Christopher Robin Stars In R-Rated Winnie The Pooh TV Series
Boat Rocker and Bay Mills Studios have announced a collaboration to produce a brand new television series based on the beloved characters of A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh. Titled Christopher Robin, the show is set to be an R-rated comedy reimagining of the classic story, with a live-action/animation hybrid format. Deadline was first to report.
The logline reads: «Christopher Robin is a disillusioned New Yorker navigating his quarter-life crisis with the help of the weird talking animals who live beyond a drug-induced portal outside his derelict apartment complex, the Hundred Acres.»
The series is based on an original script from Charlie Kesslering (Most Likely To, Turned On), who will also serve as executive producer. Conrad Vernon, who has worked on popular animated films such as Shrek 2 and Sausage Party, is set to direct the pilot episode and executive produce.
Boat Rocker's Nick Nantell and Bay Mills Studios' Holly Hubsher will also executive produce the series alongside Anderson and James. No release date has been announced yet.
For fans of the very specific niche of R-rated Winnie the Pooh content, this has been a very good year indeed. Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey, an indie slasher film that loosely retells the childhood classic, came out earlier in January, which didn't bowl critics over but provided enough of a foothold for this show to get a chance. GameSpot's Alyse Wax called Blood And Honey «straightforward» and «not particularly good.» You can read their review here.
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