Disney is developing a live-action ‘Winnie the Pooh’ Movie.
Disney is developing a live-action movie version of its animated “Winnie the Pooh” franchise, according to Variety.
From Variety:
The focus will be on an adult version of the book’s Christopher Robin. Perry was hired after pitching a take on the story to the studio.
But, what will the movie actually be about? Well, according to reports, the ‘Winnie the Pooh’ movie will be based on the book “Finding Winnie” which centers around the story of the bear that inspired the Pooh character.
Variety reported last year that Brett Ratner’s RatPac Entertainment acquired rights to the book “Finding Winnie.” Written by Lindsay Mattick and illustrated by Sophie Blackall, that book tells the story of the bear that inspired the Pooh character.
The ‘Winnie the Pooh’ bear character was created by A.A. Milne for a collection of short stories in the books “Winnie-the-Pooh” and “The House at Pooh Corner”. Disney licensed the rights to the character in 1961, leading to TV shows and four feature films including “The Tigger Movie,” “Piglet’s Big Movie,” “Pooh’s Heffalump Movie” and “Winnie the Pooh.”
Disney is on a rebooting rampage with severael live-action versions including “Alice in Wonderland,” “Maleficent,” and “Cinderella”. Disney is also in pre-production for the upcoming “Jungle Book” and “Beauty and the Beast” live action movie.
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