land by Ron Fortier and Gary Kato (1991), an unauthorised sequel. Peter brings two modern African-American boys to Never-Never Land, published by Malibu Comics under the Adventure Comics imprint, two issues later reprinted in a single volume^[49][50]
• The Lost by
  Michael
  , and lures another girl named Wendy to join them
• Lost Boys (ロストボーイズ) by Kaname Itsuki (2004), an unauthorised
  romantic themes
• Japanese manga artist, Mayu Sakai, appropriated the English version of the term, puer aeternus, for her series, Peter Pan Syndrome^[51]
• Lost Girls by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie (July 2006), an unauthorised reinterpretation graphic novel. A controversial use of Wendy Darling alongside Dorothy Gale from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in 1913, telling each other stories about their sexual experiences. In it, Peter is a boy that Wendy and her brothers meet in Kensington Gardens, who gives them their first sexual experiences
• Peter Panzerfaust by
  Kurtis J. Wiebe
  (2012 – 2016), a retelling of the story of Peter Pan, set in France during World War II. Peter, an American boy looking for his past in France at the outbreak of the Second World War, recruiting several orphans (The Lost Boys), saving the Darling children and coming across SS-Hauptmann/Kapitan Haken
• Klaw
  as Captain Hook
• Peter Pan – The Graphic Novel by Stephen White (2015), a retelling of the original work in graphic novel form^[52]
• Cheshire Crossing written by Andy Weir, a comic which takes characters and locations from Peter Pan as well as from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
• Peter Pan: The Graphic Novel Sequel by Andy Winter and Keara Norris (2024), an unofficial sequel to J.M. Barrie's classic, set an unspecified number of years after Captain Hook's death. "A radical new take on Peter Pan in a wild sequel full of action, magic, and punk rock."

Non-fiction

• Fifty Years of Peter Pan by Roger Lancelyn Green is an account of the first 50 years in Peter Pan's stage history^[53]
• J.M. Barrie and The Lost Boys by
  The Lost Boys broadcast in 1978^[54]
• Dr. Dan Kiley popularised the Peter Pan syndrome in his 1983 book, The Peter Pan Syndrome: Men Who Have Never Grown Up,^[55] about individuals (usually male) with underdeveloped maturity; his next book, The Wendy Dilemma (1984), advises women romantically involved with "Peter Pans" how to improve their relationships^[56]
• Peter Pan on Stage and Screen, 1904–2010 by Bruce Hanson covers the genesis of Peter Pan and its productions in the UK and US; updated edition of Hanson's work The Peter Pan Chronicles, published in 1993^[57]

Radio

• Peter Pan, book, music, and lyrics by
  Writer's Guild of Great Britain
  award

