R-Rated 'Christopher Robin' TV Series In the Works

[thechase]

Boat Rocker and Shamier Anderson and Stephan James’ Bay Mills Studios are developing Christopher Robin, an R-rated comedic reimagining of A.A. Milne’s beloved characters, Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh, as a television series.



The project is based on an original script from Charlie Kesslering (Most Likely To, Turned On), who will also executive produce. Conrad Vernon (Shrek 2, Sausage Party) is on-board to direct the pilot episode and executive produce.



Christopher Robin is a comedic live-action/animation hybrid reimagining of A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh. Per the logline: Christopher Robin is a disillusioned New Yorker navigating his quarter-life crisis with the help of the weird talking animals who live beyond a drug-induced portal outside his derelict apartment complex, the Hundred Acres.


In addition to Kesslering and Vernon, Christopher Robin is also being executive produced by Nick Nantell for Boat Rocker, and Shamier Anderson and Stephan James for Bay Mills Studios. Holly Hubsher is overseeing the project for Bay Mills Studios.

deadline.com/2023/04/christopher-robin-r-rated-hybrid-comedy-series-in-works-1235340053/

[pinja]

It is an idea you could do without Pooh attached to it. Unless you know your script and production will suck, then Pooh probably helps.

[The Ichi]

2000s: Remakes
2010s: Found footage
2020s: DUDE WHAT IF R-RATED KIDS THINGS LMAO

We'd never know how lucky we had it in the 2000s.

[wildojinx]

Drug-induced portal? Just say this is a sequel to Cocaine Bear.

[Red Mage Riot]

We could just not.

[Kalmia]

Maybe copyright is a good idea after all.

But seriously, this smacks of just doing something because you can. The story could easily be told without the IP.

[Rolent Tex]

So who demanded all these adult oriented Winnie the Pooh projects?

[XIII]

This sounds like complete and utter shite

[WoodStoner1]

R Rated kids' icons = the new mock busters. Got it.

[Bo Rida]

Apr 29, 2023 12:51:36 GMT -5 Kalmia said:

Maybe copyright is a good idea after all.

But seriously, this smacks of just doing something because you can. The story could easily be told without the IP.

Suddenly I'm on corporate Disney's side.
Feels like the start of a slippery slop to worshipping Elon Musk.

[The Heartbreak TWERK]

[ace]

Apr 29, 2023 12:53:42 GMT -5 Rolent Tex said:

So who demanded all these adult oriented Winnie the Pooh projects?

My bigger question is why are so many stories about an adult Christopher Robin?  Disney made one.  Blood and Honey was one.  This is one.

If you want to make an interesting story full of adult themes give me the make believe world of the shattered mind of troubled young Christopher Robin.  That shit is a serial killer origin story without having to make any changes.

[Fake Jesus]

It's really a shame that people this pea-brained have money, or in fact human rights. At the very least we can take solance in the fact no one will watch it, and it probably will never air in the first place.

[The Heartbreak TWERK]

You think there's too many R-Rated Pooh projects?

Just wait. In the next 15 or so years, Superman and Batman both go public domain.

[Ryback on a Pole!]

Imagine when Mickey Mouse goes public domain. All the shitty producers with no original ideas will be thinking "wHaT iF mIcKeY kIlLeD pEoPlE?" and pat themselves on the back for thinking how original and creative they are.

Saying that, I wouldn't be opposed to a movie adaption of the Abandoned By Disney creepypasta.

[ace]

The issue isn’t people using public domain stuff…we’ve had plenty of great works adapted from public domain characters. Every Shakespeare adaptation…every Dracula since the 60s…Frankenstein longer. Robin Hood, Zorro…Sherlock Holmes now. The problem is that only people without an ounce of creativity are making Winnie the Pooh.

[wildojinx]

The Great Gatsby is Public Domain now, how soon before we see a sequel with Zombie Gatsby?

[CMWaters]

Apr 29, 2023 13:50:14 GMT -5 ace said:

Apr 29, 2023 12:53:42 GMT -5 Rolent Tex said:

So who demanded all these adult oriented Winnie the Pooh projects?

My bigger question is why are so many stories about an adult Christopher Robin?  Disney made one.  Blood and Honey was one.  This is one.

If you want to make an interesting story full of adult themes give me the make believe world of the shattered mind of troubled young Christopher Robin.  That shit is a serial killer origin story without having to make any changes.

So, the American McGee Alice stuff, but with Christopher Robin and the Winnie the Pooh characters instead.

[Banjo Is Broken]

In this version Pooh is made out of actual Poo.

[karl100589]

Please don't have Christopher do what Trevor did to the bear in GTA V.