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Return to Never Land (73 min)
Synopsis: Many years after the events of the first film, a grown-up Wendy Darling, who maintains her belief and knowledge of Peter Pan, is married and has two children, Jane and Danny. Jane, Wendy’s oldest child, refuses to believe in her mother’s stories about Peter Pan and Neverland. One evening, Peter's arch-nemesis, Captain Hook, and his pirate crew arrive on his pixie-dust enchanted ship and kidnaps Jane, mistaking her for Wendy, and takes her to Neverland. The crafty pirate sets in motion a plot to capture Peter and Tinker Bell, whose light is fading fast because Jane doesn't believe in fairies. Now, only Jane, the first-ever Lost Girl, can save them but first she must call upon faith, trust and pixie dust.
Cast: Harriet Owen (Jane); Blayne Weaver (Peter Pan); Corey Burton (Captain Hook); Jeff Bennett (Mr. Smee); Kath Soucie (Wendy Darling); Andrew McDonough (Danny); Roger Rees (Edward); Spencer Breslin (Cubby); Bradley Pierce (Nibs); Quinn Beswick (Slightly); Aaron Spann (Twins); Frank Welker (The Octopus)
Songs: “The Second Star to the Right,” “I’ll Try,” “Here We Go Another Plan,” “So to Be One of Us,” “Now that You’re One of Us,” “Do You Believe in Magic?”
Directed by Robin Budd
US Release Date: February 15, 2002 (Premiered on February 10 in New York City)
US Home Media Release Dates: August 20, 2002 (VHS/DVD); November 2007 (DVD); August 2013 (Blu-ray);
Trivia:
• Original score by Joel McNeely; original songs written by Jonatha Brooke and They Might Be Giants.
• Originally planned as a direct-to-video release
• Kathryn Beaumont (the voice of Wendy in the original 1953 film) originally recorded all the dialogue for the grown Wendy character. But for unexplained reasons, Kath Soucie's recordings ended up being used instead.
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