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Yara Shahidi Set To Play Tinker Bell In Disney’s Live-Action ‘Peter Pan And Wendy’

<p>It looks like Disney is working on yet another live-action remake of one of their classic films&comma; and the studio is also continuing its efforts of diversifying its classic characters&period; This time around they will be doing a live-action remake of Peter Pan&comma; and Yara Shahidi has been cast to play the role of Tinkerbell&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;deadline&period;com&sol;2020&sol;09&sol;yara-shahidi-tinkerbell-peter-pan-and-wendy-movie-casting-1203011493&sol;">Deadline<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; this is the first time that a black actress will fulfill the role of Tinkerbell&period; In the past&comma; the role has traditionally been fulfilled by a white actress&period; The casting of Yara as Tinkerbell also follows in the footsteps of the studio’s efforts to bring diversity to these Disney classics&period; If you all remember&comma; last year&comma; Yara’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Grown-ish” co-star&comma; Hailey Bailey was cast as Ariel for the live-action remake of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;disney-casts-halle-bailey-as-ariel-in-its-live-action-remake-of-the-little-mermaid&sol;">The Little Mermaid<&sol;a><&sol;em>&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sources reportedly said that this project is expected to be a theatrical release and not a Disney&plus; premiere&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Peter Pan and Wendy” will be directed and co-written by David Lowery&comma; along with Toby Halbrooks serving as the other writer&period; Jim Whitaker is set to produce&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Jude Law is set to play Captain Hook and Alexander Molony and Ever Anderson&comma; are set to play Peter Pan and Wendy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Many people are familiar with Yara from the ABC hit show &&num;8220&semi;Black-ish&period;&&num;8221&semi; She later owned her own spinoff show &&num;8220&semi;Grown-ish&comma;&&num;8221&semi; which airs on Freeform&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CFkwD3Ig&lowbar;G-" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <span class&equals;"s1"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a> <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; 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