The director of “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” explains why Tigger is absent from the movie

• Winnie the Pooh and Piglet will no longer be the beloved couple.
• They once were and will instead be killing people for their next meal.
• Craig David Dowsett and Chris Cordell play Winnie the Pooh and Piglet in the upcoming movie.

Some filmmakers have seized the chance to reimagine and distort some well-known children’s stories that have recently become part of the public domain. In the upcoming horror movie Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, Winnie the Pooh and Piglet will no longer be the beloved couple they once were and will instead be killing people for their next meal. The film’s director explains why the joyful Tigger won’t be joining the two anthropomorphic creatures in a killing spree, despite the fact that some of A.A. Milne’s characters seem to be receiving dark treatment.

Rhys Frake-Waterfield, who directed the picture, revealed to SFX Magazine that they had to be especially careful in choosing the characters because some of them, like Tigger, are still strongly linked with Disney. “We were aware that the pieces we chose would need to be quite meticulous when we were coming up with this. I purposefully avoided watching any Disney productions since I knew that they couldn’t possibly have any influence on us. I read the book cover to cover and made a conscious effort to make our Pooh and Piglet as distinct as I could.”

Tigger first appeared in the 1928 children’s book “The House At Pooh Corner,” which is still not available in the public domain, where some filmmakers can legally use it in varied and creative ways. Since Tigger, in particular, is still covered by copyright, the director said: “Tigger, for example, isn’t in the public domain. So he wasn’t allowed to be used in the story.”

Along with helming Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, Frake-Waterfield will create two additional movies that will take a dark approach to Bambi and Peter Pan. Perhaps it’s for the best that the bouncing tiger will be shielded from a twisted and terrifying update for a little bit longer given how many popular childhood figures will be given gloomy interpretations in the upcoming years.

In Blood and Honey, Winnie the Pooh begins to crave human flesh after losing interest in honey. Following Christopher Robin’s departure from college, Piglet and the battle for existence leave them with no choice except to fend for themselves—even if doing so requires killing people. Blood and Honey will tell a grisly tale of how childhood friendship can only go so far when survival and hunger are at stake, taking abandonment concerns to a new level.

Craig David Dowsett and Chris Cordell play Winnie the Pooh and Piglet in the upcoming movie. Nikolai Leon, Amber Doig-Thorne, Maria Taylor, Danielle Ronald, Natasha Tosini, and May Kelly round out the rest of the cast. On February 15, 2023, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey will be released in theatres.

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