Walt Disney is bringing a brand new Winnie the Pooh film to screens for the first time in 35 years next year, in glorious 2D. We have some first images and the official synopsis below. Fans of Pooh will sure to be excited for this one, the team effort that includes Stephen J. Anderson (Meet the Robinsons) and Don Hall (story for The Princess and the Frog) are working off five short stories by A.A. Milne. Tony Award-winning songwriter Bobby Lopez will be providing seven new songs. My favorite Pooh character? Eeyore, who doesn’t love Eeyore?!
Walt Disney Animation Studios returns to the Hundred Acre Wood with Winnie the Pooh, the first big-screen Pooh adventure from Disney animation in more than 35 years. With the charm, wit and whimsy of the original featurettes, this all-new movie reunites audiences with the philosophical “bear of very little brain” and friends Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Kanga, Roo—and last, but certainly not least, Eeyore, who has lost his tail. “Well a tail is either there or it isn’t there,” said Pooh. “And yours isn’t… there.” Owl sends the whole gang on a wild quest to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary culprit. It turns out to be a very busy day for a bear who simply set out to find some hunny. Inspired by five stories from A.A. Milne’s books in Disney’s classic, hand-drawn art style, “Winnie the Pooh” hits theaters July 15, 2011.
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