J.M. Barrie's Neverland

J.M. Barrie's Neverland is the title of a film, retitled "Finding Neverland" after its 2004 release. The film details the experiences of renowned "Peter Pan" author J.M. Barrie, which lead him to write the children's classic. In the story, he gets to know four children who have no fathers. Drawing from his time with the kids, he writes a story about children who don't want to grow up.

"Finding Neverland" stars Johnny Depp as Barrie, Kate Winslet as Sylvia Llewelyn Davies, and Dustin Hoffman as Charles Frohman. Other cast members include Julie Christie, as well as Ian Hart as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Based on the play by Allan Knee and adapted for the screen by David Magee, "Finding Neverland" was directed by the German director Marc Forster, who also directed the Academy Award winning film "Monster's Ball" in 2001.

"Finding Neverland" was originally scheduled to be released in the Fall of 2003, but Columbia Pictures, which had the rights to Barrie's play for their film 2003 film "Peter Pan," refused to allow Miramax to use certain scenes from the play in "Finding Neverland" if it were to be released at the same time. Miramax thus agreed to delay the release of "Finding Neverland" by one year in exchange for the rights to use Barrie's words.