Stage

• Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1904). Although Barrie did not intend the play as a pantomime, it has many features in common with this traditional genre of British children's theatre: a boy – played by a woman – as the lead role (known as the "principal boy
  "), actors in animal costumes, a flamboyant villain, and fantasy themes
• Peter Pan (1950), music and lyrics by Leonard Bernstein, an authorised Broadway adaptation. Intended as a musical, it was eventually staged as a "straight" dramatic version with only five songs. This version starred Jean Arthur as Peter Pan, and Boris Karloff in the dual roles of Mr. Darling and Captain Hook
• gymnast Cathy Rigby as Peter. A 2014 TV version was broadcast by NBC as Peter Pan Live!^[58]
• Neverland (1975), book, music, and lyrics by Jim Steinman, a futuristic musical stage adaptation. Although it only existed as a brief workshop at the Kennedy Center in 1977, three of the songs would be reworked for the album Bat Out of Hell, one of the best-selling recordings in history^[59]
• Peter Pan (1982), an adaptation by John Caird and Trevor Nunn, first staged on 10 December 1982 at the Barbican Theatre, London
• Peter Pan: The British Musical (1985), book, music and lyrics by Piers Chater Robinson, an authorised musical stage adaptation^[60]
• Peter Pan (1996), book, music, and lyrics by Philip Glassborow, an authorised musical stage adaptation based on Glassborow's radio musical
• Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure (1996), lyrics by Anthony Drewe and music by George Stiles, an authorised musical stage adaptation, first staged in Copenhagen. Performed and recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, and broadcast on New Year's Eve 2001 by the BBC^[61]
• Peter and Wendy (1997) adaptation and lyrics by Liza Lorwin and music by Scottish fiddler, Johnny Cunningham (of Silly Wizard fame). This is a stage production using Bunraku-style puppets performed by avant-garde theatre troupe, Mabou Mines, and actress Karen Kandel, who won an OBIE for her performance.^[62] Mabou Mimes recently revived the original production at the Edinburgh Festival (2009)^[63] and in New York at the New Victory Theater (2011)^[64]
• The Terrible Tragedy of Peter Pan (2002) by Phillip C. Klapperich, an ensemble member of The House Theatre of Chicago. This production brings to the fore the darker subtexts of the story, such as the dysfunction of Peter's relationships with Wendy, Tinker Bell, and Tiger Lily, his fear of growing up, and his self-absorption, as he fails to notice those around him being hurt or killed^[65]
• Peter Pan (2004) by the
  Chickenshed Theatre Company
  was a musical stage version of Peter Pan, and was performed to mark the 100th Anniversary of the play. This is also the only performance to date with sign language fully integrated
• Peter Pan (2009), originally titled "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" a large scale production for which a specially built theatre pavilion with 360 degree surround video was created; script by Tanya Ronder, music by Benjamin Wallfisch, first staged at Kensington Gardens in Summer 2009. The production opened in the US in May 2010 and has since toured in San Francisco, Orange County, Atlanta, Chicago and Boston
• Peter Pan (A Play) (2009), adapted by Amanda Dehnert, first staged at Northwestern University, later mounted professionally at Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company in 2010
• Peter Pan (2009), music by Dan Chambers and lyrics by Dan Chambers and Polly Gibson, book by Polly Gibson, an authorised musical stage adaptation, first staged by the Sinodun Players at the Corn Exchange, Wallingford in July 2009
• Peter Pan (2010), stage adaptation by David Greig, first staged by the National Theatre of Scotland at the King's Theatre, Glasgow in April 2010.^[66] The action is transposed from Edwardian London to Victorian Edinburgh, and set against a background of construction of the Forth Rail Bridge
• Peter Pan (2010), ballet with score by Philip Norman and choreography by Russell Kerr, first staged by the Royal New Zealand Ballet in 2010.
• Peter Pan, the Boy who Hated Mothers (2010), adapted by Andrew Birkin from J.M. Barrie's original various drafts of the play, novel and screenplay, first staged at the Theatre du Gymnase in Marseille in February 2010 (translated into French by Céline-Albin Faivre), broadcast on Arte TV Channel Christmas 2010^[67]
• Peter Pan (2012), stage adaptation directed by Sally Cookson and devised by the companies, originally produced by Bristol Old Vic for Christmas 2012 before being produced by the National Theatre, London (in a co-production with Bristol Old Vic) for Christmas 2016 and the Troubadour White City Theatre for summer 2019
• Disney's Peter Pan Jr is a one-hour children's musical based on the Disney Peter Pan movie with some updated material. It became available for school and children's theatre productions in 2013 after several pilot productions^[68]
• Wendy and Peter Pan (2013), a new adaptation by Ella Hickson at the Royal Shakespeare Company in England, placing Wendy as the protagonist^[69]
• Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields of the Mischief Theatre Company
  in which the characters and members of the fictitious Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society attempt to present their production of Peter Pan
• Fly (2013), a darker take on Peter Pan with a focus on leaving childhood behind and the importance of growing up, by Jeffrey Seller debuted through the Dallas Theater Center.^[70] The book is by Rajiv Joseph, who worked on the lyrics with Kirsten Childs, and the music is by Bill Sherman^[71]
• Peter Pan Opera (2014), by composer Richard Ayres and librettist Lavinia Greenlaw, first staged in Stuttgart in 2014 and performed in the UK in 2015 by the Welsh National Opera^[72]
• Peter Pan (2015), an adaptation presented at
  Olivier Award nomination and returned to the Open Air Theatre for its 2018 Season^[73]
• For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday (2017), an adaptation by Sarah Ruhl, in which the title character and her siblings, all elderly retirees, become the characters of the original play. Beginning 18 August 2017 in New York City, it ran at Playwrights Horizons
• Peter Pan and Wendy (2019), a feminist version of the story with Wendy in an equal role. It was commissioned from Lauren Gunderson by the Shakespeare Theatre Company of Washington, D.C. Critics described it as "all about girl power."^[74]
• Peter Pan: reimagined (2019), an adaptation conceived and directed by Liam Steel, adapted by Georgia Christou and Liam Steel for the Birmingham Repertory Theatre which changes Edwardian London to present-day Birmingham
• Peter Pan (2023), an adaptation by Roddy Doyle set in early 20th century Dublin and directed by Ned Bennett for the Gate Theatre, Dublin.^[75] In a gender reversal of tradition, the actor who plays plays Mary Darling, Clare Dunne, also plays Captain Hook.

