Peter Pan (franchise) Fairies franchise. Peter Pan is a 1953 theatrical film based on the play "Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up" by J. M. Barrie. The Peter Pan Story is a promotional featurette released in the lead up to the 1953 film, which serves as a behind-the-scenes look at the film's production. Return to Never Land is a 2002 theatrical film which serves as a sequel to the 1953 film. The Tinker Bell film series consists of six films, one half-hour special, and one six-minute short, and is based around the character Tinker Bell. Disney announced a live action
Peter Pan exhibits many aspects of the stages of cognitive development seen in children and can be regarded as Barrie's memory of himself as a child, being both charmingly childlike and childishly solipsistic. Peter Pan ran away from his parents when he was a baby as told in "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" and "Peter and Wendy". Finding the window closed and seeing a new baby in the house when he returned some time later, he believed his parents no longer wanted him and never came back. This younger sibling is referred to in the chapter "Lock-Out Time" in "Peter Pan in