Bardem to play Blackbeard in new Peter Pan movie?

Following reports that Joe Wright is in talks to direct a new Peter Pan movie, rumour has it that Warner Bros. are eyeing up The Counselor's Javier Bardem to play the lead villain.

After proving his bad guy credentials in No Country For Old Men and Skyfall, the actor has been asked to play legendary pirate Blackbeard in the Greg Berlanti produced movie according to Deadline.

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Jason Fuchs of Ice Age: Continental Drift fame is penning the screenplay which will see an orphan, presumably named Peter, taken to the magical world of Neverland. After leading a rebellion against a gang of evil pirates, the orphan becomes the celebrated saviour of the natives.

Columbia Pictures are also working on an original take on JM Barrie's classic tale, produced by Channing Tatum and Joe Roth and scripted by The Hunger Games and Captain Phillips scribe Billy Ray.

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