Winnie the Pooh (2011)

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 4:50 am

The official website and the film's entry on the WDAS website have been updated:

http://www.disneyanimation.com/projects/pooh/index.html

http://disney.go.com/pooh/home/

LucilleBallFilms · Post by **LucilleBallFilms** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:25 am

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:30 am

@LucilleBallFilms: Nice find! Thanks!

DisneyJedi · Post by **DisneyJedi** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:30 am

Do you guys suppose this will be able to recoup its budget, let alone double its budget when it comes out? Because I really want this to do well and prove that 2D animation isn't a dying and unprofitable medium!

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 4:46 pm

DisneyJedi wrote:Do you guys suppose this will be able to recoup its budget, let alone double its budget when it comes out? Because I really want this to do well and prove that 2D animation isn't a dying and unprofitable medium!

Don't worry, with such a small budget (35 million) it will be easy for it to make a profit (even a marginal one). Besides, they did not make the film assuming that it would be a blockbuster; they are aware that the target demographic of Pooh is limited. They made the film in order to 'revive' the Pooh franchise and boost merchandise sales which had been declining. I'm sure that in that department Pooh will do just fine.

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:27 pm

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:30 pm

As Disney Consumer Products's second largest franchise with massive global appeal, Winnie the Pooh will return to the big screen in the United States next month. DCP has already seen a positive lift in product sales from the theatrical release in Europe earlier this year and anticipates solid sales in the fall during the DVD's release. Already a hit in the digital and social media realm, the Winnie The Pooh: What's A Bear To Do? Puzzle Book app instantly topped the sales charts for iPad and iPhone in 12 countries. This continued exposure and the investments with Disney Baby will be key drivers for growth of the franchise going forward.

Source: https://www.disneyconsumerproducts.com/ ... 911&forPri

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:13 pm

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:35 pm

Steve Hulett wrote:Walked into the hat building this morning while a presser (that's "press event" if you live in South Chicken Run, Nevada) was in progress...

Turned out to be a "show and tell" for the Winnie the Pooh rollout. A staffer who worked on the movie grumbled to me:

"I don't think management is putting much money or effort into promoting hand-drawn features. We're doing these movies for 'little kids,' and Pixar is doing their movies for everybody. If we make hand-drawn cheap, and they outsource a lot of it, maybe they'll make more. And the directors here know they'll have a better chance of getting something greenlit if they pitch a CGI feature ..."

But it's kind of obvious at this point. Corporate thinking at Dis Co. and other entertainment companies is that computer animation rocks, the other kind is fit mostly for television and television-sized budgets. Disney made Winnie the Pooh for the home market, not the big silver screen. I like hand-drawn features a lot, but our fine conglomerates don't care what I like. CGI is where the big bucks are, and that is where they're gonna go.

Source: http://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/diz.html

BwayJ · Post by **BwayJ** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:56 am

Has anyone seen any TV commercials for Winnie the Pooh yet?

Dragonlion · Post by **Dragonlion** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:02 am

BwayJ wrote:Has anyone seen any TV commercials for Winnie the Pooh yet?

So far I've seen only one. It was pretty much just a shorter version of the movie trailer.

disneyprincess11 · Post by **disneyprincess11** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 1:04 pm

BwayJ wrote:Has anyone seen any TV commercials for Winnie the Pooh yet?

Yeah, that's why I came in to tell you I did a few minutes ago.

I laughed at a couple of times.

My 2 favorites lime were, "Send in the Pig"-Roo and:

Rabbit: "Knock knock!"
Pooh: "Who's there?"
"Pooh!"
"Pooh who?"
"POOH?!?!!!!

"

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:25 pm

Which Character Are You? Kanga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvs0E5Oep8Y

Which Character Are You? Owl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DhFL3eut9c

Which Character Are You? Tigger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyrDH5Z0tCU

Which Character Are You? Eeyore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBRCWAn4QKU

Which Character Are You? Rabbit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Aw_bRUK94

Which Character Are You? Piglet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDdvW86-vnY

Which Character Are You? Winnie the Pooh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXec9wXrhAg

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 4:20 am

D23's Disney Geek — June 22, 2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M7jV8dqCw0

SWillie! · Post by **SWillie!** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:11 pm

God I f***ing hate that guy.If it wasn't a good source of news I would never watch those things.

Weird that he said "John Carter of Mars"

Sotiris · Post by **Sotiris** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 4:22 am

Winnie the Pooh - exclusive interview with the creators!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDCo4Mzgu3k

WINNIE THE POOH - 'Story'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTW0Az6LBg8

WonderlandFever · Post by **WonderlandFever** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:59 pm

Disney is not doing enough promotion for this at all, the general public doesn't even know this is coming out soon!

Scarred4life · Post by **Scarred4life** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:26 pm

I've kinda been ignoring this film, but I saw the trailer for it in front of Cars 2, and I thought it was really well done. Now I'm super pumped for this!

estefan · Post by **estefan** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:44 pm

WonderlandFever wrote:Disney is not doing enough promotion for this at all, the general public doesn't even know this is coming out soon!

Well, if it makes you feel any better, they played the trailer before Cars 2 at my screening today and it got a good reaction from the audience.

WonderlandFever · Post by **WonderlandFever** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:11 pm

Oh that is good news, I just hope they start promoting it on TV more often to get the word out too

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