LOS ANGELES - "Winnie the Pooh" will be back to his old self again next year.
Walt Disney Animation Studios is returning the honey-loving teddy bear and his pals to their hand-drawn animated roots for a feature film dipping into theaters July 15, 2011. The new "Winnie the Pooh," the first big-screen "Pooh" adventure from Disney animators in more than 30 years, will more closely resemble the classic short films from the 1960s and '70s.
"We wanted to create a movie for the big screen that had the charm and wit of those original shorts," said Peter Del Vecho, the film's producer. "What originally endeared all of us — adults and children — to these characters was that they were stuffed animals that came to life in the imagination of a child. We wanted to rekindle that imagination in a big way."
"Winnie the Pooh," loosely based on five stories from A.A. Milne's books, finds Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Eeyore and Christopher Robin searching for a new tail for Eeyore in a watercolor-drenched Hundred Acre Wood. The gang will also hunt for a mysterious creature called a Backson, briefly mentioned in 1928's "The House at Pooh Corner."
"You must be catching a cold," Pooh tells Owl in one scene.
Pooh and company will forgo recent puppet-powered, computer-generated Disney Channel makeovers in favor of the old-fashioned illustrative style that places the silly bear and his friends among the pages of a storybook. Jim Cummings ("The Tigger Movie") returns as the voice of Pooh and Tigger, with John Cleese ("Monty Python") serving as the narrator.
While this version of "Pooh" won't be generated by a computer or projected in 3-D, Del Vecho cautioned it wouldn't simply be a redux of past "Pooh" projects. He said the film, spearheaded by Disney and Pixar animation chief John Lasseter, will feature five new original songs and a faster pace punctuated with humor that's appropriate for modern audiences.
"We're definitely resetting the franchise and using this film as the example to set for the studio," said Del Vecho. "Many versions have been done, and it's been a way for the property to live on in children's minds, but we're hoping this is a new phase for 'Winnie the Pooh.' It's a return to quality storytelling that's been absent in more recent projects."
Kinjo Note: Get ready everyone! Disney is doing another traditional 2d animated feature film!! I have known of this for sometime, they were already in production before they finished Princess and the Frog. Sadly this might be the last traditionally animated 2d film from Disney for awhile, being that CG animation is still the most popular with the young'ns.
I know for a fact that Disney will never truly give up traditional animation, just take breaks from it here and there. The problem for them is traditional animation costs more, and the talent is harder to find. Everyone and there sister knows CG, because we are of a digital age.
I just hope they don't wait to long after the new Pooh movie, because those who are left who can do beautiful traditional animation might be gone. They would have to start from scratch... The 9 old men's knowledge would be lost in time....
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Post by: RubberOnion on November 10, 2010, 08:59:50 AM
NICE! I heard about this a while back but didn't know anything was finalized... if they use Toon Boom again it's going to be much better for the company promotionally than PatF was. Do we know who the director is yet?
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Post by: kinjo on November 10, 2010, 09:20:27 AM
Directors: Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall
according to IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1449283/
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Post by: willow on November 10, 2010, 01:28:52 PM
the fact thats it's actually christopher robin and not some stupid chick has totally just made my day
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on November 10, 2010, 01:44:08 PM
the fact thats it's actually christopher robin and not some stupid chick has totally just made my day
I AGREE
ME TOO! :Dc YAI!
This is awesome~!!! :D The animation style is part of what made Disney Classics... well... Classics... They have more than enough revenue to continue making the films
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Post by: kinjo on November 10, 2010, 09:31:15 PM
true, but it's about what the public wants now adays
when people think traditional disney animation they think kiddy, that doesnt bring in the teens and young adults
cg does that with the crude humor and suggestive themes
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Post by: Adelaide on November 11, 2010, 05:17:45 AM
I think most the 3d animation looks... o.o well.. fake as hecksss and like everyones a bubble person... 2d actually holds a more realistic appeal to an extent..
