Disney’s new take sees working-class family man Christopher Robin encountering his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh, who helps him rediscover the joys of life.
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN
The filmmaker behind Listen Up, Phillip and Queen of Earth returns with his fifth feature as director and two upcoming films as a screenwriter.
Jim Cummings will return to voice Winnie the Pooh, and joining him and Mohammed will be three-time Emmy winner Brad Garrett as the voice of Eeyore. The studio is still searching for the voice of Tigger.
Jim Cummings will return to voice Winnie the Pooh, while Mark Gatiss, who plays Mycroft Holmes on the hit BBC series Sherlock, will play the boss of the title character.
In between directing Finding Neverland and World War Z, Forster directed the second of Daniel Craig’s 007 films, which saw Arterton play Bond girl Strawberry Fields.
Scottish actor Ewan McGregor is planning to stay within the Disney family. After his supporting role in Beauty and the Beast, he’s now in talks to star in Marc Forster’s Christopher Robin as the titular lead role.
Marc Forster will direct the live-action fantasy film, which follows the human character from A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh stories.
Disney’s new Winnie the Pooh film Christopher Robin has found its director in Marc Forster. Alex Ross Perry is penning the script, with Brigham Taylor producing, having last produced one of Disney’s latest big hits, The Jungle Book.
Logline: A life-action take on the continuing adventures of an adult Christopher Robin and the classic talking animals of Hundred Acre Wood.
