Filmmakers need more time to ` ` realize fully their vision , '' studio says . The Zack Snyder - directed production had been scheduled for release on July 17 , 2015 . `` Peter Pan has delighted people of every generation for more than a century , so we are thrilled to bring him back to the screen next summer for today 's moviegoers , '' said Dan Fellman , president of A Peter Pan film fills the time slot vacated by Superman and Batman . Henry Cavill will resume his Superman role , while Ben Kingsley becomes Batman .
Filmmakers need more time to ` ` realize fully their vision , '' studio says . The Zack Snyder - directed production had been scheduled for release on July 17 , 2015 . A Peter Pan film fills the time slot vacated by Superman and Batman . Henry Cavill will resume his Superman role , while Ben Kingsley becomes Batman .