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Post by: kinjo on November 11, 2010, 06:02:19 AM
what i think is funny is how the cg/3d world say
we are making it look more life like, and more real
if they want it real.. why not just make it live action
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Post by: Adelaide on November 15, 2010, 09:45:21 PM
yeah, cartoons are treasured for their fun, colorful unrealistic appeal
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on November 15, 2010, 09:59:06 PM
the 3d/cg movies are hardly real looking. unless you look at stuff like Final Fantasy(not Advent Children)
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Post by: Adelaide on November 15, 2010, 10:11:49 PM
Ahh yes Final Fantasy has amazing animation :3c
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Post by: kinjo on November 18, 2010, 05:47:39 AM
i really can't wait to see this pooh movie! apparently disney is making another 2d film secretly so, that is good news
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Post by: Adelaide on November 18, 2010, 06:47:21 AM
:Dc you made a disney ad show up!
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Post by: kinjo on November 18, 2010, 07:57:06 AM
which one??? lol
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Post by: Adelaide on November 18, 2010, 08:16:31 AM
The one on the bottom :3
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on November 18, 2010, 06:34:29 PM
GET 4 DISNEP DVDs FOR JUST $1
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Post by: kinjo on November 18, 2010, 06:52:02 PM
addy i meant what was the ad.. lol
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Post by: Adelaide on November 18, 2010, 07:34:06 PM
but 4 disney movies get 1 free
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Post by: kinjo on November 19, 2010, 10:25:20 AM
lol, okay
I STILL CAN'T WAIT TILL THIS MOVIE COMES OUT!! WE ALL SHOULD SEE IT 2+ times to help boost traditional animation!!!!!
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Post by: Adelaide on November 19, 2010, 08:27:46 PM
o.o mail me the money and i will
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Post by: kinjo on November 21, 2010, 08:30:51 AM
if you see it early it should only be 5 bucks
i saw harry potter deathly hallows yesturday it was 4.50 early showing
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Post by: Adelaide on November 21, 2010, 12:07:01 PM
nope, theres no a lot of competition in the country side as theaters are rare to come across
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Post by: kinjo on November 21, 2010, 07:50:50 PM
that sucks :(
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Post by: Adelaide on November 22, 2010, 04:17:41 AM
Yar lotsa stuffs is leik that har :] I get used to it
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Post by: kinjo on November 22, 2010, 07:35:29 AM
i think for the rest of my life i need to live in a big city or at least medium city
more food more stores more people more fun more winnie the pooh!
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Post by: Adelaide on November 22, 2010, 12:41:56 PM
More Winnie the Pooh is always a plus :P
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Post by: kinjo on November 23, 2010, 07:47:21 AM
and it's high budget not the direct to dvd ones
i am happy they stopped making the direct to dvd disney movies, they half assed traditional animation which is another reason it is dying...
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Post by: Adelaide on December 02, 2010, 06:44:45 PM
Thems is some really amazing gifs~!!!!
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on December 02, 2010, 07:37:30 PM
Mark Summers has OCD?
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Post by: tkoold on March 05, 2011, 12:16:23 AM
Lol those Gifs are awesome, Like those are the quirks of an otherwise fun good show, Winnie the Pooh, my Online friends i play wow and SOF2 and cod with always nicknamed me E ore
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on March 06, 2011, 06:37:55 AM
thats hilarious! have you played RIFT yet?
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Post by: Famardy on March 28, 2011, 12:27:11 AM
Disney should make more films like these.
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Post by: kinjo on March 28, 2011, 10:49:26 PM
i agree, but really
dreamworks, sony, disney, blue sky
everyone should put out 2, traditional movies a year at least
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Post by: tkoold on July 01, 2011, 02:39:14 AM
The movies gonna be out in 2 Weeks! just id like to know why they think its best it goes Directly up against Harry Potter, which will be in theaters July 15th as well... Seems stupid to me.
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Post by: kinjo on December 10, 2011, 06:10:39 PM
I really enjoyed this movie, the special features too!
the ending after the credits was awesome!
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Post by: tkoold on December 13, 2011, 03:41:03 PM
if you gave them 1 $ you like also agree to buy 10 Other Disney films over 2 years for like 100$ a year and guaruntee giving them 200+$... its a scam sell its not just 1$ no complete choice of films and you will purchase 24 films...
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on December 21, 2011, 12:51:20 PM