Film

Live-action

• silent movie adaptation. It stars Betty Bronson as Peter Pan, Ernest Torrence as Captain Hook, Mary Brian as Wendy Darling, and Virginia Brown Faire as Tinker Bell. Barrie was involved in this production and wrote a screenplay for it, but Paramount instead used the original stage script, taking dialogue from it for the intertitles^[76]
• Peter Pan (Питер Пэн) (1987), an unauthorised live-action musical adaptation by Belarusfilm for Soviet television
• Hook by Steven Spielberg (1991), an authorised live-action sequel. A family action/adventure film starring Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins and Maggie Smith. This film deviates in a significant way from Barrie's source material in that it tells the story of a Peter Pan who chose to grow up and not return to Neverland to become a father having fallen in love (during a visit to Wendy's House in London) with Wendy's granddaughter Moira who later became his wife. Pan took on a new life and became Peter Banning, an unimaginative and work-obsessed lawyer who has a strained relationship with his family including his two children, Maggie and Jack. Peter is lured back to Neverland by his old enemy Captain Hook who has kidnapped both Maggie and Jack in an attempt to rediscover meaning in his life and force Peter to give him the war he has long craved for, whilst also attempting to turn Peters' own children against their father in the process. Despite mixed reviews by critics, the film was popular with audiences and grossed nearly $120 million in the U.S., making it the 4th highest-grossing movie of 1991^[77]
• Peter Pan directed by P. J. Hogan (2003), an authorised live-action movie adaptation. This version is notable for its directness in addressing the romantic elements between Peter (Jeremy Sumpter) and Wendy (Rachel Hurd-Wood). Captain Hook is portrayed by Jason Isaacs (who also plays the role of Mr. Darling), and Tinker Bell is played by Ludivine Sagnier. The $100 million film boasted state-of-the-art special effects by ILM and took nearly a year to produce in Australia, but was not a financial success for Universal Studios (USA/France/English countries) and Columbia Pictures^[78]
• Neverland by writer/director Damion Dietz (2003), an unauthorised film reinterpretation. Set in early 21st-century Los Angeles and heavily "updated" for this setting, Dietz's independently produced film—featuring Wil Wheaton as John Darling—maintains much of the characterisation, plot and themes of Barrie's original story
• Pan (2015), an origin story directed by Joe Wright starring Levi Miller as Pan, Garrett Hedlund as Hook, Hugh Jackman as Blackbeard, Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily, Adeel Akhtar as Smee, Nonso Anozie as Bishop and Amanda Seyfried as Mary^[79]
• Wendy (2020), a live-action reimagining from Wendy's perspective, directed by Benh Zeitlin featuring Devin France as the titled character, with Yashua Mack as Peter, Krzysztof Meyn as Thomas and Gage and Gavin Naquin as Douglas and James Darling.
• Come Away (2020), a film that portrays Peter Pan as the brother of Alice from Lewis Carroll's story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland portrayed by Keira Chansa. The cast includes Jordan Nash as Peter, as well as Angelina Jolie, David Oyelowo, with David Gyasi as Captain Hook and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Alice Darling
• Peter Pan & Wendy (2023), a live-action adaptation of the 1953 Disney movie directed by David Lowery and written by him and Toby Halbrooks; starring Alexander Molony and Ever Anderson as the title characters Peter Pan and Wendy Darling, Jude Law as Captain Hook, Yara Shahidi as Tinker Bell and Alyssa Wapanatahk as Tiger Lily^{[80][81][82][83][84][85]}
• Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare (2025), a horror reimagining of the story that was directed by Scott Jeffrey and produced by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, who helmed Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey and is set in the same universe, featuring Peter DeSouza-Feighoney as Michael Darling.^[86]

