Australian animation studio Pixel Zoo Studios is set to adapt the award-winning graphic novel Neverlanders by Tom Taylor and Jon Sommariva into an animated feature film. The studio’s originals division, Pixel Labs, has acquired the rights for the project and is developing it as a teen and family-oriented animated movie.

Tom Taylor, renowned for his work on comics like Nightwing, Superman: Son of Kal-El, and Injustice: Gods Among Us, will be writing the screenplay. Jon Sommariva, known for Batman/TMNT Adventures and Star Wars Adventures, will serve as the art director. Sebastian Gonzalez, the head of Pixel Zoo Studios, is onboard as the executive producer of the film.

Neverlanders is described as a darker, young adult reinterpretation of the classic Peter Pan tale, following a group of modern-day runaways who find themselves in a war-torn Neverland. Led by a battle-hardened Tinker Bell and her fairy army, the young heroes must join forces to defeat a ruthless band of pirates threatening the magical realm.

The graphic novel, originally published by Penguin Random House in 2022, received accolades such as the 2023 Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year for Older Readers and France’s Prix des Collégiens de la Somme in 2025. A sequel titled Neverlanders: Get Lost is scheduled for release in 2026.

Pixel Zoo Studios, based in Brisbane and a part of MGA Studios, is expanding its portfolio beyond commercial animation projects with partners like Hasbro, Spin Master, and Moonbug Entertainment. With Neverlanders, the studio aims to venture into original intellectual property, delivering a dynamic and visually stunning fantasy adventure crafted by two prominent Australian comic creators.

Other projects in Pixel Zoo’s development pipeline include the CG-animated action-adventure series The Secret Explorers, the graphic novel adaptation You Wish, an animated magical home makeover show called Fixie Pixies, and a new original series titled Kitty Witch, centered around a young girl who discovers her pet is part of a secret coven of cat witches.

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