The makers of Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey are doubling down on their fairytale-turned-horror-movie universe with an Avengers-esque tie-in movie called Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble.
Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios say their crossover event plans are real and set to terrify with a 2025 release window. The companies promise that the film will bring their horror movie villains together to tell a story that sees them “join forces to takedown the world,” and it's all part of a grand cinematic scheme they're calling The Twisted Childhood Universe.
"It will be complete carnage,” Blood and Honey Director and Jagged Edge Producer Rhys Frake-Waterfield said in a statement. “We are heavily influenced by Freddy Vs Jason and The Avengers. We would love to see a horror movie where the villains group together and are going after their survivors. We have some incredible set pieces in mind and some sequences I think will truly shock people. The movies we are working on now as stand alones are all building towards POOHNIVERSE: MONSTERS ASSEMBLE."
Those rushing to watch Poohniverse might want to keep up to date with the Jagged Edge and ITN’s wider world of public domain monsters. That includes yet-to-release films, such as Bambi: The Reckoning, Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, and, of course, Pinocchio Unstrung, as well as established entries like Blood and Honey 1 and 2. More characters, such as Sleeping Beauty and The Mad Hatter, are also said to be on the way. Each horror twist looks at well-known characters and stories through a dark lens, and Poohniverse will surely be no different.
Frake-Waterfield is set to direct, with Blood and Honey veterans Stuart Alson and Nicole Holland tapped as executive producers. Another Jagged Edge Producer, Scott Chambers, is also back to reprise his role as Christopher Robin and is joined by Megan Plactio’s Wendy Darling, Roxanne Mckee’s Xana, and Lewis Santer’s Tigger.
Chambers released a statement saying that Poohniverse follows Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Owl, Piglet, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty, Bambi, The Mad Hatter, Peter Pan, and Tinkerbell in a story that is “similar to The Avengers.” He also teases that the project has a bigger budget to work with this time around.
“When you see the stand alone movies you will see the easter eggs hinting toward the crossover. Some of the villains also will not see eye to eye which will allow for some carnage within the group in some epic sequence of monster vs monster."
We gave the original Blood and Honey a 4/10 in our review. Its sequel is set for release on March 26, 2024. For more on Jagged and ITN’s killer bear, you can read up on the time a group of fourth graders were shown the film in school.
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