Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey: Trailer, Release Date

Winnie the Pooh‘s cuddly persona simply acquired an entire lot darker in a brand new reimagining of the beloved youngsters’s guide character. Just seven months after A.A. Milne’s unique “Winnie the Pooh” tales entered the public domain, its mainstay determine has forayed into the world of horror for a forthcoming indie slasher flick.

“Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” directed, written, and coproduced by Rhys Waterfield, envisions Winnie the Pooh and Piglet as demonic serial killers who go on a rampage after their college-bound pal Christopher Robin abandons them. On May 25, first-look pictures from the film had been launched on-line, adopted by a terrifying trailer on Aug. 31, which promptly set social media ablaze with many shocked to see such a ghastly departure for a childhood favourite and star of a number of iconic Disney motion pictures.

Waterfield advised Variety in May that the public’s response to the horror movie thus far has been “completely loopy.” In regard to its premise, the director explains that the slasher side of its principal villains derives from a fundamental must survive. “Christopher Robin is pulled away from them, and he isn’t [given] them meals, it is made Pooh and Piglet’s life fairly troublesome,” he mentioned. “Because they’ve needed to fend for themselves a lot, they’ve primarily turn into 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 strive and discover prey.”

The “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” filmmaking crew treaded very flippantly on their interpretation of the staple cartoon. Although Disney not owns the unique rights to Milne’s tales, their model of Winnie the Pooh and buddies remains to be protected by copyright, Washington Post reported. The firm has but to touch upon the upcoming horror movie, however there’ll absolutely be a dialog available as soon as the film releases.

Ahead, learn all the pieces we learn about “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” thus far, together with the trailer, solid, and launch date.