The director behind Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey is planning a horror take on children's classic Peter Pan, with a new film entitled Neverland Nightmare.The independent horror film about the beloved storybook characters in Hundred Acre Wood going on a killing spree wowed fans - and director Rhys Frake-Waterfield is hoping to replicate the success with the wholesome J.
M. Barrie character.Peter Pan, the iconic free-spirited young boy who can fly and never grows up, has frequently been portrayed on screen, but this will mark only his second outing as a horror character, after Robbie Kay's malevolent portrayal in Once Upon a Time.
Wow: The director behind Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey is planning a horror take on children's classic Peter Pan, with a new film entitled Neverland NightmareThe announcement comes as Frake-Waterfield revealed a sequel to Blood and Honey is in the works, as well as a one-day theatrical release.The Hollywood Reporter reveals Fathom Events will release the slasher film in US theaters on February 15, while Altitude has acquired rights for the U.K.
A.A. Milne's original Winnie The Pooh stories came into the public domain earlier this year after its copyright expired in January, but care was taken to avoid getting into any trouble with Disney, which still has copyright over its own version of the bear, as well as all films and images associated with them, according to Variety.In order to achieve this, filmmakers traded the red shirt Pooh wears in the Disney films for a lumberjack outfit.
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