Tron: Legacy star
Garrett Hedlund reportedly has been offered the role of Captain Hook in director
Joe Wright‘s
Pan, a new filmic take on J.M. Barrie's classic character, Peter Pan.
There were also
Jack Huston (
American Hustle) and
Ezra Miller (
The Perks of Being a Wallflower) in the running for don Hook's costume in 2015.
Hugh Jackman entered negotiations to play Blackbeard, after
Javier Bardem passed on the
iconic character. There's no Pan yet, which character is between 10 and 12 years old.
The origin story written by
Jason Fuchs, centers on how Pan and the man who becomes Captain Hook start out as friends, with Hook working as a member of the crew on Blackbeard's pirate ship.
Pan is set in World War II and Warner Bros. dated the film for July 17th, 2015. The studio sees it as a franchise that can appeal to the
Harry Potter and
Lord of the Rings fanbase.
Hedlund most recently starred in
On the Road and
Inside Llewyn Davis and plays a big role in the Angelina Jolie-directed
Unbroken for Universal Pictures.
