Winnie-the-Pooh prequel feature in the works from Baboon Animation and IQI Media

A prequel and series inspired by British author AA Milnes’ children’s classic Winnie the Pooh is in development in a joint production between the American companies Baboon Animation and IQI Media.

Productions are overseen by DreamWorks graduate Mike de Seve (Madagascar, Monsters vs Aliens), who along with John Reynolds (The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show).

“We’re telling the surprising origin story of ‘Silly Young Bear’ and his friends when they were kids in a way that connects with 21st-century kids,” said Reynolds.

Her Brooklyn-based company Baboon Animation, whose previous credits include Angry birds and Giantosauruspartnered with IQI Media, a Los Angeles-based content incubator laboratory and subsidiary of Winvest Group.

DreamWorks graduate Charlene Kelly (Next generation), now CIO at Winvest, and Khiow Hui Lim, the founder of IQI and CSO of Winvest, will be Executive Producer.

“AA Milne’s bear has aged gracefully over the past hundred years,” said Kelly. “But then what happened that made him and his friends who they are in the book? A great big adventure, this is it – one that needs a big screen. The audience is transported to a place they never expected.”

“I think this unsinkable cub is completely understandable to today’s kids with their insane lust for honey and their ridiculous plans to get it,” says de Seve, who directed the original. Beavis and Butthead Series and feature film and history consulted shout 2

“The whole gang is hilarious, and we find out even more as a kid.”

Check the success of the reboot Piet Rabbit and PaddingtonThe Baboon team applies their knowledge of entertainment to today’s children to create characters they hope will appeal to generations.

Bobbejaan and IQI have set a 2024 release date for the feature, which is immediately followed by the series.

The project was unveiled less than a year after the 1926 original Winnie the Pooh The book entered the public domain in the United States on January 1, 2022, although it is protected by copyright laws in other countries, including the United Kingdom.

What is meant is Disney, who acquired the rights to the original Winnie the Pooh Buch in 1961 no longer has the exclusive rights to create works based on the classics.

However, Disney’s animated versions of the Winnie the Pooh character are still copyrighted, preventing other productions from using images that resemble the company’s version of the world-famous bear.

Bobbejaan and IQI Media have yet to release a photo of their version of Winnie-the-Pooh.

“You’ll see,” Kelly said. “Get ready for a surprise.”