Elysian Film Group has debuted a new trailer for his follow-up to Benh Zeitlin’s Oscar-nominated film ‘Beasts of The Southern Wild’, ‘Wendy.’
The film follows the classic story of Peter Pan which is wildly reimagined in this ragtag epic starring a stunning cast of young actors, headlined by Devin France in the title role of Wendy.
While lost on a mysterious island where ageing and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.
Photo Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures. © 2019 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved
Directed and written by Zeitlin alongside his sister Eliza Zeitlin, he wanted to capture and reinvent the childhood myth that had captivated him and his sister. Rather than Peter’s story, their tale focuses on Wendy who experiences Neverland but has to leave it behind.
The film follows the classic story of Peter Pan which is wildly reimagined in this ragtag epic starring a stunning cast of young actors, headlined by Devin France in the title role of Wendy.
While lost on a mysterious island where ageing and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.
Photo Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures. © 2019 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved
Directed and written by Zeitlin alongside his sister Eliza Zeitlin, he wanted to capture and reinvent the childhood myth that had captivated him and his sister. Rather than Peter’s story, their tale focuses on Wendy who experiences Neverland but has to leave it behind.
- 7/19/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Wendy director Benh Zeitlin on Liza Minnelli’s scream (as Sally Bowles) the moment the train goes by in Bob Fosse’s Cabaret: "I’ve always loved that moment. That character is so wild, like such a great ferocious liberated woman character.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In the final instalment of my in-depth conversation with Benh Zeitlin at the Bowery Hotel in New York, we discussed how he developed a relationship between Shay Walker (mother Angela Darling) and Tommie Lynn Milazzo, who plays her baby Wendy, casting the twins Gavin Naquin and Gage Naquin, and working with his sister Eliza Zeitlin on their “shared vision” for Wendy, shot by Sturla Brandth Grøvlen (Josephine Decker’s Shirley) and starring Devin France as the adolescent Wendy.
Devin France, Gavin Naquin, Gage Naquin, Romyri Ross, and Yashua Mack in Benh Zeitlin’s Wendy
Herbert Brenon’s 1924 silent Peter Pan, my favourite adaptation of Jm Barrie’s play,...
In the final instalment of my in-depth conversation with Benh Zeitlin at the Bowery Hotel in New York, we discussed how he developed a relationship between Shay Walker (mother Angela Darling) and Tommie Lynn Milazzo, who plays her baby Wendy, casting the twins Gavin Naquin and Gage Naquin, and working with his sister Eliza Zeitlin on their “shared vision” for Wendy, shot by Sturla Brandth Grøvlen (Josephine Decker’s Shirley) and starring Devin France as the adolescent Wendy.
Devin France, Gavin Naquin, Gage Naquin, Romyri Ross, and Yashua Mack in Benh Zeitlin’s Wendy
Herbert Brenon’s 1924 silent Peter Pan, my favourite adaptation of Jm Barrie’s play,...
- 3/10/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Chicago – The Peter Pan mythos is as well known as any legend, ever since J.M. Barrie invented the character in 1904. Through nearly a hundred versions in virtually all media, the theme remains the same … what happens if we never grow up. Benh Zeitlin adds his spin in “Wendy,” the follow-up to his Oscar nominated “Beasts of the Southern Wild” (2012).
The Explorer: Devin France is the Title Character in ‘Wendy’
Photo credit: Searchlight Pictures
“Wendy” focuses on the title character, portrayed with wide-eyed wonder by Devin France. She is portrayed as the modern-day daughter of a single mother, flanked by her twin brothers Douglas and James (Gage and Gavin Naquin). The austere family lives by a train depot, and the three siblings are tempted by a mysterious child rail rider named Peter (Yashua Mack) to run away. They travel to a mysterious island, where the inhabitants never grow up. The...
The Explorer: Devin France is the Title Character in ‘Wendy’
Photo credit: Searchlight Pictures
“Wendy” focuses on the title character, portrayed with wide-eyed wonder by Devin France. She is portrayed as the modern-day daughter of a single mother, flanked by her twin brothers Douglas and James (Gage and Gavin Naquin). The austere family lives by a train depot, and the three siblings are tempted by a mysterious child rail rider named Peter (Yashua Mack) to run away. They travel to a mysterious island, where the inhabitants never grow up. The...
