Minnie Driver Joins 'Peter Pan Live!' As Adult Wendy Darling

Minnie Driver is already an NBC star with her role on About a Boy. So of course NBC is going to keep it in the family when it comes time to cast for their big holiday musical event.

Driver has joined the cast of Peter Pan Live! in the role of the adult Wendy Darling, who serves as the story's narrator. She joins a cast that includes Allison Williams in the title role and Christopher Walken as Captain Hook. Christian Borle and Kelli O'Hara also co-star in the production, from Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who also produced last year's hit The Sound of Music Live! special.

“We’re thrilled to have Minnie as part of this Peter Pan adventure,” said Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment in a press release. “She appears in the final emotional scene when Peter returns to the Darling home years later only to realize Wendy is now grown up and has a daughter of her own, but you’ll also hear her voice throughout the movie since Adult Wendy is also our narrator. She’s a classy addition to our wonderful cast.”

A making-of special offering a behind-the-scenes look at the production is scheduled for Wednesday, November 26 at 8:00 PM. Eight days later, on Thursday, December 4 at 8:00 PM, the three-hour Peter Pan Live! will premiere. And frankly, we're pretty psyched about it. Live television is great, but adding live theater to the mix? I'm so there.

Credit: NBC