Disney Developing Live-Action Film of ‘Winnie the Pooh’

Deadline: Disney has set a live-action feature adaptation of the animated classic “Winnie the Pooh.” This is the latest example of the studio re-purposing properties it controls, and it’s also the second time they’ve brought in a cutting-edge independent filmmaker to shape the vision. Disney has hired Alex Ross Perry, the writer-director of the Sundance indie “Listen Up Philip.” The focus will be Christopher Robin as an adult, which brings him back to A.A. Milne’s famous bear and the Hundred Acre Wood.