<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $300.9 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Hook is a 1991 American fantasy adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo . It stars Robin Williams as Peter Banning / Peter Pan, Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook, Julia Roberts as Tinker Bell, Bob Hoskins as Smee, Maggie Smith as Wendy, Caroline Goodall as Moira Banning, and Charlie Korsmo as Jack Banning . It acts as a sequel to J.M. Barrie's 1911 novel Peter and Wendy focusing on an adult Peter Pan who has forgotten all about his childhood . In his new life, he is known as Peter Banning, a successful but unimaginative and workaholic corporate lawyer with a wife (Wendy's granddaughter) and two children . However, when Captain Hook, the enemy of his past, kidnaps his children, he returns to Neverland in order to save them . Along the journey he reclaims the memories of his past and becomes a better person . </P> <P> Spielberg began developing the film in the early 1980s with Walt Disney Productions and Paramount Pictures, which would have followed the story line seen in the 1924 silent film and 1953 animated film . It entered pre-production in 1985, but Spielberg abandoned the project . James V. Hart developed the script with director Nick Castle and TriStar Pictures before Spielberg decided to direct in 1989 . It was shot almost entirely on sound stages at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California . It received mixed reviews from critics, and while it was a commercial success, its box office take was lower than expected . It was nominated in five categories at the 64th Academy Awards . It also spawned merchandise, including video games, action figures, and comic book adaptations . </P> <P> Peter Banning is a successful corporate lawyer living in San Francisco . As a workaholic, he spends little time with his wife, Moira, and children, 12 - year - old Jack and 7 - year - old Maggie, and even misses Jack's Little League Baseball game, which is straining his relationships with them . They fly to London to visit Moira's grandmother, Wendy Darling . Wendy is ostensibly the true creator of the Peter Pan stories, with J.M. Barrie, her childhood neighbor, merely having transcribed the tales . During their stay, Peter angrily yells at the children while their playing disturbs his important call, leading to an audacious argument with Moira, who throws his cellphone out of the window . </P>

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