Live action Winnie the Pooh Movie in the Work

[Vicky82]

I assume this is not a late April fools joke

Disney are at it again, this time Winnie the Pooh.

Disney has reportedly hired Listen Up Philip director Alex Ross Perry to helm the project, which will focus on an adult Christopher Robin revisiting the Hundred Acre Woods and it’s denizens.

While Disney already has live action adaptation ofBeauty and the Beast and Mulan in the works, following Maleficent and Cinderella, theWinnie the Pooh adaptation will likely have more in common with the upcoming mixed media remake ofPete’s Dragon.

Winnie the Pooh is series of animated features that tell stories about a young boy, Christopher Robin, who visits the imaginary forest of the Hundred Acre Woods to play with his best friend, Winnie the Pooh, and the other anthropomorphic characters who live there, including Piglet, Owl, Rabbit, and Tigger. The character was originally created in a series of stories by A.A. Milne.

http://comicbook.com/2015/04/02/live...s-from-disney/

Think we need a Live Action Disney Movie thread.

[Amaranthus]

Original ideas are rare these days.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Oh COME ON!!!!

April Fool's Day was YESTERDAY. I refuse to believe this.

[Cure]

I'm not disappointed in the movie, just that they're adding more fuel to the "people who wanna complain" fire.

[Leo656]

I missed it. When exactly was the Memo issued that people HAVE to like everything or else they have something wrong with them as people?

I care less about this specific movie either way; no real problem with it, but very little excitement either. I just have a huge problem with this whole "Dissent is Not Allowed" attitude some people cling to. Like, if something sounds like a bad idea on its face, nobody can say so because that's "mean" or "negative" or whatever. Not even really with regards to this, just in general. Sometimes when people are pointing out things they don't like about something, or things that could be better, they're just being analytical, or even playing Devil's advocate. That should be allowed.
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Really all I can say about this one is, it sounds exactly like every other idea Hollywood has for kids movies these days: "If it was a cartoon, do it in live action". As an idea, pretty lazy and derivative, just because they do it with literally Every Single Thing; execution-wise, who can say? I honestly have no idea how "hot" Winnie the Pooh is with the kids in the streets these days, but I'm not sure it's something they're obsessed with, which leads me to feel more like they're doing it just because they haven't yet. Which is fine, I guess, I'm just not thrilled with the movie industry's motivations and approach as a whole right now.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Spoiler:

I missed it. When exactly was the Memo issued that people HAVE to like everything or else they have something wrong with them as people?

I care less about this specific movie either way; no real problem with it, but very little excitement either. I just have a huge problem with this whole "Dissent is Not Allowed" attitude some people cling to. Like, if something sounds like a bad idea on its face, nobody can say so because that's "mean" or "negative" or whatever. Not even really with regards to this, just in general. Sometimes when people are pointing out things they don't like about something, or things that could be better, they're just being analytical, or even playing Devil's advocate. That should be allowed.
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Really all I can say about this one is, it sounds exactly like every other idea Hollywood has for kids movies these days: "If it was a cartoon, do it in live action". As an idea, pretty lazy and derivative, just because they do it with literally Every Single Thing; execution-wise, who can say? I honestly have no idea how "hot" Winnie the Pooh is with the kids in the streets these days, but I'm not sure it's something they're obsessed with, which leads me to feel more like they're doing it just because they haven't yet. Which is fine, I guess, I'm just not thrilled with the movie industry's motivations and approach as a whole right now.

Dude. Don't be such an Eeyore.

[Lethal Lullaby]

I loved Winnie the pooh as a kid. My favorite character was Tigger. I'm not sure what to think of this live action movie yet. Eh we'll see I guess.

[Leo656]

HAH! That's pretty funny, I always liked Eeeyore more than most of those other assholes in the group.

What actually does give me a bad feeling, though, is how every single one of these live action "updates" is all full'a poop and fart jokes. That's going to be really disheartening, because Winnie the Pooh was never about that mess. Then again, neither was Alvin & the Chipmunks, etc. But that's how Hollywood makes these "kids movies" now, and it just leaves a really sour taste in my mouth in general. Like, aim higher, y'know? I'd like to think they wouldn't do that to Winnie the Pooh, but... c'mon, the joke is right there in the name, you know they're going to.

[ZariusTwo]

Oh god those Pooh's Adventures edits are just gonna get worse now

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Leo656

HAH! That's pretty funny, I always liked Eeeyore more than most of those other assholes in the group.

