In an exclusive report, Deadline says that the co-director of Disney‘s Brave, Brenda Chapman is set to make her live-action directing debut in Come Away. Penned by Marissa Kate Goodhill, Come Away is a fantasy drama that brings together the worlds of Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan in a prequel crossover.
Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents from their downward spirals of despair until finally they are forced to choose between home and imagination, setting the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.
“I had never really considered directing live-action – animation has always been my genre,” Chapman said. “But when I read Marissa’s fantastical script, I felt that little tingly feeling run up my spine. I thought, ‘Wow! I’ve changed my mind. I want to do this!’ [Producers Michelle Manning, Leesa Kahn and Andrea Keir] impressed me immediately with their unique approach to filmmaking, and I’m thrilled to be joining a team of dynamic and creative women.”
I’m interested to see the story for myself — it sounds like a Once Upon a Time story with a bigger budget — but my gut reaction right now is: “We’re getting another Peter Pan story?”
Source: Deadline