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[Toothless]

This will be interesting.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney has set a live-action feature adaptation of the animated classic Winnie The Pooh. This is the latest example of the studio re-purposing properties it controls, and it’s also the second time they’ve brought in a cutting-edge independent filmmaker to shape the vision. Disney has hired Alex Ross Perry, the writer-director of the Sundance indie Listen Up Philip. The focus will be Christopher Robin as an adult, which brings him back to A.A. Milne’s famous bear and the Hundred Acre Wood.

I wonder how they’ll celebrity it up. Chris Pratt as Christopher Robin?

 

[Ferrio]

The focus will be Christopher Robin as an adult, which brings him back to A.A. Milne’s famous bear and the Hundred Acre Wood.

Ugh ugh ugh. The trailer will have a record scratch won't it?

 

[Cream]

As an adult?

Yup, Chris Pratt.

 

[davepoobond]

Honey!

 

[Corpsepyre]

I hated this fucking bear with a passion as a kid. This is awful news.

 

[rude]

sounds so fucking dumb and chris pratt is awful. what's with guys and their boners for him?

 

[Broken Joystick]

As an adult?

Yup, Chris Pratt.

fuck

i can see this happening

 

[RobotHaus]

Please have a baseball scene.

 

[Frecklestein]

cold open on Eeyore's lifeless corpse hanging from Rabbit's tree.

 

[manzoman96]

Wow. I knew they'd start running with these live action remakes, but come on now.

 

[quesalupa]

Best cartoon ever when I was a kid. Fucking hyped.

 

[FeenixRising]

"There is no God today....

....Just me."

 

[kitschykitty]

I'm not familiar with Alex Ross Perry's work but at least it sounds like they are taking a chance by allowing independent filmmakers to make something unique. Not really sure if this is a better idea than an animated film but I guess I'll see.

 

[nullset2]

Disney's version of Ted?

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

...Why?

 

[pixelation]

They better use the same method that was used in "Where the Wild Things Are" for Pooh and the rest, instead of going completely CG.

 

[HUELEN10]

David Tennant As adult Christopher Robin would work damned well.

 

[yencid]

Disney's version of Ted?

more like disneys version of paddington

 

[Rhomega Beta]

Hunny!

FTFY

 

[Escape Goat]

I hope Christopher Robin's psychosis is properly portrayed.

 

[Ventara]

Are you kidding me? A live-action Winnie the Pooh? This might be a worse idea than a live-action Dumbo. Disney is going too far.

 

[jett]

What a poor, bad fucking idea. I can't say enough how terrible everything about this is and is going to be.

 

[HK-47]

Will there be baseball?

 

[Frecklestein]

They better use the same method that was used in "Where the Wild Things Are" for Pooh and the rest, instead of going completely CG.

FUCK I was literally just about to quote someone CG post and reply with that lol. Yeah, Where the Wild Things Are is a gorgeous movie and I really hope its done along those lines.

 

[Inferno313]

So it's "Hook" for Pooh bear?

 

[richiek]

Enough with the live action remakes already Disney.

 

[super-famicom]

Please have a baseball scene.

If the script is inspired by that flash game, I'd watch this.

 

[jett]

sounds so fucking dumb and chris pratt is awful. what's with guys and their boners for him?

When Doctor Strange comes out the same people will be furiously masturbating over Cucumbersnatch.

 

[Sciortino]

 

[Nerdkiller]

So it's "Hook" for Pooh bear?

Ohhh, BobbyRoberts is not gonna like this one at all.

 

[BitStyle]

Sounds terrible. I'm not liking this live-action trend Disney has been on lately

Honey!

FrankenPooh shall be real!

 

[lazygecko]

Honey!

 

[Toothless]

Wonder if they'll go the Hook route and get a 40-year-old, or if it'll be like post-college and it'll be late 20s for Christopher Robin.

 

[Sanjuro]

 

[Szu]

 

[tanooki27]

the mental pictures I'm coming up with aren't pretty.

 

[Oersted]

They are really running out of ideas.

more like disneys version of paddington

Indeed.

 

[tanooki27]

oh man does anyone know the artist of that pooh and gang gone wild picture above?

and is eeyore dead or drunk or what

 

[Bubbavelli]

Shoutout to winnie the pooh breaking down barriers for all the fat girls out there. Its croptop game is serious

 

[adj_noun]

WELCOME TO POOH CORNER LIVESSSSSSSSSSS

 

[Sadist]

why.jpeg

We could be wrong, but my first reaction is honestly, why.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Oh, bother.

 

[ninjabat]

Same voice cast as the animation or bust.

 

[Rug Monkey]

Love the books, idolise E H Shepard's original illustrations. Dislike the Disneyfication of the characters, even though A. A. Milne saw, and was delighted by the animation, he was essentially a Victorian and viewed the movie as a miraculous thing.

Interesting that they'll use an elderly Christopher Milne as a narrative device, as he grew to loathe the books and claimed they'd blighted his life.

I live about 30 miles from Hundred Acre Wood/Ashdown Forest and have played poohsticks on the original bridge before they rebuilt it.

 

[Zukuu]

Sounds like Hook to me.

 

[Mii]

I'm more excited for live-action Bambi personally.

 

[HK-47]

I'm more excited for live-action Bambi personally.

They better shoot a real momma deer and film the confused fawn. For that true to life drama.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Christopher Robin is a steroid addicted baseball player that is kicked out of the mlb and has to put together a spiritual game with the help of his friend Pooh.

 

[Data West]

Live Action Dumbo Live Action Pooh

what year is it

 

[BTM]

I hope they play baseball