Disney announces "Winnie the Pooh" life-action movie April 3, 2015 - 10:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Disney is working on a new adaptation of A. A. Milne's "Winnie the Pooh (2017)". The Mouse House is developing a live-action movie based on the children favorite story with indie filmmaker Alex Ross Perry ("Listen Up Philip") on board, AceShowbiz reports. The new story will follow an adult Christopher Robin as he revisits Hundred Acre Wood and reconnects with the iconic residents that include the titular bear, his best buddy Piglet, Eeyore the donkey, Tigger, and Kanga the kangaroo among others. The announcement comes after Disney revealed plan to revive Mulan in a live-action feature film. The studio is also bringing "Pete's Dragon" to life with indie filmmaker David Lowery ("Ain't Them Bodies Saints") at the helm. Other upcoming Disney remakes include "The Jungle Book" from director Jon Favreau, "Beauty and the Beast (2017)" from director Bill Condon, and "Dumbo" from director Tim Burton. They join "Alice in Wonderland", "Maleficent", and "Cinderella".  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event  The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event.Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party.Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh.France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |
