Final yr, a brand new horror franchise took flight with Pooh: Blood & Honey. With the enduring bear now within the public area, the movie turned Winnie and Piglet right into a pair of grim slasher villains carving up a post-grad Christopher Robin and several other college college students. It went over about in addition to anticipated, however did properly sufficient financially to kick off each its personal sequel and a bigger universe—sorry, Poohniverse—for extra public area characters to get a horror therapy.
Blood & Honey 2 already dropped this yr, so now we’re getting our first have a look at the entire “expanded universe” a part of the factor. Per Selection, basic characters Pinocchio and Peter Pan are set to headline their very own particular person movies, each of that are at the moment being bought at Cannes. Pinocchio: Unstrung takes the boy puppet can be welcomed into the Poohniverse “with a bang,” stated director Rhys Frake-Waterfield, who additionally helmed the 2 Pooh films. The movie’s being pitched as a subversion of Carlo Collodi’s basic 1883 ebook, and one which’ll rely extra on sensible gore—one scene, in accordance with Selection, will see the title character put on the pores and skin of one in every of his victims to “really feel like an actual boy.”
In the meantime, Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare places Martin Portlock (Scream of the Wolf) within the title function, who’s gone and kidnapped Michael (Peter DeSouza-Feighoney), the youthful brother of Wendy Darling (Megan Placito). She endeavors to save lots of him with Tinkerbell’s (Package Inexperienced) assist, who on this universe is a heroin junkie satisfied that it’s truly pixie mud. When you’re finished rolling your eyeballs, the forged is additional crammed by Charity Kase as Captain Hook, and the likes of Kierston Wareing, Nicholas Woodeson, Olumide Olorunfemi, and Teresa Banham in at the moment undisclosed roles.
Just like the Marvel films that is making an attempt to emulate, Peter and Pin are getting solo films to organize them for an even bigger future within the so-called Twisted Childhood Universe. Each characters will converge with Pooh and Piglet in Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble in 2025, which’ll additionally introduce the likes of Sleeping Magnificence and the Mad Hatter. The TCU goals to maintain on preserving on after the crossover, as a result of a 3rd Blood & Honey is locked in for 2026, whereas solo films for Sleeping Magnificence and Snow White are additionally stated to be within the works. Yay?
At time of writing, Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare is ready to launch later this yr after manufacturing wraps, whereas Pinocchio: Unstrung will launch in 2025 forward of Monsters Assemble.
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