Spanish actor Javier Bardem has been offered the chance to portray pirate Blackbeard in a new Peter Pan film.
Producers are eager to cast Bardem (No Country for Old Men, Skyfall) as the main villain in Pan, according to entertainment website Deadline.com.
The new adaptation will serve as an origin film based on the fairytale by J M Barrie. It will tell the story of a young boy who is kidnapped and taken to the fantasy world of Neverland.
British director Joe Wright is expected to take charge of the project.
- WENN