The controversial new Winnie-the-Pooh horror movie 'Blood and Honey' is the product of the original Pooh story entering the public domain
still owns the rights to the animated cartoon versions of Pooh Bear and company, A.A. Milne’s 1926 bookentered the public domain on Jan. 1, 2022. That means that Milne’s original story, as well as illustrator E.H. Shepard’s drawings of Pooh, Piglet, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, Owl, Eeyore, and Christopher Robin, all became fair game for any and all types of adaptations following the end of the 95-year copyright protection term.
Frake-Waterfield wasted no time jumping on the opportunity to incorporate the characters into his microbudget slasher flick, with production onstarting early last year. But the director also seems to have taken pains to avoid bringing down Disney’s iron copyright hammer. For instance, the Pooh ofis wearing a red flannel button-up rather than the red t-shirt of Disney Pooh fame, and popular characters like Tigger don’t appear in the film.last year.
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