Apparently Disney liked what it saw from the duo when they teamed to write Pete’s Dragon, a new version of the 1977 live-action/animated classic that Lowery also directed. His credits include the indie drama Ain’t Them Bodies Saints and the forthcoming family adventure Pete’s Dragon. The new film joins several Peter Pan live action films, including last year’s horribly received Pan, which starred Hugh Jackman as Blackbeard, and introduced a pre-hooked Captain Hook.
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According to Deadline, the studio has tapped director David Lowery to take on the project.
Alice Through the Looking Glass, the sequel to 2010’s Tim Burton-helmed Alice in Wonderland, will hit theaters on May 27.
Disney’s 1953 animated classic is still the most successful adaptation of the J.M. Barrie novel about the boy who couldn’t age.
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Peter Pan is just the latest remake coming from Disney. Many other studios have made their own versions on the big and small screen, including Steven Spielberg’s star-studded Hook to most recently the Joe Wright-directed Pan, which didn’t work out well for Warner Bros. He wrote the remake with Toby Halbrooks, who is reprising his duties for the Peter Pan movie, and James Whitaker is also returning to produce.
