Now we have it all. 'Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey' dropping somewhere around October 20th although the actual release date has yet to be released. According to the director/ writer of the flick , Christopher Robins goes off to college leaving the 100 Acre Woods and the lovable crew to fend for themselves. They become feral, eat Eyeore and go one murderous rampages. Trailer HERE.
Wait, isn't Pooh a Disney property ? Why yes he is AND was. The 1926 book "Winnie-the-Pooh," entered the public domain in 2022. U.S. copyright law is usually limited to the life of the author, plus 70 years. The Copyright Term Extension Act, implemented in 1998, protects corporate authorship rights for 95 years from the first publication or 120 years after its creation, whichever ends sooner. Time is up Disney ! Now Disney does have some protection over 'their' Pooh. This can be seen in the trailer as the bear has swapped his famed red shirt for a lumberjack shirt and Piglet wears all black.
You think the Walt Disney Company is happy ? Disney acquired the rights to the Winnie-the-Pooh books and their characters from the writer and creator Alexander Alan Milne's estate back in 1961 and has spun them into a multibillion-dollar industry. Investors might be surprised to find that Winnie the Pooh and friends are among the most lucrative in Disney's catalog. Winnie the Pooh is, in fact, among the most valuable media franchises in the world, having accumulated revenues of more than $80 billion over the years, putting it neck-and-neck with Mickey Mouse. While estimates vary, some believe that Disney currently generates annual revenue of between $3 billion and $6 billion from Pooh and friends. And now he's a gory killer.
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