- 3/4/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Wendy director Benh Zeitlin on the Montserrat volcano: "Every time I would go back there I had to rewrite the script because things would just be growing at this rate that’s exponential. It’s so fertile and so alive.”
Benh Zeitlin’s Wendy, a free-range take on Jm Barrie’s classic story of Peter Pan, co-written with his sister Eliza Zeitlin, who is also the production designer, has Wendy Darling living with her single mother (Shay Walker) and twin brothers James and Douglas (Gavin Naquin and Gage Naquin) above the diner they run right by the railroad tracks in rural Louisiana.
Beasts Of The Southern Wild and Wendy director Benh Zeitlin (with Anne-Katrin Titze) on nature: "There are things on this Earth that are so awesome, they’re unexplainable the same way magic is.” Photo: Sam Fetner
One night, the three kids hop on the roof of a freight train,...
Benh Zeitlin’s Wendy, a free-range take on Jm Barrie’s classic story of Peter Pan, co-written with his sister Eliza Zeitlin, who is also the production designer, has Wendy Darling living with her single mother (Shay Walker) and twin brothers James and Douglas (Gavin Naquin and Gage Naquin) above the diner they run right by the railroad tracks in rural Louisiana.
Beasts Of The Southern Wild and Wendy director Benh Zeitlin (with Anne-Katrin Titze) on nature: "There are things on this Earth that are so awesome, they’re unexplainable the same way magic is.” Photo: Sam Fetner
One night, the three kids hop on the roof of a freight train,...
- 2/28/2020
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
It has taken eight years for Benh Zeitlin to deliver the follow-up to his Oscar-nominated 2012 feature debut “Beasts of the Southern Wild.” But you could say the idea for “Wendy,” which reimagines the classic “Peter Pan” from the viewpoint of his female friend (played by first-time actor Devin France), has been percolating far longer than that.
Zeitlin wrote the film with his sister, Eliza Zeitlin, who also serves as production designer on the movie, a tale that started with puppets when the Zeitlins were growing up and has stayed with them into adulthood. “When I was brought home from the hospital, Benh had prepared a puppet show for me,” quips Eliza. “It was our very first interaction on Earth.”
As with “Beasts,” the idea for “Wendy” was to eschew VFX and stunt doubles. In the two years it took for the duo to write the story, there were many discussions...
Zeitlin wrote the film with his sister, Eliza Zeitlin, who also serves as production designer on the movie, a tale that started with puppets when the Zeitlins were growing up and has stayed with them into adulthood. “When I was brought home from the hospital, Benh had prepared a puppet show for me,” quips Eliza. “It was our very first interaction on Earth.”
As with “Beasts,” the idea for “Wendy” was to eschew VFX and stunt doubles. In the two years it took for the duo to write the story, there were many discussions...
- 2/27/2020
- by Valentina I. Valentini
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been eight years since Benh Zeitlin made his astonishing feature-directing debut with Beasts of the Southern Wild, a low-budget landmark set on the bayous of Louisiana that won Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (for its extraordinary nine-year-old star Quvenzhané Wallis), Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay nods. Now, at 37, Zeitlin is back with Wendy, his folkloric spin on J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan that top-lines Wendy Darling, the Victorian girl who flew off to Neverland to mother an island’s worth of lost boys. If you...
- 2/26/2020
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Back in 2012, a young filmmaker by the name of Benh Zeitlin burst on to the scene with Beasts of the Southern Wild. Debuting at the Sundance Film Festival, the movie blew away audiences, going on to be a darling of the awards season, even scoring four Academy Award nominations. Zeitlin himself picked up a pair of Oscar nods (Best Director and Best Original Screenplay), firmly entrenching him as someone to watch out for. What would he do next? Well, it took until Sundance 2020 for his follow up to arrive, and now Wendy hits theaters this week. Unfortunately, while his unique aesthetic is still very much in evidence, there are diminishing returns this time around. Overly familiar, unfocused, and grindingly repetitive, this is very much a misfire from Zeitlin. The film is a retelling of Peter Pan, with the gritty and grounded, yet fantastical, approach that Beasts of the Southern Wild also employed.
