Wendy (2020)

[Adam Lenhardt]

Title: Wendy

Genre: Drama, Fantasy

Director: Benh Zeitlin

Cast: Tommie Lynn Milazzo

Release: 2020-02-28

Plot: A re-imagining of the classic tale from the point of view of Wendy Darling, who finds herself lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued. She must fight to save her family, her freedom and the joyous spirit of youth.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Looks amazing. Beasts of the Southern Wild was one of my favorite films of 2012. It's interesting to see such a naturalistic take on the Peter and Wendy story, with all of the period London elements stripped away. In a few shots, Wendy is wearing an old Prison Rodeo t-shirt. So the Darling children can't be from any earlier than the 1970s or so in this version. And the pirate ship is a twentieth-century fishing vessel.

 

[Jake Lipson]

I'm not really sure what to make of that trailer, but I have to admit I'm curious.