Entertainment reporter Sandro Monetti’s business take on this weekend’s new movie releases.

PAN – Corrupt nuns running a London orphanage sell several children to a gang of pirates who spirit them away to Neverland to work as child slaves in a mine. If that doesn’t sound like the premise of the classic Peter Pan story, that’s because it isn’t. Warner Bros. has rebooted the whole thing as a hero origin story. The kidnapped children end up digging for pixie dust, a valuable substance that restores youthful appearance used by their tyrannical boss Blackbeard as an anti-wrinkle treatment. Blackbeard, played by Hugh Jackman, has problems with insurrectionists trying to sabotage his mining operations and an even bigger problem when one of his rebellious child slaves, Peter Pan, discovers an ability to fly. With a reported budget of $150 million, they’ll hope audiences respond to this darker view of Neverland.

STEVE JOBS – A behind-the-scenes drama about corporate product launches where the suspense comes from whether the technology will crash or if the presentation is going to start on time. What, you were expecting a traditional biopic? This Aaron Sorkin-scripted, Danny Boyle-directed Universal release takes an unusual approach to the story of the iconic Apple Inc. co-founder. The tale is told through backstage conversations with key players in the company at three separate product launches: the Macintosh debut in 1984, the introduction of NeXT in 1988, and the iMac unveiling in 1998. After a string of huge box-office hits this year, Universal, which picked up Steve Jobs after Sony put the film in turnaround, is hoping this prestige pic completes a glorious year for the studio by proving to be a major contender in awards season.