- 2/25/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
At this year’s Sundance, 118 features will make their debut. Here are five hotly anticipated films that will be in the mix and some of the artisans behind them.
Bad Hair (Midnight)
Costume designer Ceci reconnects with Justin Simien (“Dear White People”) on a satirical horror set in 1989 Los Angeles, where ambitious Anna (Elle Lorraine) hopes to be the next on-air talent for a music video TV show. Her new boss, Zora (Vanessa Williams) wants Anna to change her natural hair, and she acquiesces by getting a weave. One problem: The strands have a mind of their own.
Ceci fully developed the look of each individual role down to the smallest detail. “My intention is that the viewer can readily identify, relate or understand who the characters are and the story being told,” she says. “Before Anna gets her first weave, her wardrobe is reflective of her ethnocentric upbringing coupled with her homespun,...
Bad Hair (Midnight)
Costume designer Ceci reconnects with Justin Simien (“Dear White People”) on a satirical horror set in 1989 Los Angeles, where ambitious Anna (Elle Lorraine) hopes to be the next on-air talent for a music video TV show. Her new boss, Zora (Vanessa Williams) wants Anna to change her natural hair, and she acquiesces by getting a weave. One problem: The strands have a mind of their own.
Ceci fully developed the look of each individual role down to the smallest detail. “My intention is that the viewer can readily identify, relate or understand who the characters are and the story being told,” she says. “Before Anna gets her first weave, her wardrobe is reflective of her ethnocentric upbringing coupled with her homespun,...
- 1/24/2020
- by Daron James
- Variety Film + TV
Fox Searchlight has launched a new trailer for the Benh Zeitlin reimagined tale of ‘Peter Pan’, ‘Wendy’.
The classic story of Peter Pan is wildly reimagined in this ragtag epic from Benh Zeitlin, director of ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’. Written by Benh Zeitlin and Eliza Zeitlin, the film is produced by Becky Glupczynski, Dan Janvey, Paul Mezey and Josh Penn.
Also in trailers – Anthony Hopkins & Jonathan Pryce battle it out in new trailer for Netflix’s The Two Popes
The film has a Us release of February 28th 2020
Wendy Synopsis
Lost on a mysterious island where ageing and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.
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The classic story of Peter Pan is wildly reimagined in this ragtag epic from Benh Zeitlin, director of ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’. Written by Benh Zeitlin and Eliza Zeitlin, the film is produced by Becky Glupczynski, Dan Janvey, Paul Mezey and Josh Penn.
Also in trailers – Anthony Hopkins & Jonathan Pryce battle it out in new trailer for Netflix’s The Two Popes
The film has a Us release of February 28th 2020
Wendy Synopsis
Lost on a mysterious island where ageing and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.
The post New trailer for ‘Peter Pan’ reimaging ‘Wendy’ takes us into the wild. appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 11/7/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Kayti Burt Nov 16, 2019
Beasts of the Southern Wild filmmaker Benh Zeitlin's next feature will be Wendy. And it now has a release date.
Benh Zeitlin has taken his time crafting his follow-up to 2012 feature film debut Beasts of the Southern Wild. Zeitlin directed, co-wrote, and co-scored by that film (adapted from a one-act play called Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar) made the film for a budget of $1.8 million. It would go on to make over $23 million and would earn four Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture.
Zeitlin's second film is called Wendy, and it is a reimagining of Peter Pan filmed in Montserrat, an island south of Antigua.
Wendy Release Date
Wendy will arrive on February 28, 2020. Should be a nice bright spot deep into the winter doldrums.
Wendy Story
Here's the full, official synopsis:
The classic story of Peter Pan is wildly reimagined in this ragtag epic from Benh Zeitlin,...
Beasts of the Southern Wild filmmaker Benh Zeitlin's next feature will be Wendy. And it now has a release date.
Benh Zeitlin has taken his time crafting his follow-up to 2012 feature film debut Beasts of the Southern Wild. Zeitlin directed, co-wrote, and co-scored by that film (adapted from a one-act play called Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar) made the film for a budget of $1.8 million. It would go on to make over $23 million and would earn four Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture.
