Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey surprised everyone with its spectacular commercial success with a micro-production budget of $50,000. Although it was unable to stay on the critics’ good side, film director Rhys Frake-Waterfield didn’t take it negatively.
He has already announced working on a twisted version of another beloved character with the movie titled, Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare. As the first look is unveiled, fans are having polarized responses over the horrifying remake.
Internet Reacts to Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare Project
After taking a twisted take on Winnie the Pooh, Rhys Frake-Waterfield, the director of Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey introduced another darker adaptation in the making. As reported by Variety, Scott Chambers is handling helming duties in Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare whereas Frake-Waterfield is writing and producing the project.
As for who becomes the evil version of the beloved Peter Pan, it’s Martin Portlock as this dark version of the classic tale follows Wendy Darling, who embarks on a mission to save her brother Michael from the sinister Peter Pan.
Now that Jagged Edge Productions has released the first look at the movie showcasing the character, online commentators are expressing their take on the upcoming movie. Check out the tweets here.
Why are they doing this to us?
— 𝚖𝚢 𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚐𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙼𝚎⸆⸉ (@cowboylikehuan) May 18, 2024
This looks more like captain hook than peter pan
— Hells general (@Arttheclown407) May 18, 2024
Nice just found out about that your making a Mickey Mouse horror film that seems like an interesting movie can't wait to see that and Bambi reckoning and as well as Peter pan to guys are so talented with making these movies hope it comes out good
— Justinskeld3 (@skelding_justin) May 10, 2024
🤯❤️
— TheCritizMan (@thecritizman) May 18, 2024
Eh, massive downgrade. Funny how he looks nothing like the concept art or poster, aside from a little scarring.
Tells us to expect disappointment for designs of other characters going forward, which isn’t a good sign for the longevity of these films lol pic.twitter.com/4OQryWLAZO
— DARK SCAMANDER (@Pat_Scamander) May 18, 2024
He looks so cool! Was expecting him to have the hat with the feather though
— L1AML0V3SDRUMS (@L1aml0v3sdrums) May 18, 2024
Looks like not many are impressed with the disfigured version of their beloved character in the Twisted Childhood Universe. The slasher version is currently being filmed in the U.K. with an expected release in theatres this Halloween.
The cast also stars Megan Placito, Peter Desouza-Feighoney, Kit Green, Martin Portlock, Nicholas Woodeson, Kierston Wareing, Olumide Olorunfemi, Teresa Banham, Charity Kase, and Campbell Wallace.
While it’s still too soon to make any opinion regarding the film, the TCU continues to expand with new projects including this one. The franchise’s first installment, garnered a negative reception from the audience, leading the director to improve its quality in the upcoming films.
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey Director Reacts on the Movie’s Negative Reception
The upcoming movie is not the only one that faces polarized opinions from audiences as the 2023 movie was heavily panned. Many even considered it one of the worst films of all time, leading it to get 5 Razzie nods, including one in the Worst Picture category.
Earning a 3% Rotten Tomatoes score, the movie surely stands out, leading the director to address the same. As per SFX magazine via Games Radar, he expressed that the low score was a “really strange one for me.“ He got candid about how he coped with the negative remarks stating,
“To be honest, you’ve got to have a really, really thick skin to be a filmmaker because you get heavily, heavily criticized regardless of the means and the resources you have.”
The filmmaker further explained what could have been the reasoning behind such a low score.
“When your film is out there like that, it literally gets directly compared to Marvel films, even though you’re on 0.01% of their budget. We probably didn’t have their catering budget! They’re substantially different. But because of the scale Winnie went to, a lot of the critics did almost like-for-like comparisons.”
Despite the outcome, the film ended up becoming a financial success, surging past $5 million worldwide via the Numbers. Its sequel, Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 was an improvement over its predecessor which was released in March this year whereas a third installment is currently in the works.
Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey is currently streaming on Peacock.