Animation

• Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. It featured music by Sammy Cahn, Frank Churchill, Sammy Fain, and Ted Sears. 15-year-old film actor Bobby Driscoll supplied the voice of Peter, while Wendy was portrayed by Kathryn Beaumont, who previously portrayed Alice in Alice in Wonderland. Hook was portrayed by Hans Conried (who also played Mr. Darling), and Margaret Kerry did live-action references for Tinker Bell. This version contained little of the original dialogue from the play or its novelisation^[87]
• Peter Pan (1988), an unauthorised Australian direct-to-video animated adaptation
• Return to Never Land from Disney (2002), an authorised animated sequel to the 1953 Disney film. Wendy's daughter Jane becomes involved with Peter Pan. The movie takes place during World War II, set amidst the Blitz (1940), and deals with the issue of children being forced to grow up too fast^[88]
• Peter Pan : The Quest for The Never Book (2018), an adaptation film of The New Adventures of Peter Pan .
• In
  Chip and Dale
  for discovering his plans, serving as the main antagonist of this film.

Television

Live-action

• A&E Network and issued on DVD^[89]
• The Lost Boys, a docudrama for the BBC about Barrie and the Llewelyn Davies boys^[90]
• pickpocket who was taken in by expert thief and former arms dealer James "Jimmy" Hook as an infant. Directed by Nick Willing, the cast includes Charlie Rowe as Peter Pan, Rhys Ifans as James Hook, Bob Hoskins as Smee, Anna Friel as Captain Elizabeth Bonny, Charles Dance as Dr. Richard Fludd, Lorn Macdonald as Fox and Keira Knightley as the voice of Tinker Bell^[91]
• The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy (2013 – present), webseries that features Wendy as the main character through a series of vlogs and other media
• Allison Williams as Peter, Christopher Walken as Captain Hook, Kelli O'Hara as Mrs. Darling, Christian Borle as Mr. Darling/Mr. Smee and Minnie Driver as the adult Wendy. Critical reaction was mixed, with many critics expressing relief that the broadcast was not a disaster^[58]
• Peter and Wendy (2015), a two-hour drama based on J M Barrie's novel first aired on ITV on 26 December 2015, produced by Headline Pictures, set in Great Ormond Street Hospital in which a child patient slips into a fantasy world resembling Neverland during an operation. With Stanley Tucci as Captain Hook, Paloma Faith as Tinker Bell, Laura Fraser as Mrs Darling, Woody Norman as Curly, Hazel Doupe as Wendy and Zac Sutcliffe as Peter^[92]
• Peter Pan Goes Wrong (2016), a one-hour television adaptation of Mischief Theatre's play of the same name in which the fictitious Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society attempt to stage a production of Peter Pan, starring the original cast and guest appearance from David Suchet as the narrator
• Once Upon a Time is an ABC television series that involves characters from familiar works of fiction, including Peter Pan. Colin O'Donoghue was a series regular in the role of Hook, who originated as Killian Jones. Freya Tingley first played Wendy in the 21st episode of the second season and continued playing the role in a few episodes towards the end of Season 3A. Robbie Kay played the main villain role during Season 3A as Peter Pan, portrayed in the series as the father of Rumpelstiltskin, and reprised his role in a couple episodes during Season 5B and the second-to-last episode of the overall show. Rose McIver played Tinker Bell during the majority of Season 3A, then one episode during Season 3B and one during Season 6.

Animation

• Peter Pan: The Animated Series (romanised as "Pîtâ Pan no Bôken") by Nippon Animation (1989), an anime television series. Produced as part of Nippon's World Masterpiece Theater series, the first 23 episodes are a loose adaptation of Barrie's story, while the latter half introduces a completely original arc with new supporting characters^[93]
• Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates on Fox Kids (1990), an animated TV series based on Barrie's novel, presenting the Darling children's other adventures in the Neverland during their stay. The series also focuses on significant development of the pirates as less one-dimensional characters. Voice talents in the cast included Jason Marsden as Peter and Tim Curry as "Captain James T. Hook"; Curry won an Emmy for it^[94]
• A series of digitally animated
  direct-to-DVD films starring Tinker Bell was begun by Disney in 2008. These works are part of the company's Disney Fairies
  franchise, and feature a cast of fairy characters and settings original to Disney.
  • Tinker Bell (2008)
  • Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009)
  • Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010)
  • Pixie Hollow Games (TV special, 2011)
  • Secret of the Wings (2012)
  • The Pirate Fairy (2014)
  • Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2015)
• Mr. Smee
  for treasure.
• The New Adventures of Peter Pan (2012–2016) is a series of
  CGI animation French-German-Indian produced by the DQ Entertainment and Method Animation
  .

