hook is a 1991 american fantasy-comedy movie 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, maggie smith as granny wendy, and bob hoskins as mr. smee. 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 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 to save them. along the journey, he reclaims the memories of his past and becomes a better person.