With Levi Miller, Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara. The film, an adaptation of J.M. Hugh Jackman in Talks to Play Blackbeard in 'Pan' 'X-Men' star Hugh Jackman is in talks to play Blackbeard in Joe Wright's upcoming 'Peter Pan' origin story, after Javier Bardem passed on the role. Let's hack the cookware industry. WATCH: Forget Hook - Hugh Jackman's Blackbeard is the enemy in all-new movie Pan THE official trailer for upcoming blockbuster Pan has been released looking more epic than ever. Peter Pan Live! The newest film to take on the mythos, in a sense, is Joe Wright's film Pan, which follows Peter before the rise of Captain Hook when Blackbeard was the most feared villain around. Joe Wright is directing the … Pan (2015) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In the short lived Crossbones (2014) he is played by John Malkovich. Crowd Cookware is raising funds for The Blackbeard: the essential nonstick nonscratch frying pan on Kickstarter! Hugh plays the sneering, ruthless pirate in the film, which reveals the magical beginnings of the boy who never grew up. Blackbeard is also portrayed as a central character in two recent TV series. Twelve-year-old orphan Peter is spirited away to the magical world of Neverland, where he finds both fun and danger, and ultimately discovers his destiny -- to become the hero who will be for ever known as Peter Pan. (2014 TV special) Christopher Walken plays Captain Hook in the musical production Peter Pan Live! Parallels have also been drawn between Johnson's Blackbeard and the character of Captain Jack Sparrow in the 2003 adventure film, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Barrie's 1911 novel, is a prequel to Peter Pan which is why Jackman stars as Blackbeard and not Captain James Hook, who will be played by 29-year-old Garrett Hedlund. Hollywood superstar Hugh Jackman made his mark as Wolverine in the X-Men franchise, but now he has swapped sideburns for a beard. It has just announced it has set Hugh Jackman to play Blackbeard in Pan, the Joe Wright-directed update of JM Barrie's Peter Pan tale. Yes we PAN! which was broadcast live by NBC in December 2014. Hugh Jackman‘s children might be his toughest critics – especially his son.. Hugh Jackman is in negotiations to play the villainous pirate Blackbeard in Warner Bros.' forthcoming Peter Pan origin film "Pan." Hugh Jackman in Talks to Play Blackbeard in 'Pan' 'X-Men' star Hugh Jackman is in talks to play Blackbeard in Joe Wright's upcoming 'Peter Pan' origin story, after Javier Bardem passed on the role. In the original Peter Pan novel, first published in 1911, Captain Hook is said to have been the boatswain of Blackbeard.A boatswain is an important member of … Compared to the 1954 musical on which it was based, this show sought to "strengthen and deepen" the portrayal of Captain Hook. Warner Bros is getting its Peter Pan movie in ship-shape.