horror film has received death threats for his adaption of the beloved children’s stories.The director of Winnie The Pooh: Blood And Honey, Rhys Frake-Waterfield, says a number of people are outraged over his treatment of the characters.
People have even issued threats towards his life.“Look, this is mental,” Frake-Waterfield told the AFP. “I’ve had petitions to stop it.
I’ve had death threats. I’ve had people saying they called the police.”Frake-Whitfield is one of the first in Hollywood to take advantage of the expiration on the copyright to A.A.
Milne books, which until recently had been held by Disney. Hence, his particular take on the beloved children’s characters.Under US law, copyrights expire 95 years after a work is first published.
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