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Peter Pan has been given a ‘woke’ makeover with the famous Lost Boys updated to include the girls as well.
Disney released a trailer for its latest live-action version of Peter Pan & Wendy, but there were some crucial plot changes from JM Barrie’s original 1904 play.
In one shot, a group of children can be seen gathered together as they introduce themselves as “lost boys”, while a girl adds “every last one of us”.
A shocked Wendy comments “but you’re not all guys!” to which one responds ‘So?’
Critics were quick to blast the change, with one Twitter user calling it a ‘failure’ while another said: ‘What have they done to my characters?’
The latest Peter Pan remake has garnered attention by revealing that the lost boys, pictured, have been updated to include the girls as well.
A girl is pictured in the middle of the ‘Lost Boys’ crowd as Wendy comments ‘but aren’t they all boys?’
The remake will star Jude Law as Captain Hook and will premiere on Disney+ on April 28.
It marks the latest in a long line of creative remakes of the classic tale, including a 2020 version titled ‘Wendy’.
Other iterations include Steven Spielberg’s 1991 epic “Hook,” a 2003 version called “Peter Pan,” Hugh Jackman’s 2015 “Pan,” and a 1953 animated film.
Much of the remakes have received unfavorable reviews.
Until now, the Lost Boys have consisted of all male characters named: Slightly, Nibs, The Twins, Cubby, and Tootles.
But in 2021 it was revealed that Cubby’s character would be renamed Curly, while new characters will include Birdie and Bellweather.
JM Barrie explains who the lost children are in his original 1904 work. He writes: they are children ‘who fall out of their prams when the nurse looks the other way and if they are not claimed in seven days they are sent away to the Land of Never again’.
But the new film adaptations come despite the playwright explicitly stating his reason for not including the “lost girls,” because the girls are too smart to fall out of their prams.
Disney+’s ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ will follow the timeless story of a girl who defies her parents’ wishes to attend boarding school and instead travels with her two brothers to Neverland.
The latest remake will premiere on Disney+ on April 28 and will star Jude Law as Captain Hook.
Critics panned the upcoming film, asking, “What have they done to my characters?”
In the magical land he meets Peter Pan, a boy who refuses to grow up, a little fairy named Tinker Bell and the evil Captain Hook.
Twitter reacted with apprehension to this week’s latest trailer.
One viewer wrote: “They’ve done so many remakes of Peter, they never end well and add awakening.”
‘Well, that’s going to make it harder than everyone else.’
Another said: ‘Let me guess, Wendy will be the strong female lead and Peter Pan will have a supporting role.
‘Oh, and why does this movie look so gray and miserable? It’s a children’s movie.
A third said: ‘Are you kidding me? What happened to my boy Peter Pan, Captain Hook and Tinkerbell? What have they done with my characters?
It’s not the first time Disney has been accused of pushing an awakened agenda in its kids’ movies.
Last month he came under fire for his new cartoon series ‘The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder’, which featured black children rapping about reparations, claiming that ‘slaves built this country’.
A 2003 version of the novel directed by PJ Hogan shows a more traditional Lost Boys cast.
The 1953 animated version of the classic tale is one of the most popular to date. In the photo: The Lost Boys
Meanwhile, 22-year-old Halle Bailey has received a racist backlash from Twitter trolls after she revealed herself as ‘Ariel’ in the live-action remake of The Little Mermaid.
The backlash to the film’s official trailer was so severe that YouTube now disabled the dislike counter, but not before it reached over 1.5 million.