Disney Hires Hunger Games Director Gary Ross For Peter and the Starcatchers Film

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Gary Ross will forever be remembered as the original Hunger Games director, but he now is attached to a whole new big project! Disney has hired him to do the film adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s Peter and the Starcatchers, a book that is supposed to provide a back story to Peter Pan. The book has been turned into a musical on Broadway and has had a great run, so Disney has decided to take it on for a future movie. No word on when the movie will start production or when they plan to release it, but with Gary’s help it is sure to be a hit on the screen.

I am excited that he has a new project to work on. I felt bad that he was no longer tied to the Hunger Games franchise. I felt like he did a good job as anyone could do in a book to movie adaptation, so I was sad over the news. But I am happy to see that he is heading to another big project. I am sure he will do an equally amazing job on it as he did with the Hunger Games, he is known for his talents and I cannot wait to see what he does with it.

How do you like this news? Is Gary good enough to be attached to this Disney project? I think so, he knows how to keep adults interested as well as the targeted ages for the movies, which takes a real talent. But I can see how some might feel that he might be a risk on Disney’s end. He did receive a lot of flack from people even though Hunger Games did so well, so I can see how some could wonder how it will reflect on Disney to have him attached to the movie.

article source-The Disney Blog