Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2
2024 British film by Rhys Frake-Waterfield / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 (stylised as Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey II) is a 2024 British independent slasher film directed by Rhys Frake-Waterfield and written by Matt Leslie. It is the second installment of The Twisted Childhood Universe (TCU) and a sequel to Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023), which serves as a horror reimagining of A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard's Winnie-the-Pooh books. The film stars Scott Chambers as Christopher Robin, and Ryan Oliva as the titular character, with Tallulah Evans, Teresa Banham, Peter DeSouza-Feighoney, Alec Newman, and Simon Callow in supporting roles. It follows Pooh as he embarks on a murderous rampage through Christopher Robin's childhood town to seek revenge on him for revealing his existence to the world.
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Directed by | Rhys Frake-Waterfield |
Written by | Matt Leslie |
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Cinematography | Vince Knight |
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Music by | Andrew Scott Bell |
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Distributed by | Altitude Film Distribution |
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Running time | 94 minutes[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $1 million |
Box office | $730,160[2][3] |
Following the success of Blood and Honey, director Frake-Waterfield expressed interest in a sequel that, eventually, was greenlit in November 2022. The film utilizes metafictional and film within a film elements as Chambers, Oliva, and Eddy McKenzie replace original cast members Nikolai Leon, Craig David Dowsett, and Chris Cordell in the roles of Christopher Robin, Winnie-the-Pooh, and Piglet, respectively.[lower-alpha 1]
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 premiered in London on 18 March 2024, and was theatrically released in the United States and the United Kingdom on 26 March. According to Metacritic the film received negative reviews from critics, while on Rotten Tomatoes, their consensus is that it was considered an improvement over its predecessor. A sequel is in development.