Author Chosen to Write Peter Pan Sequel

The Associated Press Reports Peter Pan and the wily Captain Hook are set for a rematch. Children’s author Geraldine McCaughrean has been chosen to write the official sequel to J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan,” the London hospital that holds the copyright to the classic work said Sunday.
Barrie willed the “Peter Pan” copyright and royalties to the Great Ormond Street Hospital when he died in 1937, and the institution has long wanted to commission a follow-up.

March 14, 2005 by Uncategorized 2

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  1. Anonymous Patron says:
    March 14, 2005 at 2:43 am

    Fishing the tea out of the bay?
    Is Lisnews a British website? Somehow I was under the impression it was American.

    “the London hospital that holds the copyright to the classic work said Sunday“

    The London hospital only holds the copyrights in the UK. (And, presumably, in any life+70 country, since Barry died in 1937.)

    Peter Pan the book was first published in 1911, which means it is in the public domain in the United States (IANAL). Publishing a news story in the US about an “official” sequel strikes me as silly. It’s just a sequel.

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  2. deborah says:
    March 14, 2005 at 4:14 am

    good choice
    I’m not a fan of official sequels, but Geraldine McCaughrean is just twisted enough to do a great job. Maybe.

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