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Disney's Peter Pan and Wendy from David Lowry

Time will tell whether I give enough of a **** to see this, but Law seems pretty perfect for Hook.
 
It's a pretty hammy role.
 
Seems like Disney didn’t have enough money to pay for Phoenix and his cow ranch.
Which is weird because, according to some of the insider reports, this version of Hook was clearly tailor made for Phoenix as he's supposed to be more like Jason Issacs' take from the 2003 movie in that he's more threatening and allegedly a bit insane. Unless they're re-writing the character to be more like the Hans Conried/Corey Burton version, I can't see this fitting Law. But who knows?
 
Seems like Disney didn’t have enough money to pay for Phoenix and his cow ranch.
Not that I've got anything against Law, but a Joaquin Phoenix Hook would have been a sight to behold. For me, Dustin Hoffman is still the performance to beat for the character in any adaptation.
 
Not that I've got anything against Law, but a Joaquin Phoenix Hook would have been a sight to behold. For me, Dustin Hoffman is still the performance to beat for the character in any adaptation.
Phoenix just might not have been interested.......or he remembered he was in Brother Bear and had flashbacks as to how iffy that movie was.
 
Phoenix just might not have been interested.......or he remembered he was in Brother Bear and had flashbacks as to how iffy that movie was.
That movie really feels like a "One of these things is not like the other" on Phoenix's resume until you remember he was in SpaceCamp when he was a kid. I actually saw Brother Bear for the first time a few months ago. The movie isn't great but Phoenix is unsurprisingly good in it.
 
Driver has become one of my sublime faves in the game.
 

Now this would have been a left-field choice.
 
Driver as Captain Hook would’ve been pretty perfect.

Jude Law, who I like, sounds pretty meh for this role.
 
Yeah, I can see Driver in this role much more than Law.
 
Driver would’ve been picture perfect as Hook.
 
Driver still seems too young to me to play Hook. He has a certain boyishness about him that goes against the character.
 
It's probably time for an update.
 
Casting a middle eastern boy as Pan is interesting. I guess where he comes from isn't pertinent to the story, although I'm having a little trouble picturing this kid in the classic outfit. Actually, the animated version was older/taller, so it might have more to do with that. Maybe he'll get a growth spurt between now and filming?
Erm, a baby taken from his parents in London in Victorian England...
 
That movie really feels like a "One of these things is not like the other" on Phoenix's resume until you remember he was in SpaceCamp when he was a kid. I actually saw Brother Bear for the first time a few months ago. The movie isn't great but Phoenix is unsurprisingly good in it.
At the time, Phoenix took many commercial projects trying to distance himself from being “River’s Little Bro”. It wasn’t until his publicity stunt of a movie, aka the moment he lost his mind, did he start being more selective.
 
At the time, Phoenix took many commercial projects trying to distance himself from being “River’s Little Bro”. It wasn’t until his publicity stunt of a movie, aka the moment he lost his mind, did he start being more selective.
Yes but even the mainstream projects he did back then were still more serious roles, like We Own the Night, Signs, and The Village. It's just funny to see a Disney movie in the middle of all that.
 
Doing voice work in a Disney flick was considered a big deal back then. Still kinda is.
 
That, and also I think the themes of the movie spoke to Phoenix being an animal rights activist.
 
Doing voice work in a Disney flick was considered a big deal back then. Still kinda is.
It blows my mind Joseph Gordon Levitt somehow got a leading role in a Disney movie (Treasure Planet). He was kinda a name but nowhere near where he is now.
 
It's probably time for an update.
Again? It's only five years last one :funny:
And back in 2011, and 2003.

The future of filmmaking don't seem too bright if reboots of the same story needs to be done three times in a ten year period.
 
It blows my mind Joseph Gordon Levitt somehow got a leading role in a Disney movie (Treasure Planet). He was kinda a name but nowhere near where he is now.
Big name actors have rarely voiced the main leading roles in Disney movies. They often voice the comedic sidekick characters like Robin Williams as Genie, Eddie Murphy as Mushu or Dwayne Johnson as Maui. Aladdin really kickstarted that trend.
 
It blows my mind Joseph Gordon Levitt somehow got a leading role in a Disney movie (Treasure Planet). He was kinda a name but nowhere near where he is now.

He was a fairly big child actor at that point from Angels in the Outfield to Third Rock from the Sun up to 10 Things I Hate About You.
 
I knew he was a name but, going with the trend of big name stars in supporting roles, that’s kinda odd for Treasure Planet since it didn’t have that, unless you count Martin Short a big name, and I love the man. Ed Grimley, anyone?
 
But Disney’s lead characters were never big (Aladdin, Pocahontas, Hercules, Mulan), it was always supporting (Genie, John Smith, Hades, Mushu). Thus Martin Short for TP. I guess he just wasn’t big enough. It wasn’t a Robin Williams as the Genie or Eddie Murphy as Mushu kind of get.
 

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