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Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
Teaser poster
Directed byRhys Frake-Waterfield
Written by
  • Rhys Frake-Waterfield
  • Matt Leslie
Based on
Produced by
  • Scott Jeffrey
  • Rhys Frake-Waterfield
Starring
  • Scott Chambers
  • Ryan Oliva
  • Eddy MacKenzie
  • Lewis Santer
  • Marcus Massey
  • Simon Callow
CinematographyVince Knight
Music byAndrew Scott Bell
Production
companies
  • Jagged Edge Productions
  • ITN Studios
Distributed byAltitude Film Distribution
Release date
  • 14 February 2024 (2024-02-14)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 is an upcoming British independent slasher film co-written and directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield, who also produced it with Scott Jeffrey. It is a sequel and soft reboot to Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, a 2023 horror film that serves as a horror reimagining of A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard's Winnie-the-Pooh books. The film stars Scott Chambers, Ryan Oliva, Eddy MacKenzie, Lewis Santer, Marcus Massey and Simon Callow.

Following the success of the first film, director Frake-Waterfield expressed interest in a sequel that, eventually, was greenlit in November 2022. Original cast members Nikolai Leon, Craig David Dowsett and Chris Cordell will not return for the sequel, with new cast members Chambers, Oliva, and MacKenzie replacing them as Christopher Robin, Winnie-the-Pooh, and Piglet, respectively, in September 2023.

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 is scheduled to be released on 14 February 2024.

Cast

Production

In a June 2022 interview with Josh Korngut of Dread Central, director Rhys Frake-Waterfield expressed interest in creating a sequel to Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, and stated that he wants to "ramp it up even more and go even crazier and go even more extreme".[4] In September 2023, teaser images were released showing the addition of the new character Owl.[5] Principal photography also concluded that month.[6] The film features a new cast and new character designs, and takes place in the Ashdown community rather than the Hundred Acre Wood.[7] Additionally, the character Tigger, who was absent from the first film, appears.[1]

The film was originally reported to have a budget five times larger than its predecessor;[8] it would later be confirmed that the budget had increased to ten times larger than the first film.[9] Shaune Harrison, who previously worked on productions such as World War Z, the Harry Potter franchise, and Game of Thrones, was the film's creature and gore designer, while Paula Anne Booker leads the special effects.[7] In 2023, it was revealed Frake-Waterfield intends to have Pooh wield a chainsaw as a weapon in the film,[10] and that the film would feature over 30 deaths.[9] The film takes inspiration from Terrifier 2.[11]

Winnie-the-Pooh's prosthetics in the film cost over $20,000, compared to the $770 spent on the first film's costume.[6]

Release

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 is scheduled to be theatrically released on 14 February 2024.[6]

Future

In November 2022, two other horror films were announced: Bambi: The Reckoning and Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare based on Bambi, a Life in the Woods and Peter and Wendy, respectively.[12][13][14] In February 2023, Frake-Waterfield announced that the various projects take place in the same horror spin on children's fairytales, sharing continuity as a franchise. The filmmaker further stated that Jagged Edge Productions intends to eventually have crossovers featuring all of the characters.[15] On 17 January 2024, it was revealed that The Adventures of Pinocchio would also be adapted into a horror film titled Pinocchio: Unstrung and would also be set in the same shared universe. [16] Frake-Waterfield also expressed interest in making films about Thor, the Norse god of thunder,[17] as well as copyrighted franchises such as Teletubbies, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and The Powerpuff Girls.[18][19]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Plant, Logan (11 September 2023). "Exclusive: Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2's First Look at Tigger Revealed". IGN. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b Füge, Jonathan (12 September 2023). "Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 New Images Reveal Terrifying Take On Tigger". MovieWeb. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  3. ^ Yossman, K. J. (8 September 2023). "Shakespeare in Love Star Simon Callow Joins Cast of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  4. ^ Korngut, Josh (1 June 2022). "'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' Director Reveals One of Its Nastiest Kill Scenes [Exclusive Interview]". Dread Central. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  5. ^ Squires, John (8 September 2023). "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 – First Images from Slasher Sequel Bring That Yellow Bastard Back to Life". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  6. ^ a b c Ritman, Alex (3 November 2023). "AFM: Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 Duo Unveils First Terrifying Close-Up of New-Look Bear (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  7. ^ a b Ritman, Alex (8 September 2023). "'Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey' Sequel First-Look Images Revealed (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  8. ^ February 16, Clark Collis; EST, 2023 at 03:06 PM. "'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' director says sequel will have at least 5 times the budget". EW.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ a b Yossman, K. J. (20 October 2023). "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey Director Hopes Fourth Graders Not Ruined by Surprise Screening, Teases Sequel Budget and Deaths". Variety. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  10. ^ Lang, Brad (15 August 2023). "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey Sequel Will Give Pooh Bear a Chainsaw". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  11. ^ Hamman, Cody (31 January 2023). "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey sequel is drawing inspiration from Terrifier 2". JoBlo. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  12. ^ Kim, Mat (2 November 2022). "Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey Director Is Preparing a Peter Pan Horror Movie Too". IGN. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  13. ^ Fuge, Jonathan (2 November 2022). "Peter Pan: Neverland Nightmare Coming from the Makers of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey". MovieWeb. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  14. ^ Fuge, Jonathan (25 November 2022). "Bambi Horror Movie to Transform the Disney Character Into a Vicious Killing Machine". MovieWeb. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  15. ^ Ritman, Alex (8 February 2023). "'Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey' Director Plans to Create Low-Budget "Twisted" Childhood Horror Universe With Bambi, Peter Pan and More". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  16. ^ Squires, John (17 January 2024). "Public Domain Horror Universe Expanding With Pinocchio: Unstrung [Exclusive First Look]". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  17. ^ Perry, Spencer. "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey Director Teases Horror Versions of Peter Pan, Thor". Comicbook.com. Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  18. ^ Phillips, Terry (18 February 2023). "Blood & Honey Director Wants To Make TMNT & Teletubbies Horror Movies". ScreenRant. Archived from the original on 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  19. ^ "'Blood and Honey' Creators Reveal Idea for Powerpuff Girls Horror Movie (Exclusive)". 17 February 2023.
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