The trailer below is not exactly a great one, Keane and Winnie the Pooh are a strange and unnatural mix, but what it is trailing is pretty exciting.
Coming next year is a new Winnie the Pooh film that is hand drawn like in the good old days. It even has Craig Ferguson as Owl for some reason.
Reminds me of my old The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh VHS which was probably given away to a younger cousin and then thrown out. Curse you younger cousins.
It’s enough to make Mickey Mouse blush as Disney have sent out a casting call for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides asking for “beautiful female fit models. Must be 5ft 7in-5ft 8in, size 4 or 6, no bigger or smaller. Age 18-25. Must have a lean dancer body. Must have real breasts. Do not submit if you have implants.”
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Cineworld have announced that they have reached a compromise with Disney and are going to show Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland despite the earlier DVD release date. The Times “understands” that this is due to a promise from Disney that this will not become the standard for new film releases. The whole mess continues to baffle me as the average consumer doesn’t know when a DVD is going to be released and probably doesn’t care, especially for a 3D film where the cinema offers a much better experience. Other cinema chains are likely to follow suit or lose large audiences to a major rival.
It was pointed out to me today that I had completely missed the story of the three big UK cinema chains, Odeon, Vue and Cineworld, threatening to boycott Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. In a bid to combat piracy and have the film available for consumers to buy on DVD sooner Disney are proposing to have the DVD out 12 weeks after the theatrical release rather than the standard 17 weeks. Read more »
