Long before he directed Beasts of the Southern Wild—the Sundance phenomenon, which went on to earn four Oscar nominations—Benh Zeitlin longed to put his original spin on the story of Peter Pan. Sev…
—the Sundance phenomenon, which went on to earn four Oscar nominations—Benh Zeitlin longed to put his original spin on the story of Peter Pan. Seven years after hitting Park City with his first feature, the director has made his dream a reality, returning to the festival with his Searchlight Pictures title,“This story and this film were really what me and my sister Eliza, who I wrote the film with, dreamed about making our whole lives.
When Zeitlin commits to a feature, he goes all in. Known for his ability to craft spectacular works of magical realism, while coaching non-professional child actors toward remarkable performances, the director is also drawn toward the prospect of shooting against otherworldly natural backdrops. Spending many years in New Orleans, in the making ofshoot, which took place on the islands of Antigua, Barbuda and Montserrat.
“Montserrat has an active volcano on it, and two thirds of the island are basically a volcanic exclusion zone. That became central to the film, and the new mythology of Neverland that we wanted to create. But a huge part of why we wanted to do this movie is to go on this incredible adventure. Every shot in the film is in a remote location,” the director shared. “We’re hiking hours to set, building zip lines to get lunch down to these valleys, and on the volcano, on boats in the ocean.
“We thought a lot about, if Peter himself were to design what movie he wanted to make, we would make the film in that way,” he added. “So, that principle guided us, and we really had an extraordinary journey making the film.”began in second grade, when co-producer Nathan Harrison came to her school in Louisiana in search of young talent. Heading into her first-ever film shoot, the 12-year-old admits, she was so nervous that she threw up on set.
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