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A new trailer has arrived for the movie 鈥淧an.鈥澛�

Based on the classic story by writer J.M. Barrie, 鈥淧an鈥� stars actor Levi Miller as Peter, who in the film travels to Neverland for the first time in his memory. There he encounters the evil pirate Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman of 鈥淴-Men: Days of Future Past鈥�), Tiger Lily (Rooney Mara of 鈥淗er鈥�), and a young man named Hook (鈥淯nbroken鈥� actor Garrett Hedlund). According to , the film, which was originally scheduled to be released this July, will now come out in October.

There鈥檚 no doubt that 鈥淧eter Pan鈥� is having a moment. The stage musical version of the story was selected as NBC鈥檚 live musical for last year's holiday season, with Allison Williams of 鈥淕irls鈥� starring as the boy who wouldn鈥檛 grow up and Christopher Walken as Hook. Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson鈥檚 series about Peter before he was Pan was the basis of the Broadway musical 鈥淧eter and the Starcatcher,鈥� which was nominated for multiple Tony Awards and won actor 海角大神 Borle a Tony for his role as the man who became Hook. And the story of how Barrie came to pen the story of Peter was the basis of the Oscar-nominated 2004 movie 鈥淔inding Neverland,鈥� which inspired the currently running Broadway musical of the same name. The musical 鈥淣everland鈥� stars 鈥淕lee鈥� actor Matthew Morrison as Barrie and Kelsey Grammer as theater producer Charles Frohman.

Why are Broadway and Hollywood turning to the story? Fairy tale movies are currently big business. While the year is still young, the recent film version of 鈥淐inderella鈥� is currently the film of 2015 so far. The movie of 2014 was 鈥淢aleficent,鈥� the film starring Angelina Jolie as the 鈥淪leeping Beauty鈥� villainess, and the was 鈥淚nto the Woods,鈥� the film version of the Stephen Sondheim musical that features such characters as Little Red Riding Hood, Jack of "Jack and the Beanstalk," and Cinderella. In 2012, also did big business at the box office, as did 2010鈥檚 鈥�.鈥澛�

So it鈥檚 no mystery why executives want a new version of 鈥淧eter.鈥� Why do audience members keep returning to him? Familiarity is one factor. If a person is looking for something to watch but can鈥檛 take a dark, challenging drama, a fairy tale movie is like comfort food. If it鈥檚 a parent looking for a movie to take their child to, even better 鈥� they know the 鈥淧an鈥� story and don鈥檛 have to spend time figuring out whether it鈥檚 appropriate for their child.聽

In addition, the story has timeless messages. Everyone鈥檚 grown up and remembers leaving some childish things behind, and the ever-youthful Peter is a character people think of fondly.