Disney ’s Christopher Robin — about a disenchanted grownup variation of the little boy in A.A. Milne ’s Winnie the Pooh — just got a big hike . Thomas McCarthy , who pull ahead an Oscar for Spotlight and Colorado - wrote the story for Pixar ’s Up , will be giving the script by Alex Ross Perry ( Listen Up Philip , The Color Wheel ) a rewrite .
Director Marc Forster ( Quantum of Solace World War Z ) is already onboard the film . Per Variety , it imagines that Christopher Robin , a character in the beginning based on Milne ’s own son , has grown up to be “ an grownup workaholic with little clip for his house — until Pooh re - participate his life . ” Pooh , of course , is the love - obsessed teddy bear who curb it down with Tigger , Piglet , and the remainder of the beast residents of the Hundred Acre Wood .
As we ’ve enunciate before , that plot verbal description sound a wad like Hook . The picture is described as a “ live - action fantasy , ” which probably means CG stuffed animals alongside human actors — which vocalise a bit like Seth MacFarlane ’s Ted movies , though this is Disney we ’re talking about . ( And do n’t get Christopher Robin confused withan entirely different projectthat ’s about Milne and his family as they deal with his sudden literary succeeder ; formerly titled Goodbye Christopher Robin , it ’s now “ Untitled A.A. Milne Project ” on IMDb . )
Alex Ross Perry was an unexpectedly highly strung choice to pen the script in the first place , and McCarthy , who also directed Best Picture winner Spotlight and somehow find time for an act calling on the side , is an challenging choice to handle the rewrite . He had a critical hitting early in his directing career with The Visitor , which make the great Richard Jenkins ( Step Brothers , Cabin in the Woods , Kong : Skull Island ) an Oscar nomination . Just putting it out there : Jenkins in crabbed - rascal mode would make a hell of a Christopher Robin .
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