Javier Bardem For Pan Role?

Javier Bardem is being eyed for the role of Blackbeard in Joe Wright's upcoming Peter Pan origin movie.

Jason Fuchs will be providing the screenplay for the adaptation of J.M. Barrie's classic character with Arrow executive producer Greg Berlanti producing under his Berlanti Productions and Sarah Schechter overseeing for Warner Bros.

According to Deadline, Fuchs' script has an orphan taken to the magical world of Neverland, where he becomes the savior of the natives and leads a rebellion against evil pirates, lead, or course, by Blackbeard.

This is not the only Pan origin tale in the works - in yet another case of two similar movies happening at the same time (see also: Deep Impact/ Armageddon, Volcano/Dante's Peak, White House Down/Olympus Has Fallen or Avatar/The Smurfs), over at Columbia Pictures  Channing Tatum and Joe Roth are producing Neverland, another take on the start of Peter Pan's adventures.

Which is not to be confused with the recent Sky One mini-series Neverland, which starred Rhys Ifans and Bob Hoskins, and told the origins of P- Well, you get the idea...