The title of the film is a reference to the companions of Peter Pan, who remained forever young. The original screenplay written by 'Janice Fischer' , and James Jeremias was originally about a bunch of "Goonie-type 5th-6th grade kid vampires", with the Frog Brothers being "chubby 8 year old cub scouts", and Star being a boy instead of a love interest. Joel Schumacher hated that idea and told the producers he would only sign on if he could change them to teenagers, as he thou ...[Read Story ]