Ewan McGregor will be heading to the 100 Acre Wood, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that he has entered talks to star in Disney’s Christopher Robin as the title character from the Winnie the Pooh stories. The film will see McGregor as an adult Christopher Robin who who toils as a businessman and prioritizes work above his wife and […]
Marc Forster to direct Disney’s live-action Winnie the Pooh movie Christopher Robin
Back in April of last year it was announced that among Disney’s numerous live-action remakes of its animated classics is a live-action Winnie the Pooh movie, and now comes word that Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, World War Z) is set to direct the project, entitled Christopher Robin. The film has been scripted by Alex Ross Perry […]
All upcoming live-action Disney remakes
Luke Owen looks to the future of Disney’s live-action output… Following the announcement of a live-action version of The Lion King [read my thoughts on that here], I thought we should collate together all the information we have on Disney’s other upcoming live-action adaptations. To date, there are a whopping seventeen of these in development, but all […]
Disney developing live-action Winnie the Pooh movie
Disney has has announced that Winnie the Pooh is set to become its latest animated property to get the live-action treatment, with Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Philip) signing on to write the adaptation. According to Deadline, the movie will see a now-adult Christopher Robin revisiting Pooh’s hangout in the Hundred Arce Wood. Disney’s assocatiation […]
