WB's PAN Get's Ready To Send Adeel Akhtar's Smee To Neverland
Sat, March 15, 2014 
On the heels of casting Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) as Tiger Lilly, The Wrap is reporting that Joe Wright's PAN has found the Smee to Garrett Hedlund's (TRON: Legacy) Hook in Adeel Akhtar.
In keeping with the multi-racial Neverland that director Joe Wright envisions, “Four Lions” star Adeel Akhtar has been cast as Smee in Warner Bros.’ big-budget tentpole “Pan,” an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap.
Smee is notably Hook's right-hand man; and lends further to Wright and WB's "international" out-look on the casting for this big-budget adaption and pirate influenced take on J.M. Barrie's acclaimed tales.
The film also stars Hugh Jackman was notorious pirate Blackbeard, with the titular 'Pan' not cast as of yet; but given the speed on which casting is going, I'd expect that soon.
PAN releases in 3D July 17, 2015.
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