Peter Banning is a lawyer at the beginning of Steven Spielberg’s Hook.
In the 1991 film, Peter Banning is the adult identity adopted by Peter Pan after he leaves Neverland. He is a successful but distracted corporate lawyer living in San Francisco with his wife Moira and their children. His career and constant use of a telephone emphasize how far he has moved from the imaginative boy he once was.
The plot begins when Captain Hook abducts Peter’s children, Jack and Maggie. Tinker Bell then takes Peter back to Neverland, where he must recover his memories and learn to fly again. The profession matters to the story because Peter’s adult life is built around schedules, business, and responsibility, while Neverland demands imagination and play.
Robin Williams played Peter Banning, Dustin Hoffman played Captain Hook, and Julia Roberts played Tinker Bell. The film is not a direct retelling of Barrie’s original plot; it imagines what might happen if Peter Pan grew up and forgot his childhood.