Neverland (film)

Neverland is a 2003 film by writer/director Damion Dietz, an unauthorised reinterpretation of the Peter Pan story. Set in early 21st century Los Angeles and heavily "updated" for this setting, Dietz's independently produced film – featuring a cast of unknowns, plus Wil Wheaton (of Star Trek: TNG) as John Darling – maintains much of the characterization, plot, dialog (paraphrased), and themes of Barrie's original story.

In Neverland, the magical setting becomes a real-world amusement park. Peter is a young man played by Rick Sparks who breaks into the Darling home looking for the keys to his car (which he calls "My Shadow"). Wendy Darling is an apparently adopted daughter, played by African American actress Melany Bell, with her brothers played by Wil Wheaton as 23-year-old loser John and beefy Marcus Reynaga as Michael, an overgrown baby on Ritalin... and probation. Tinker Bell is played by Kari Wahlgren as a drug-addled young woman who supplies Peter with "pixie dust" (a sparkling drug).

Gary Kelley as Captain Hook is a sadistic and delusional head of the maintenance crew at the amusement park; Scott Mechlowicz's Smee is his assistant, of course. The Lost Boys are a band of young men who have runaway from home, and now live in a secret hideout at the park. Tiger Lily is a man played by Ray Garcia, who performs in drag in the park's stage show celebrating Native American culture. The mermaids are also costumed stage perfomers.