Winnie the Pooh, in theaters July 15, 2011

[Nftysqrt]

Disney just shared two stills from the upcoming new movie for Winner the Pooh.

· Veteran Disney animator/storyman/director Burny Mattinson (a key animator on the 1974 featurette “Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too!”) serves as senior story artist, with a dynamic young directing duo—Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall—at the helm.

· Director Stephen J. Anderson helmed animated films “Meet the Robinsons” and “Journey Beneath the Sea,” among others; he worked as a story supervisor on “Brother Bear” and “The Emperor’s New Groove,” and as an additional story artist on 2008’s award-winning “Bolt.” Director Don Hall is a veteran story artist at Walt Disney Animation Studios with credits including “The Princess and the Frog,” “Meet the Robinsons,” “Brother Bear,” “Home on the Range,” “The Emperor’s New Groove” and “Tarzan.”

· “Winnie the Pooh” welcomes a few new voices to the Hundred Acre Wood: Craig Ferguson (“The Late Show with Craig Ferguson”), Tom Kenny (“SpongeBob SquarePants”) and Bud Luckey (director of the Pixar short “Boundin’”).

· Actress/musician/singer/songwriter Zooey Deschanel (Indie folk band, “She & Him”) provides the vocals for a special rendition of the beloved “Winnie the Pooh” theme song.

· A.A. Milne’s son’s teddy bear inspired the beloved character. The child named his bear after Winnie, a Canadian black bear from London Zoo. Pooh was the name of a swan they encountered together.

· Filmmakers visited Ashdown Forest where Milne wrote the books and the real Christopher Robin spent his summer vacations.

· Tony® Award-winning songwriter Bobby Lopez, and his wife Kristen, wrote the seven spirited new songs for Pooh and his pals, including “A Pooh Bear Takes Care of His Tummy,” “A Very Important Thing To Do,” “Everything Is Honey” and “The Winner Song.” Lopez is composer on several episodes of “The Wonder Pets,” which earned a Daytime Emmy® in 2006 for Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition.

[drseang]

Awesome! I can't wait! It's perfect too - being summer time and all. I can do something disney related while being bocked out at dlr.

[1FoolishMortal]

A new trailer debuted today:



I'm not gonna lie, I was skeptic when this was announced at D23, but this trailer makes me really want to see the film, and I'm not a Winnie the Pooh fan. Dare I say that Disney marketing is actually getting it right with this one.

[WallyBoag]

I liked the trailer except for that awful, horrible not-in-tune with the characters or story of Winnie the Pooh music. SERIOUSLY DISNEY! GET WITH IT! NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR THAT CRAP! WAKE UP!

[DisneySquirt]

This looks so great! I love Winnie the Pooh!

[Ablirien]

Wow. Looks so good! And I've also never been a big fan of Winnie the Pooh either.

And as for the music, I'm not a big fan of how they use pop songs in Tangled's ads, but here it works for me. As long as it's not in the film, I'm good. It still carries across the same emotion I'm sure the film will give, while for Tangled, I feel as though the marketing is quite misleading. But I don't know for sure since I haven't seen either film. Just my feeling based on past Disney marketing efforts.

[dlfreak]

The songs in Tangled have a decidedly more modern broadway pop sound. I still think the Tangled marketing is great and will do the film well.

[Bob38dizfan]

The songs in Tangled have a decidedly more modern broadway pop sound. I still think the Tangled marketing is great and will do the film well.

Awesome clip! I never saw that one. Was it on TV? or just online somewhere?

[dlfreak]

I've only seen it online.

[TsWade2]

I love it. It's going to be great. Eeyore is my favorite. He is so cute.