Video games

• Peter Pan, a 1984 video game published by Hodder & Stoughton
• side-scrolling game for the Nintendo Entertainment System
  , based on the TV series
• side-scrolling games for Nintendo and Sega consoles, and the fourth was an adventure game
  for home computers
• Peter Pan: A Story Painting Adventure, a 1993 point and click adventure game for DOS
• Peter Pan: Return to Neverland, two 2002 games based on Disney's film, one for the Game Boy Advance, the other for PlayStation
• Kingdom Hearts, a franchise between Square-Enix and Disney on various game systems that features Neverland as a playable world inhabited with various characters from the Peter Pan books and films including Peter Pan, Wendy, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, and Mr. Smee
• Disney has released two video games as part of the Disney Fairies franchise, for the Nintendo DS, each a tie-in with a direct-to-DVD feature film of the same name:
  • Tinker Bell (2008)
  • Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009)
  • Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (2010)
• Disney Infinity 2.0, Tinker Bell is a playable character in the game's Toy Box mode. She has been given powers to fly, and use her fairy dust to defeat enemies
• Disney Magic Kingdoms, includes as playable characters some of the characters from the 1953 animated film in new storylines placed after the events of the film

Biographical dramas

• The Lost Boys, a 1978 docudrama produced by the BBC, written by Andrew Birkin, starring Ian Holm, tells about the relationship between Barrie and the Llewelyn Davies boys
  and the development of Peter Pan
• Finding Neverland, a 2004 film starring Johnny Depp as Barrie and Kate Winslet as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies is a fictionalised account of their relationship and how it led to the creation of Peter Pan. It was based on the 1998 play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee. In 2015, it was adapted into a musical on Broadway, playing at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

References in other works

• In 1980,
  Never, Never Land
  as a woman whose niece, captivated by Barrie's tale, runs away with her younger cousin and takes refuge with a group of "lost boys" squatting in a deserted London townhouse
• In the 1986 Spanish film El río de oro (The Golden River) by Jaime Chávarri, the central character is a man named Peter whose wife Dubarry played the role of Tinker Bell in a theater play some years ago. They had a son, but Peter killed the baby when he was only 3 months old because he thought the boy was growing up too fast
• The plot of the 1990 novel An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge (made into a film in 1995) revolves around a production of the play
• The 2002 novel The League of Heroes by
  alternate universe in which Neverland has materialized in Kensington Gardens. The fairy folk are commonplace in London, as are pirates and Indians. Peter Pan is considered one of several enemies of the repressive government and is pursued by the League whose members include Lord Admiral Hook (Captain Hook), Sherlock Holmes, and Lord Greystoke (Tarzan
  )
• In a
  Harper Finkle cast as Tinker Bell (she's later replaced by Alex Russo
  after falling off the stage)
• Singer/songwriter
  The Wendy Trilogy
  , chronicling how Wendy joined Captain Hook's crew, dueled him for command, gained great fame in Neverland and beyond, and eventually returned home, passing her legacy on
• The song "Fly" by Blind Guardian is about Peter Pan
• In the seventh episode on season 10 of
  Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington) dresses as Tinker Bell for Halloween and shows up at her boyfriend Alex Karev's (Justin Chambers
  ) house, after a fight they had resulting from his estranged father's appearance, showing her loyalty to the boy who didn't grow up
• The song "
  Ruth B
  refers to an orphan being taken to Neverland by Peter Pan to join the Lost Boys, who spend some of their time running away from Captain Hook.
• The cartoon series World of Winx features Peter Pan and Neverland characters Smee, Jim (Captain Hook), Crocodile Man (Crocodile), Queen (Tinker Bell), Wendy Darling. Peter Pan has a son named Matt Barrie
• The film Viy 2: Journey to China features a character named James Hook (played by Arnold Schwarzenegger) whose outfit and personality appear to be inspired by Hook
• In the film Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022), Will Arnett plays Sweet Pete, a middle-aged version of Peter Pan who became a crime boss^[95]
• The song "
  Peter
  ", comparing the titular character in her song to Pan himself as both never grow up, and also refers to her Peter in the second person as being "lost to the 'Lost Boys' chapter of your life".

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