Made 'Pan' for my son Zubin: Joe Wright

Fatherhood played an important role in Joe Wright's decision to adapt J M Barrie's classic Peter Pan in "Pan", which he says is dedicated to his four-year-old son Zubin.
The 43-year-old director is not new to tackling literary tomes for the big-screen; be it "Pride & Prejudice", "Atonement" or "Anna Karenina", but in "Pan" he found the perfect story to show the bond that his son shares with mother Anoushka Shankar.
"I wanted to make a film for my son. When I read the screenplay, I saw the story about a boy's love for his mother. I wanted to bear witness to the love and the amazing bond that exists between my son and his mum," Wright told PTI over phone from New York.

"Also, I was interested in the nature of fairytales. I wanted the story to reflect my son's fears and then show him, through the course of the narrative, how to overcome them with courage and imagination."
The director is happy that his son, thought slightly young for the story, has loved his version of Peter Pan.
"He is four-and-a-half... A little young for the movie but he came for the premiere and he loved it. He was very excited and he thinks that Peter is just the best hero."

An origin story, "Pan", being released in India by Warner Bros this Friday, revolves around an orphan (Levi Miller) who is abducted from an orphanage in London and taken to Neverland to work in mines digging fairy dust for villain Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman).

The movie is replete with details from Wright's own childhood and the director says revisiting his younger self was fun.
"When I was young, I was very uncool. I was not popular, I believed in magic tricks and just lived in a sunny fantasy world. When adulation came, I wanted to be cool. I wanted the girls to like me and I put my younger, uncool self in a corner.
"The process of making this movie was beautiful to me because I found myself reconnecting with that child within myself and letting him speak and to tell him that he was brilliant and the coolest kid.