Because Hollywood is no longer one remake away, Disney+ has just unveiled the first trailer for Peter Pan & Wendydirected by David Lowery and starring Jude Law.
By the way, we don’t really know what to say. No really. We no longer know. In 2016 there was The jungle Book by Jon Favreau, and since, Disney never stops multiplying the remakes of its own animated films. Since there has been The Lion King (why the hell since the original work was self-sufficient, we are still looking), Mulan and its myriad scandals, the Dumbo failed by Tim Burton, Aladdin et son Will Smith bleu, Cruellaor, Pinocchio (there was the failure of Zemeckis, and the poetics of Del Toro, albeit for Netflix). In fact, the little mouse has so many similar projects in his pocket that the Editor has listed all the Disney remakes of the next fifty years.
Among this plethora of projects, Peter Pan & Wendyumpteenth iteration of JM Barrie’s play directed this time by the excellent David Lowery (A Ghost Story, The Green Knight). Without the trailer even being released, the film has already managed to generate ridiculous controversy with its casting choices. However, now that Disney has unveiled its new production in pictures, there are things a tad more interesting to discuss.
We don’t really know where to start. By the positive points perhaps; following all, it will be faster. The casting therefore clearly shows a diversity of genders and ethnicities which can only be a pleasure to see – no offense to some. It should also be noted that unlike the version of Joe Wright in 2015, Lily the Tigress is not camped by a Caucasian actress. Good.
For the rest now. Let’s not cut corners: it’s pretty ugly. History to remain consistent with modern habits and customs, the special effects testify more to a hypothetical mess behind the scenes than anything else. Impossible for the spectator, even the most benevolent, to ignore the many badly delineated green backgrounds (especially during the flight sequences), the visual indigence that are the sirens, or the sadness of the colorimetry. In terms of Imaginary Country, clearly, we will come back.
Of course, such visual poverty has something vexing, especially if we compare this new version to that directed by PJ Hogan some twenty years earlier. Finally, such is life. In France, no release date has yet been communicated.but in the United States, Peter Pan & Wendy will take over the Disney+ platform on April 28.