Zeitlin's second film is called Wendy, and it is a reimagining of Peter Pan filmed in Montserrat, an island south of Antigua.
Wendy Release Date
Wendy will arrive on February 28, 2020. Should be a nice bright spot deep into the winter doldrums.
Wendy Story
Here's the full, official synopsis:
The classic story of Peter Pan is wildly reimagined in this ragtag epic from Benh Zeitlin,...
- 11/6/2019
- Den of Geek
In Benh Zeitlin’s “Wendy,” the reimagining of the classic “Peter Pan” tale, Wendy and the other kids don’t want to grow up.
“Swear on your mother, you will never grow up,” one kid says to the other on the island.
“So began the legend of Peter, the boy that never grew up,” a voiceover explained. “This is where lost boys go when they are really lost.”
Also Read: 'Once Upon a Time': Robin Hood, Peter Pan Among Characters to Return for Series Finale
The film’s synopsis reads: “The classic story of Peter Pan is wildly reimagined in this ragtag epic from Benh Zeitlin, director of ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild.’ Lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.”
Zeitlin...
“Swear on your mother, you will never grow up,” one kid says to the other on the island.
“So began the legend of Peter, the boy that never grew up,” a voiceover explained. “This is where lost boys go when they are really lost.”
Also Read: 'Once Upon a Time': Robin Hood, Peter Pan Among Characters to Return for Series Finale
The film’s synopsis reads: “The classic story of Peter Pan is wildly reimagined in this ragtag epic from Benh Zeitlin, director of ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild.’ Lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.”
Zeitlin...
- 11/6/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Fox Searchlight has debuted the official trailer for “Wendy,” the long-awaited second feature film from “Beasts of the Southern Wild” breakout Benh Zeitlin. The filmmaker’s 2012 debuted wowed the international film circuit, winning the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and the Camera d’Or at Cannes before earning four Oscar nominations, including bids for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress for Quvenzhané Wallis. Zeitlin hasn’t released a new feature since “Beasts,” making next year’s “Wendy” one of the year’s must-see indie films.
Fox Searchlight’s official “Wendy” synopsis reads: “The classic story of Peter Pan is wildly reimagined in this ragtag epic from Benh Zeitlin, director of ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild.’ Lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.
Fox Searchlight’s official “Wendy” synopsis reads: “The classic story of Peter Pan is wildly reimagined in this ragtag epic from Benh Zeitlin, director of ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild.’ Lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.
- 11/6/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Wendy and the lost boys take over a mysterious island in the first trailer for Fox Searchlight's Wendy.
A reimagining of Peter Pan, the film follows Wendy (Devin France) as she becomes lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have paused. Throughout the pic, she must fight to save her family, her freedom and her youthful spirit from the deadly peril of growing up.
Tommie Lynn Milazzo and Shay Walker also star in Wendy, which Benh Zeitlin directed and co-wrote alongside Eliza Zeitlin.
The trailer opens with Wendy in her bedroom. "Remember the voice in your head? The ...
A reimagining of Peter Pan, the film follows Wendy (Devin France) as she becomes lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have paused. Throughout the pic, she must fight to save her family, her freedom and her youthful spirit from the deadly peril of growing up.
Tommie Lynn Milazzo and Shay Walker also star in Wendy, which Benh Zeitlin directed and co-wrote alongside Eliza Zeitlin.
The trailer opens with Wendy in her bedroom. "Remember the voice in your head? The ...
- 11/6/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Wendy and the lost boys take over a mysterious island in the first trailer for Fox Searchlight's Wendy.
A reimagining of Peter Pan, the film follows Wendy (Devin France) as she becomes lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have paused. Throughout the pic, she must fight to save her family, her freedom and her youthful spirit from the deadly peril of growing up.
Tommie Lynn Milazzo and Shay Walker also star in Wendy, which Benh Zeitlin directed and co-wrote alongside Eliza Zeitlin.
The trailer opens with Wendy in her bedroom. "Remember the voice in your head? The ...
