While the official press release trumpets the fact that Oscar nominees Keira Knightley and Bob Hoskins are on board, I have to say the piece of Neverland casting that truly won my heart is Anna Friel (of the late, lamented Pushing Daisies) as pirate Elizabeth Bonny. Listening to her yell FIRE! (in the second teaser below) just warms the cockles of my heart. On top of which, you really can never go wrong with Charles Dance (Bleak House)…
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Peter (Charlie Rowe), along with his young pickpocket pals, have been rounded up by their mentor Jimmy Hook (Rhys Ifans) to snatch a magical orb which transports them to another world – Neverland. Filled with white jungles and imposing cities formed out of trees created by Dr. Fludd (Charles Dance) and inhabited by a colony of tree spirits led by Tinker Bell (Keira Knightley), this mysterious realm welcomes unknown friends and enemies snatched from time. These include power-mad Elizabeth Bonny (Anna Friel) and her band of 18th century pirates who search for the answer to eternal youth, a secret guarded by a Holy Man (Raoul Trujillo). As the fight to save this strange and beautiful world escalates, Peter and his crew consider that growing old somewhere in time could be less important than growing up—right here in their new home called Neverland.
Neverland airs this December on Syfy.
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