Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2005-12-06-winnie-the-pooh_x.htm" target="_blank">http://www.usatoday.com/life/t elevision/news/2005-12-06-winnie-the-pooh_x.htm</a> >>Guess who's coming for honey? As part of a barrel-full of Winnie the Pooh anniversary events, Disney is working on a new animated series that will replace Christopher Robin with a 6-year-old girl. To quote one loquacious Rabbit: "Oh my, oh my, oh my goodness!" Although the bear's party fare includes much Disney hoopla — anniversary-themed goods, Disney Channel marathons and a stage show that kicks off today in New York — the real bother is sure to be over tinkering with a classic. Details are sketchy on the as-yet-nameless new arrival, who will make her debut in the 2007 computer-generated series My Friends Tigger and Pooh. Disney execs say the idea is to bring an older audience to an iconic franchise born when British author A.A. Milne began musing about the imaginary world of his son, Christopher Robin.<<
Originally Posted By basil fan Must be those girly shoes Christopher Robin wears... Well, since it's CGI, I won't be watching anyway.
Originally Posted By Imagineer This Do they want to make Pooh "hip" and "edgy" to make teens and tweens watch it?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Do they want to make Pooh "hip" and "edgy" to make teens and tweens watch it?< Impossible I would think - <Disney is working on a new animated series that will replace Christopher Robin with a 6-year-old girl.< original ideas seem very hard to come by there right now. Cinderella 6 , Lion King 2 1/2 ---etc. What next, make Donald something other than a duck ?
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Christopher Robin is supposed to be Mr. Milne's son. And the books clearly have hime as a BOY.
Originally Posted By gardenrooms I think the topic says it all - Christopher Robin to be replaced by girl - Pooh!
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Btw, I was joking about post #7. Who knows... perhaps the series takes place when Christopher Robin is off to college and finds new friends in his new, ahem, Hundred Acre Wood.