A reimagining of Peter Pan, the film follows Wendy (Devin France) as she becomes lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have paused. Throughout the pic, she must fight to save her family, her freedom and her youthful spirit from the deadly peril of growing up.
Tommie Lynn Milazzo and Shay Walker also star in Wendy, which Benh Zeitlin directed and co-wrote alongside Eliza Zeitlin.
The trailer opens with Wendy in her bedroom. "Remember the voice in your head? The ...
- 11/6/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Filmmaker Benh Zeitlin's Wendy — inspired by the iconic character from Peter Pan — is set to be released in theaters on Feb. 28, 2020, Fox Searchlight said Thursday.
Wendy reteams Zeitlin and Searchlight after working together on his acclaimed 2012 film, Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Zeitlin's latest film reimagines 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.
The filmmaker wrote the script with his sister, Eliza Zeitlin....
Wendy reteams Zeitlin and Searchlight after working together on his acclaimed 2012 film, Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Zeitlin's latest film reimagines 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.
The filmmaker wrote the script with his sister, Eliza Zeitlin....
- 10/17/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Filmmaker Benh Zeitlin's Wendy — inspired by the iconic character from Peter Pan — is set to be released in theaters on Feb. 28, 2020, Fox Searchlight said Thursday.
Wendy reteams Zeitlin and Searchlight after working together on his acclaimed 2012 film, Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Zeitlin's latest film reimagines 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.
The filmmaker wrote the script with his sister, Eliza Zeitlin....
Wendy reteams Zeitlin and Searchlight after working together on his acclaimed 2012 film, Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Zeitlin's latest film reimagines 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.
The filmmaker wrote the script with his sister, Eliza Zeitlin....
- 10/17/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Wendy
Those in the indie film circles are confirming that 2019 is the release year for the long awaited super secretive Wendy. Benh Zeitlin snaps a seven year hiatus (he composed the music for Jonas Carpignano’s Mediterranea and Viktor Jakovleski’s Brimstone & Glory) of when his debut film Beasts of the Southern Wild landed on the film fest circuit and collected worldwide accolades. Move over Guillermo del toro.
Gist: Written by Benh and Eliza Zeitlin, set on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, this tells the tale of two children from different worlds fighting to maintain their grip on freedom and joy as the catastrophe of growing up descends upon them.…...
Those in the indie film circles are confirming that 2019 is the release year for the long awaited super secretive Wendy. Benh Zeitlin snaps a seven year hiatus (he composed the music for Jonas Carpignano’s Mediterranea and Viktor Jakovleski’s Brimstone & Glory) of when his debut film Beasts of the Southern Wild landed on the film fest circuit and collected worldwide accolades. Move over Guillermo del toro.
Gist: Written by Benh and Eliza Zeitlin, set on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, this tells the tale of two children from different worlds fighting to maintain their grip on freedom and joy as the catastrophe of growing up descends upon them.…...
- 2/8/2019
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
With the amount of time being put into the post production portion of the process, I doubt that sophomore jinx will be applicable here. Wendy is Benh Zeitlin‘s long waited follow up to Beasts of the Southern Wild which the Fox Searchlight will be plotting carefully in terms of its release — as we get this is Wes Anderson care package in scope. In the seven years between projects, Zeitlin has worked on projects for other peeps — composed the music for Jonas Carpignano’s Mediterranea and Viktor Jakovleski’s Brimstone & Glory. Writing credits now include his sister — Eliza Zeitlin.…...
- 11/23/2018
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Written and directed by Benh Zeitlin, whose short, "Glory at Sea," was shot through with purpose and promise, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" is as stirring and striking a film as you could wish for. Shot and set in a Louisiana community called The Bathtub, on the wrong side of the levees that stop the water from encroaching on civilization, it's at heart the story of a little girl, Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis) who lives with her father Wink (Dwight Henry). That synopsis does not do the film justice, though, as the story -- based on a play by Lucy Alibar -- incorporates a flood that not only drowns The Bathtub but also huge, prehistoric beasts -- Aurochs -- returning to life from the frozen icecaps and stalking, gigantically, towards Hushpuppy's world. It's a flawed comparison -- and indeed, any comparison for a work as completely and startlingly unique as this...
- 6/26/2012
- by James Rocchi
- The Playlist
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