There’s unhealthy style after which there’s … no matter that is speculated to be. In essentially the most excessive expression of artists taking again a slice of IP for themselves, the creators behind the bloodiest and most horrific model of Winnie the Pooh we have ever seen are coming again for extra, and this time they’re setting their sights on the entire shebang. Horror companions Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios are as soon as once more teaming up for an “Avengers”-level extravaganza with all the youngsters’s characters presently out there to them with “Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble.” The crossover might be preceded by a slew of standalone motion pictures to be launched within the coming 12 months, together with “Bambi: The Reckoning,” “Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare,” “Pinocchio Unstrung,” and this month’s “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” sequel. Jagged Edge co-founder Scott Chambers defined in a press release:
“As horror followers, we might love an ‘Avengers’ that’s all villains. It’d have Freddy Krueger, Jason, ‘Halloween,’ ‘Scream,’ all of these. Clearly that may by no means occur, however we are able to make it occur in our personal little means, and that is the place [Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble”] has been born.”
The hackiest and most low-budget cinematic universe you may ever see will apparently contain a storyline loosely described as “…the monsters crew as much as tackle the survivors from the earlier movies,” resulting in a “monster vs monster” grudge match that may absolutely turn out to be a midnight screening staple for a really particular model of moviegoer. Chambers will reprise his function from the “Winnie the Pooh” motion pictures as Christopher Robin, joined by Megan Plactio as Wendy Darling, “Sport of Thrones” actor Roxanne Mckee as Xana, Lewis Santer as Tigger, and extra to be revealed. Anticipate “Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble” to hit theaters someday in 2025, for higher or worse.