Every Peter Pan needs a Tinker Bell – even a murderous horror version of the Lost Boy.
Director Scott Chambers took inspiration from a 2016 Australian thriller for Tink-Pan’s particular dynamic in Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmarethe latest opus of “The Poohniverse”, this series of twisted films which transforms beloved childhood characters like Winnie the Pooh and Bambi as demented monstrosities. This improbable creative source, love dogscentered on a suburban married couple who kidnap a teenage girl with the intention of abusing and murdering her.
“There was a lot of manipulation going on between this couple, and I found it so fascinating,” Chambers says. Weekly Entertainment independent film directed by Ben Young. “I brought a lot of that into all of this.”
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Kit Green now appears as Tinkerbell opposite Martin Portlock’s killer Peter Pan in Chambers’ film, as seen in EW’s exclusive first character photos. The filmmaker, who also runs Jagged Edge, the production company behind Poohniverse, explains how the new film envisions a “very fucked up” and “very twisted” relationship between them.
The character who eventually becomes known as Tinker Bell is a biologically born male named Timmy, a former victim of Peter Pan, who in this world is a demented child hell-bent on sending young boys to Neverland. Because Timmy identifies as female, Pan won’t let her become one of his lost boys. “She didn’t meet the criteria to be sent fully to Neverland,” Chambers explains. “Then he says, however, you can be something else. You can be this fairy, you can be magical, but you have to help me. I’m going to give you this pixie dust, and if you keep taking it… Whenever you’re good, you can have some.
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Of course, it’s not really pixie dust. It’s heroin. Years later, when Pan resurfaces to kidnap Wendy Darling’s (Megan Placito) younger brother Michael (Peter DeSouza-Feighoney), Tinker Bell is now completely addicted to junk – and also addicted to her coercive and controlling tormentor. The team used prosthetics on Green’s arms to create the illusion of rotting flesh and decades of tracks. An exclusive clip from the film (above) shows this prosthetic work through an interaction between Tink and Michael. “I wanted there to be an element of krokodil, which is a really bad drug that you inject, and it just rots the skin,” Chambers explains.
“He’s not a bad guy at all,” he says of Tink. “He is an extremely complex character. This is someone who is really troubled. They are brainwashed. It’s Stockholm syndrome. They have been in this situation for years and years. They don’t know any other way. Most of the actors in the audition process didn’t deliver on these nuances, but Green’s subtleties enhanced all of these facets and won him the job. “She really tapped into where no one else was,” he says. “As soon as I saw the audition, I was like, ‘Yes!'”
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Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmarefrom Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios, will premiere in theaters for three days only between January 13th and 15th. (Tickets are now on sale via Release of iconic events.) However, Green’s Tinker Bell is already ready to return for Poohniverse: the monsters gatherthe Avengers type film which brings together all these horror figures from tales of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023), Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 (2024), the next Bambi: Judgment And Pinocchio: unstrungand more. “There’s going to be some fun with Tinker Bell. I’m excited,” teases Chambers, who also plays Christopher Robbin in the Poohniverse canon. “I feel like she’s going to have huge heroin arms, like needles, arms and needles sticking out. It would be a lot of fun. We have to go beyond, I think, in this one.
Portlock’s Pan will also return in this cinematic crossover event. Chambers reveals he will be “the leader of the big bads” with characters like the Mad Hatter and Mary Poppins among his rogues gallery. “I have a feeling he will get along like a house on fire with Mary Poppins because they are fascinated with taking care of children,” he says. This month Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare becomes crucial in preparing for this particular scene.
“The reason Peter Pan is a pretty serious and dark movie is that when we get to PoohuniversI need you to feel a certain way about Peter Pan,” Chambers explains. “I need you to have a moment to say, ‘Oh, I don’t like him.’ He’s really twisted. He’s really messed up. When he’s next to Pooh, he doesn’t look so bad, you know what I mean? So there have to be bad guys, big bads and all that kind of stuff. I’m trying to prepare him for when we get to this movie.