Tinker Bell

2008 computer animated film directed by Bradley Raymond

Key facts

Directed by: Bradley Raymond
Written by: Jeffrey M. Howard
Based on: Tinker Bell , by J. M. Barrie
Produced by: Jeannine Roussel
Starring: Mae Whitman Kristin Chenoweth Raven-Symoné Lucy Liu America Ferrera Jane Horrocks Jeff Bennett Rob Paulsen Pamela Adlon Anjelica Huston
Narrated by: Loreena McKennitt
Edited by: Mark W. Rosenbaum
Music by: Joel McNeely
Production company: Disneytoon Studios
Distributed by: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release date: October 28, 2008 ( 2008-10-28 )
Running time: 78 minutes

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Tinker Bell is a 2008 American animated fantasy film and the first installment in the Disney Fairies franchise produced by Disneytoon Studios. It is about Tinker Bell, a fairy character created by J. M. Barrie in his 1904 play Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, and featured in the 1953 Disney animated film Peter Pan and its 2002 sequel Return to Never Land. Unlike Disney's two Peter Pan films featuring the character, which were produced primarily using traditional animation, Tinker Bell was produced using digital 3D modeling.

Tinker Bell is the first Disney film to feature Tinker Bell in a speaking role. Actress Brittany Murphy was originally selected for the part before the role went to Mae Whitman. The film follows Tinker Bell’s origin story, before she met Peter Pan, as she works out her place in Pixie Hollow and struggles with what her “talent” is.