Avengers, assemble? The makers of Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey — the micro-budget slasher that turned the beloved bear into a serial killer — are saying, “twisted fairy tale characters, assemble!” instead. Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Films have taken a stab at creating the next most ambitious crossover project, and it’s none other than Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble.
Slated for a 2025 release, the horror pic will see the murderous versions of Winnie the Pooh, Bambi, Tinkerbell, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, Tigger, Piglet, The Mad Hatter, and Sleeping Beauty joining forces to wreck havoc. The full cast has yet to be confirmed, but Scott Chambers is expected to reprise his role as Christopher Robin, alongside Megan Plactio as Wendy Darling, Roxanne Mckee as Xana and Lewis Santer as Tigger.
“It will be complete carnage. 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,” said Jagged Edge producer Rhys Frake-Waterfield in a statement.
Many of the classic figures set to appear in Poohniverse will make their debut in their respective standalone films, including Bambi: The Reckoning, Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, and Pinocchio Unstrung, which are releasing later this year. Kicking the slate off first is Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 on 26 March, serving as the sequel to the original creature slasher.
The 2023 film followed a six-foot Pooh and his sidekick Piglet, who have become feral and bloodthirsty murderers. as they terrorise a group of young university women and Christopher Robin when he returns to the Hundred Acre Wood five years after leaving for college.
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