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The 鈥淧eter Pan鈥� character Tinkerbell may be getting a new movie of her own.

According to the , 鈥淲ild鈥� actress Reese Witherspoon is set to produce and star in a live-action version of the fairy鈥檚 story. Writer Borys Kit cites 鈥渋nsiders鈥� as saying 鈥渋t will play with the idea and the timeline of the well-known聽Peter Pan聽narrative鈥� and that the tale is billed as 鈥渢he story you don鈥檛 know鈥� like Disney鈥檚 hit film 鈥淢aleficent,鈥� which told the story of how the 鈥淪leeping Beauty鈥� villain came to be.聽

Disney has also had success with its recent live-action version of 鈥淐inderella鈥� and is currently working on a live-action version of 鈥淏eauty and the Beast,鈥� with Dan Stevens of 鈥淒ownton Abbey,鈥� 鈥淗arry Potter鈥� actress Emma Watson, and 鈥淭he Hobbit鈥� actor Luke Evans set to star.聽

If this new version of Tinkerbell鈥檚 story gives the character a makeover, it would be a welcome one. In the original Disney animated film, Tinkerbell is 鈥� dare we say it? 鈥� a bit of a pill, with most of her actions being guided by the fact that she鈥檚 jealous over the attention her friend Peter is paying to Wendy Darling. She even, in an extreme move, convinces Peter鈥檚 friends the Lost Boys to shoot arrows at Wendy.聽

However, Tinkerbell鈥檚 affection for Peter does cause her to commit a very selfless act, taking a bomb meant for him that was left by the evil Captain Hook. Tinkerbell snatches it away from him. This echoes the original version of events in J.M. Barrie鈥檚 story, where Hook poisons a drink meant for Peter and Tinkerbell drinks it so Peter will not.

If this aspect of Tinkerbell鈥檚 character is emphasized and other positive ones are added, Disney can add another worthy female character to its recent roster. 2014鈥檚 鈥淢aleficent,鈥� as noted by Monitor film critic Peter Rainer, gave the villain a 鈥渟ympathetic back story鈥� and told the story with a 鈥渜uasi-feminist 鈥� twist.鈥� (She does still curse Sleeping Beauty, though she tries to take the spell off later and attempts to save her.) 鈥淐inderella鈥� is perhaps the exception in this lineup, because, while actress Lily James鈥� portrayal of the character did have her extolling the virtues of kindness and making the decision to attend the ball, you still want to tell her to just put down the dishes and get out of there already. But the upcoming adaptation of 鈥淏eauty鈥� will showcase one of Disney鈥檚 best heroines with Belle, who takes her father鈥檚 place as the Beast鈥檚 prisoner and learns to love the Beast for who he truly is.

We鈥檒l just have to see if the new version of Tinkerbell presented in the upcoming film will be another positive female character.