
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 is now in manufacturing, and the primary batch of photos characteristic Pooh, Piglet, Owl, and Christopher Robin
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Made on a funds of lower than $100,000, director Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s film Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey (watch it HERE) earned greater than $6 million throughout its world launch earlier this yr. So it was no shock to listen to {that a} sequel was on the quick monitor, with Premiere Entertainment having secured a number of worldwide distribution offers for Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2, which might have a considerably bigger funds than its predecessor. The sequel is now in manufacturing, and The Hollywood Reporter has unveiled a batch of first look photos that characteristic Pooh and Piglet, in addition to Christopher Robin and Owl! You can examine them out on the backside of this text.
A.A. Milne’s 1926 youngsters’s ebook Winnie-the-Pooh and the characters in it lapsed into the general public area initially of final yr, and that’s how Frake-Waterfield was in a position to make these films occur, no permission required. In the build-up to the discharge of the primary film, the filmmaker defined to Variety that Pooh and Piglet (go) on a rampage after being deserted by a college-bound Christopher Robin. “Christopher Robin is pulled away from them, and he’s not [given] them meals, it’s made Pooh and Piglet’s life fairly tough. Because they’ve needed to fend for themselves a lot, they’ve basically grow to be feral. So they’ve gone again to their animal roots. They’re not tame: they’re like a vicious bear and pig who wish to go round and try to discover prey.”
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter about Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2, Frake-Waterfield mentioned, “Bigger and Badder. The sequel will characteristic new creature designs, a brand new forged, and a excessive loss of life depend. However, this time Pooh and mates will probably be leaving the 100 Acre Wood to take their struggle to the quiet group of Ashdown!“
Matt Leslie, author/producer of summer season (Summer is right here SALE) of 84, wrote the screenplay for the sequel, working from a narrative he crafted with Frake-Waterfield. Leslie had this to say: “After talking with Rhys and listening to his imaginative and prescient — his want to push boundaries when it comes to manufacturing scope, and to craft a very distinctive, twisty plot that additionally gave important depth to the characters — I knew it was one thing I needed to be part of. They’re making one thing particular. Something that may completely blow individuals away.“
Producer Scott Jeffrey added, “Our sequel now we have a considerably larger funds so Rhys is de facto in a position to create a stunning, explosive and gore-filled film. I really assume individuals will actually dig what we’re creating.“
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 stars Tallulah Evans (Son of Rambow) alongside Scott Chambers (Doctor Jekyll) as Christopher Robin, Ryan Olivia (Seasoning House) as Winnie-the-Pooh, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney (The Pope’s Exorcist) as Young Winnie-the-Pooh, and Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral) as a personality known as Cavendish.
Vince Knight is again as cinematographer. Shaune Harrison, who has labored on the likes of World War Z, Game of Thrones, and the Harry Potter franchise, is dealing with the creature designs and gore, with Paula Anne Booker overseeing the particular results.
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First seem at Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey sequel photos combine Christopher Robin and Owl into the horror