History Trivia / PeterPan

** In the original draft, Peter was the villain who stole children away from their parents.

** HookHandedPianist

** Barrie's original working titles for the play included ''The Great White Father'' and ''The Boy Who Hated Mothers.'' Luckily, [[ExecutiveMeddling the producers]] were able to persuade him that these were terrible ideas.

** The Lost Boys were going to named in the early drafts, and the names were actually switched around when compared to ''WesternAnimation/ReturnToNeverland''. Nibs was the skunk boy, Tootles was the rabbit boy, Curly (not Cubby) was the fox boy, and Slightly was the cub boy. Only the twins remained the same (for obvious reason).

* In the original play, Peter and the Lost Boys could fly on their own. When children started to injure themselves by jumping off their beds, Barrie added the rule that characters needed fairy dust in order to fly.

* TropeNamer;

** Early in production, the film was envisioned as a prequel to ''{{Film/Hook}}''. Creator/DustinHoffman had no interest in reprising his role as Hook though, so the idea was abandoned.

* CastingGag: As if Creator/JasonIsaacs' presence wasn't enough to draw connections to the [[Film/HarryPotter Harry Potter series]], in the Italian dub Peter got dubbed by Alessio Puccio (who dubbed Harry) and Hook by Francesco Pannofino (who dubbed Hagrid).

** Originally when the Darlings and the Lost Boys return to London, Peter returns and ''stays with them''; eventually deciding to live in the Kensington Gardens with Wendy, implying that he secretly/unknowingly did decide to grow up as Wendy encourages Peter to always be a boy at heart when Peter realises that he's almost grown into a man.

** "Never Smile at a Crocodile" (though the melody still is heard when Tick-Tock enters the scene, and it appeared in a Sing Along Songs volume), "Neverland" and a few songs for the pirates.

* DevelopmentHell: This was intended to be Disney's second theatrical film, but Walt didn't get the rights to it until 1939, when J.M. Barrie bequeathed the ones to his play to him. Then, he began developing the story and character designs, and intended it to be his fourth film. However, the onset of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII put the brakes on this -- along with several other films -- and it became Disney's fourteenth entry in 1953. This also resulted in the movie appearing as an EarlyBirdCameo along with ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'' as a storybook on the shelf at the very beginning of ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', as well as a brief appearance of a Captain Hook sculpture in ''Film/TheReluctantDragon''.

* CastingGag: As if Creator/JasonIsaacs' presence wasn't enough to draw connections to the [[Franchise/HarryPotter Harry Potter franchise]], in the Italian dub Peter got dubbed by Alessio Puccio (who dubbed Harry) and Hook by Francesco Pannofino (who dubbed Hagrid).

!!Disney's ''Disney/PeterPan'' provides examples of:

** "The Second Star to the Right" ''originated'' from a deleted song from Disney's version of ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'', "Beyond the Laughing Sky".

* DevelopmentHell: This was intended to be Disney's second theatrical film, but Walt didn't get the rights to it until 1939, when J.M. Barrie bequeathed the ones to his play to him. Then, he began developing the story and character designs, and intended it to be his fourth film. However, the onset of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII put the brakes on this -- along with several other films -- and it became Disney's fourteenth entry in 1953. This also resulted in the movie appearing as an EarlyBirdCameo along with ''Disney/AliceInWonderland'' as a storybook on the shelf at the very beginning of ''Disney/{{Pinocchio}}'', as well as a brief appearance of a Captain Hook sculpture in ''Film/TheReluctantDragon''.

* ContinuityNod: Captain Hook is revealed to have been at Eton College. This was hinted at in the original play [[note]]when his final words are "Floreat Etona", the College's motto.[[/note]], and confirmed by [[WordOfGod J. M. Barrie, it in a speech he gave at Eton in 1927.]]

* ActorAllusion: Wendy shares a voice actress with Alice from ''[[Disney/AliceInWonderland Alice in Wonderland]]'', and several scenes play this up. Her general personality resembles Alice in the first place, and her rambling to Peter when she first meets him seems to call back to how much of ''Alice in Wonderland'' is taken up of Alice talking to herself. Additionally Kathryn Beaumont was the live action model for both Wendy and Alice.
-->'''Peter:''' Girls talk too much.
** Additionally, Mrs. Darling is voiced by Heather Angel, who played Alice's big sister in the earlier film. Thus, in both films, she plays a familial authority figure to Kathryn Beaumont during the "real world" segments.

* OldShame:
** While the film was a success, Creator/WaltDisney didn't like the title character himself, citing that he was cold and unlikable.
** Disney animator Marc Davis said in an interview that he feels this way toward the Indians, saying that they would have portrayed them differently if the film were made today.

* TroubledProduction: The final budget was kept secret because it bloated so much during filming, mostly thanks to the art department. Both the child actors Jeremy Sumpter and Rachel Hurd Wood had to be hospitalised for injury and exhaustion. Jason Isaacs fell out of his harness at one point and was left dangling upside down in the air by his ankles.

** Early in production, the film was envisioned as a prequel to ''{{Film/Hook}}''. Dustin Hoffman had no interest in reprising his role as Hook though, so the idea was abandoned.
** Liam Aiken was about to audition for Peter, but he was deemed too young. He was only twelve at the time and producers wanted an actor in the 14-17 range. Creator/BrieLarson likewise auditioned for the role of Wendy.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: $100 million, with an additional 30.6 million in marketing costs. Box office: $48,462,608 (domestically), $121,975,011 (worldwide). [[DuelingMovies Opening around the same time as]] ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings: The Return of the King'' couldn't have helped.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The film was released in a crowded holiday market - while ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Return of the King]]'' was out and right before ''Film/CheaperByTheDozen'' came out too. It also faced competition from ''Film/LoveActually''.

* {{Jossed}}: A lot of viewers assumed that the 'Capt. Jas. Hook' sign on the door was a reference to Jason Isaacs. But 'Jas' is an abbreviation for the name James, and Hook is referred to as such in the book.

** In 1998, Creator/WaltDisneyHomeVideo celebrated ''Peter Pan'''s 45th Anniversary by selling it on UsefulNotes/{{VHS}} and UsefulNotes/LaserDisc for the first time in eight years, this time with a THX-certified transfer, and the documentary ''You Can Fly: The Making of Peter Pan''. Unlike most of the [=LaserDisc=] documentaries for Disney movies that joined their most elite home video lines of the 21st century, this one accompanied all of its editions under those lines.
** The 2013 Diamond Edition UsefulNotes/BluRay Discs and high definition digital copies came out exactly 60 years after the theatrical premiere. [[note]]This would have made Blu-ray release the "Diamond Anniversary Edition", if Disney actually wrote such on the cover.[[/note]]

** Early drafts had Nana going with the children to Neverland, and the whole story would have been told through her eyes.

* AbilityOverAppearance: A really impressive example. Tinkerbell was originally going to be entirely CGI. However Ludivine Sagnier lobbied for the role and impressed PJ Hogan enough to cast her.

** Early drafts had Nana going with the children to Neverland.