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Deadline reports that Disney is finally making a live-action Tinker Bell movie called Tink. The movie has been in development since 2015, but the new version will come from Liz Heldens and Bridget Carpenter. The two are writing and executive producing the new movie with former Disney Television President and Chief Creative Officer Gary Marsh as an executive producer. Heldens and Carpenter also worked together on Friday Night Lights.
Disney Has Seen Success With Live-Action Movies Based Onn Animated Characters
Tinker Bell first appeared in Disney Animation’s Peter Pan in 1953. However, over the years, Tinker Bell has actually surpassed Peter Pan in popularity, especially thanks to little girls who grew up with Disney Animated movies. Rather than the classic Disney Princesses, Tinker Bell was a rebellious little sprite, and her attitude and spunk spoke to an entire generation of kids. On her own, Tinker Bell has had six animated movies since 2008, with the last coming in 2015.
That same year, Reese Witherspoon signed on to play the lead in Tink, but that movie was shelved when new leadership came into Disney. In 2023. Black-ish star Yara Shahidi played Tinker Bell in a live-action movie called Peter Pan & Wendy. There is no word on who will play Tinker Bell in Tink, or what direction the storyline will go.