What actually does give me a bad feeling, though, is how every single one of these live action "updates" is all full'a poop and fart jokes. That's going to be really disheartening, because Winnie the Pooh was never about that mess. Then again, neither was Alvin & the Chipmunks, etc. But that's how Hollywood makes these "kids movies" now, and it just leaves a really sour taste in my mouth in general. Like, aim higher, y'know? I'd like to think they wouldn't do that to Winnie the Pooh, but... c'mon, the joke is right there in the name, you know they're going to.

Oh man, you're so right. Where's Sean Bean when I need him to say "Brace yourselves... the Pooh jokes are coming."

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Okay, now, picture all this in live-action:

- A talking suicidal donkey
- A rabbit screaming at a tiger to stop messing around in his garden
- A yellow bear wearing a shirt doing exercises in front of the mirror each morning

It all just screams "nightmare fuel!" to me.

Plus, I watched the cartoons when I was a kid. Isn't one of the things about Winnie the Pooh that they're all hypothetically stuffed animals, and it's all Christopher Robin's imagination? Because the cartoons (I think) would begin and end with a live-action shot of a stuffed Pooh Bear, stuffed Piglet, stuffed Tigger, etc.

How can you translate the concept of Winnie the Pooh to a live-action film?

[Leo656]

Definitely an awkward translation. And hopefully, it plays better than that half-cartoon/half-live action show they had back in the early-90s on Disney Channel.

My fear is, they don't really know how they're going to do it, or what kind of approach they're going to take, they're just doing it to do it, and in the end, like Smurfs or Chipmunks, it'll end up being completely different in everything except name. Which asks the question of, who is the movie for? Little kids would be perfectly "satisfied" with a plain old quick and cheap animated DVD movie like they've done a million of, and people my age might not like it if they get too far away from it.

I'unno. I think if they keep it exactly as it was, it's kind of pointless, but at the same time, who except people my age even know/care about the characters, so why risk messing it up? Just seems an odd thing to make a live-action movie of, but it could totally work in sort of a "Roger Rabbit" kind of way, but with stuffed animals.

I think someone just saw "Ted" and was like, "We need to do that, but, for kids."

I remember for years people saying Speed Racer was impossible to translate to film, and in the end, it was the single greatest movie ever made. So, y'know, Miracles Exist.

[DarkLightDragon]

Wasn't too long ago that Mulan was announced and now this.

What next, Aladdin? Cause if there were any Classic Disney film that actually would be neat to see get "re-imagined" in live-action, I think that one would be a good choice. Of course there'd be the matter of the Genie and who'd play him since Robin Williams is a tough act to follow.

[Leo656]

Didn't they already do Aladdin?

No, wait, that was "Prince of Persia". My bad. Saaaaame thiiiiing.

[BubblyShell22]

I loved Winnie the Pooh as a kid and loved watching the movies and the cartoon. I also remember the live action one called House at Pooh Corner, which was one I loved seeing, too. But I agree that kids today may not be invested in it, and I just hope they don't ruin what was once a classic story and series. I even have the books, and they're very good. I'd like to see something akin to those if they need to do a live action film, but since it's about CR being an adult, it sounds a lot like the remake of Alice in Wonderland where she was grown up but visited Wonderland (I think it was called Underland in the film) again.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I missed it. When exactly was the Memo issued that people HAVE to like everything or else they have something wrong with them as people?

I didn't even say that. It's just silly to get upset at something for simply existing, and that's all that's happening here; it exists. It existing is not a personal slight against anyone.

[ZariusTwo]

[Leo656]

Not saying you did, and as I said, it's less even about this specific movie. It's just the principle of the thing.

Purely from a creative standpoint, I was taught that ideas need to justify themselves; that their very existence doesn't give them worth by default. Thus, whenever I see an announcement for a movie that can only "make sense" to the people making it, whose entire logic is, "Why not?", I do bristle a little bit, because I spent most of high school being taught that it completely isn't supposed to work that way.

Hollywood seems to work the opposite, where every half-baked idea gets a $100 million budget and a release date, and the end result is usually surpremely unsatisfying. So yea, it gets frustrating. Especially when there's things that would actually make more sense as movies, just sitting on a shelf, but they can't sell enough toys to justify a "good" idea.

But yeah, just the principle of the thing, "not all ideas are Good and people need to be allowed to say so," and a dissatisfaction with Hollywood's current business model in general. In this specific case, though, the only "argument" I can really pose is, it's not really a hot property, so spending the money on making it is questionable. Not a big deal, but there's a hundred better ideas. ((shrug))

[Candy Kappa]

Isn't there already a Winnie the Pooh live-action movie?

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

Isn't there already a Winnie the Pooh live-action movie?

Yeah, it was The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart.

But on topic, can't say I'm a fan of this idea. I prefer Pooh when he's animated.