Wendy (2020)

Movie
Original title	Wendy
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2020
length	112 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Benh Zeitlin
script	Benh Zeitlin, Eliza Zeitlin
production	Becky Glupczynski , Dan Janvey , Paul Mezey , Josh Penn
music	Dan Romer
camera	Sturla B. Grøvlen
cut	Affonso Gonçalves , Scott Cummings
occupation
Devin France : Wendy Yashua Mack : Peter Gage Naquin : Douglas Gavin Naquin : James Krzysztof Meyn : Thomas Ahmad Cage : Sweet Heavy Romyri Ross : Cudjoe Lowell Landes : Buzzo Kevin Pugh : Elderly James Shay Walker : Angie Darling Tommie Lynn Milazzo : Wendy, the baby Stephanie Lynn Wilson : adult Wendy (voice)

Wendy is a fantasy drama by Benh Zeitlin that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2020 and is due to hit US cinemas on February 28, 2020. The film is a reinterpretation of the stories about Peter Pan .

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Little Wendy and her brothers come from a warm family. The children have a weakness for adventure. One night the children are taken by a mysterious boy named Peter to an equally mysterious island where time seems to have stood still. There they discover a wild new world, one without adults. At first they enjoy their new life, but they cannot forget the world they left behind.

production

Directed by Benh Zeitlin . Zeitlin was awarded the Caméra d'Or in 2012 for his debut film Beasts of the Southern Wild , Quvenzhané Wallis was the youngest actress ever to be nominated for an Oscar for best leading actress in her role as the nature-loving “ Hushpuppy ” . The filmmaker wrote the script together with his sister Eliza Zeitlin .

Filming began in summer 2015. The film was shot on the island of Montserrat in the Caribbean, but also on Antigua and Barbuda .

The film music was composed by Dan Romer .

A first trailer was presented at the beginning of November 2019. The film premiered on January 26, 2020 at the Sundance Film Festival and is scheduled to hit US cinemas on February 28, 2020. A cinema release in Germany was planned for August 20, 2020.

Web links

• Wendy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Wendy at crew united
• Wendy in the program of the film festival Sundance (English)
• Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin - The Story of Wendy by Milan Records USA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for Wendy . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 200880 / K).
2. ↑ Scott Roxborough, Alex Ritman and Patrick Brzeski: Cannes Festival Buzz: 50 Films That Could Make the Lineup. In: The Hollywood Reporter 2019.
3. ↑ https://www.sundance.org/projects/wendy
4. ↑ Wendy. In: moviepilot.de. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
5. ↑ Hannah Woodhead and Adam Woodward: 25 films we'd like to see at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. In: lwlies.com. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
6. ↑ Jordan Raup: Benh Zeitlin to Begin Shooting 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' Follow-Up 'Wendy' in Antigua. In: thefilmstage.com, August 6, 2015.
7. ↑ https://www.indiewire.com/2017/03/benh-zeitlin-wendy-beasts-of-souther-wild-new-film-production-photos-1201789239/
8. ↑ Monica Uszerowicz: "I Only Want to Tell Caribbean Stories": DP Shabier Kirchner on His Directorial Debut, the Short Film Dadli. In: filmmakermagazine.com, September 27, 2018.
9. ^ Dan Romer Scoring Benh Zeitlin's 'Wendy'. In: filmmusicreporter.com, December 25, 2019.
10. ↑ Erik Anderson: The first trailer for Benh Zeitlin's Peter Pan-inspired 'Wendy'. In: awardswatch.com, November 6, 2019.
11. ↑ 2020 Sundance Film Festival: 118 Feature Films Announced. In: sundance.org, December 4, 2019.
12. ↑ Sundance Film Festival 2020: Program. In: sundance.org. Accessed December 21, 2019 (PDF; 1.1 MB)
13. ↑ Start dates Germany In: insidekino.com. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
14. ↑ https://www.filmdienst.de/film/details/615091/wendy