Elijah Wood, Ron Perlman lead 'Peter Panzerfaust' cast

Brian Truitt | USA TODAY

Show Caption Hide Caption Exclusive: 'Peter Panzerfaust' trailer An exclusive trailer for the "Peter Panzerfaust" motion comic starring Elijah Wood, Ron Perlman and Summer Glau.

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The story pulls from the first arc of the Image Comics series by Kurtis J. Wiebe and Tyler Jenkins

A live-action TV series is also in development

Peter Panzerfaust is invading the world of motion comics with some geek-friendly cast members.

Kurtis J. Wiebe and Tyler Jenkins' World War II take on the Peter Pan mythology has been as an Image Comics series, and Wiebe hopes that the upcoming motion comic starring Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings), Summer Glau (Firefly) and Ron Perlman (Hellboy) will prove a Neverland of success, as well.

There is also a live-action TV series in the works, but Wiebe says it's very early in development.

The writer admits, though, that seeing his work come to life in the Panzerfaust motion comic — which pulls mainly from the first three issues of the series — is "pretty strange, actually."

"When you write the characters, you establish their voice in your head on your own, so hearing an actor bring their own voice to it is amazing and weird at the same time."

A new trailer shows a glimpse of the artwork coming to life as well as what the actors sound like in their roles. Wood plays Peter, a freedom fighter who leads his Lost Boys in occupied France during the war. Glau voices Wendy while Perlman brandishes a German accent as Nazi SS officer Kapitan Haken, aka "The Hook."

"I really feel like they took my dialogue and made it uniquely their own," Wiebe says, "which is amazing because they still maintained the original emotion and meaning behind each scene while breathing new life into it."

There is one voice talent who is a nod to Peter Pan's past: The supporting cast includes Dante Basco, who plays the Lost Boy Alain and was Rufio, one of Peter's crew, in the live-action 1991 movie Hook.

While Wiebe wasn't actively involved with casting, he says, "from what I hear, this really came down to Dante doing the absolute best audition for the part and his involvement with Hook was merely coincidence. To me, that's even more cool that he's part of the team."