Originally Posted By brian8871 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. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://deadline.com/2015/04/winnie-the-pooh-disney-live-action-feature-alex-ross-perry-1201392427/">http://deadline.com/2015/04/wi...1392427/</a>
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I'm in near tears just thinking about it. Winnie The Pooh has always had a very emotional effect on me.
Originally Posted By magic0214 What a wonderful concept. I expect the tears to be a flowin' from my eyes.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: I guess this means we'll some day see a live action remake of The Black Cauldron, too, since all the other animated Disney films are being re-made in live action formats. I hope Julia Roberts will still be young enough to play my part by the time this happens...
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: I always hold my breath. When you live with a nasty old biddy of a sister witch--like Orgoch--I'd pass out from the stench if I didn't.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Sorry - when I read this thread's title, I thought it was a joke. :-/
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA I'm thinking the characters will end up looking like the live action version of. 'Paddington' - in other words kinda creepy.
Originally Posted By basil fan Eww. None of those CGI animals work for me at all. At least Great Mouse Detective is safe OUAT <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/once.html">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...nce.html</a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I also thought it was a joke, especially since it was close to April 1. I've never been a big fan of the Pooh franchise, but I know it's realm popular so I suppose it could work
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance The way they make the characters look really will make or break this movie. I can't imagine a live action version that won't look ridiculous, but I hope they prove me wrong.
Originally Posted By utahjosh I'm afraid the Hundred Acre Wood is going to look like Tim Burton's "Wonderland."
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Well, I think it was about 20 years ago the Disney Channel had a live action TV show based on Winnie the Pooh and the costumes for that were pretty good. So if they used costumes like those it could work just fine.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros ^^I remember that show! I think it used the same costumes that the characters wore in the parks. Although it certainly worked for a TV show in that era, I wonder whether it would work with modern movie audiences I'm also reminded of the old live-action Dumbo's Flying Circus and Alice in Wonderland shows back then. It was interesting how they took familiar characters and added completely new twists to them. The White Rabbit in DL's Parade of Dreams (for the 50th) was even on rollerblades, which I believe was a throwback to the old Alice show
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "^^I remember that show! I think it used the same costumes that the characters wore in the parks. Although it certainly worked for a TV show in that era, I wonder whether it would work with modern movie audiences" I don't think that would work at all. I think it would be creepy as F having a human interacting with costumed characters in a movie.
Originally Posted By leemac <<>>I'm afraid the Hundred Acre Wood is going to look like Tim Burton's "Wonderland.">> Hundred Acre Woods isn't a fantastical place. Milne lifted it straight from the woods that he used to walk in Ashdown Forest - I can't see why they would CGI it to death. This one is almost as much of a head scratcher at the Dumbo thing. I'm also confused that it might be labelled "live action" when there is only one human character! It sounds like it might join all of those other wonderful CGI hybrids like The Smurfs, Yogi Bear and Garfield. Eeeeeeeeeeeeek. I don't get the hate for Pooh. Milne created a wonderful world and the stories are up there with the greatest childrens' stories ever written. I've never been fond of the Americanisation of the characters that Disney originally did - I thought the last movie was a lot closer to the style and tone of the books.
Marc Forster will direct “Christopher Robin,” the live-action adaptation of Disney’s classic cartoon “Winnie the Pooh.” Alex Ross Perry is set to write the script. The film will follow Christopher Robin, the little boy who befriends a lovable bear in the celebrated A.A. Milne books, as an adult. According to sources, the film will share similarities with Seth MacFarlane’s fantasy-buddy film “Ted,” but center more on family fun than vulgarities. Marc Forster to Direct ‘Winnie the Pooh’ Live-Action Movie on ‘Christopher Robin’ for Disney
