![]() ![]() But unlike them, Pooh accounts for a veritable religion for his kind-hearted witticisms and contented spiritual outlook. 3, trailing only Pokémon and Hello Kitty. In a 2021 tally of media franchises by Statista, Winnie the Pooh, with $80.3 billion in worldwide revenue, tied Mickey Mouse for No. “But it’s blown up way beyond that to a scale that’s absolutely insane.” “I kind of thought this could do a small theatrical run in some places and do quite well commercially,” says Waterfield. For Waterfield, a British film producer of direct-to-DVD titles (credits include “Dinosaur Hotel” and “Easter Killing”), it’s already a hit way beyond expectation. It’s already made $1 million in Mexico and has many more international territories booked. Though made for less than $100,000, “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” will open Friday on some 1,500 screens in North America, an unusually wide release for such a little-funded movie. “There’s going to be so many different and cool unique iterations coming off that. “When Superman and Batman fall into the public domain, there’s going to be some wild films, I’m sure of it,” says “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” writer, director and co-producer Rhys Waterfield. But “Winnie Pooh: Blood and Honey” may just be a taste of what’s in store. There will be all kinds of new and unlikely contexts for some of these characters. Pop culture, as a concept, was born in the 1920s, meaning many of the most indelible - and still very culturally present - works will fall into public domain in the coming years. or at least that early whistling variety of Mickey. It will be open season on the face of the Walt Disney Co. That’s when the original version of Mickey Mouse, from “Steamboat Willie,” becomes public domain. Just a year later, Pooh and Piglet can now be found on a murderous rampage in nationwide movie theaters - a head-spinning development that’s happened faster than a bear could say “Oh, bother.” Milne’s 1926 book, “Winnie-the-Pooh,” with illustrations by E.H. Pooh, Piglet, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Eeyore and Christopher Robin all became public domain on Jan. After 95 years of saying things like “A hug is always the right size,” Pooh - newly freed from copyright - is now violently terrorizing a remote house of young women.Ĭountless cherished characters have passed into public domain before, but perhaps never so abruptly and savagely as Pooh. The omnipresent threat of a Heffalump.īut in “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” a new microbudget R-rated horror film, Pooh wades into far darker territory than even Eeyore could have ever imagined. NEW YORK (AP) - The Hundred Acre Wood has seen some pretty unsettling things over the years. ![]()
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