While Rhys Frake-Waterfield thought some reviewers’ comparisons of “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” to Marvel films were unfair, he said he has learned how to deal with criticism of his work. “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,” he told SFX.
Where the twisted adventures go after “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2” is anybody’s guess. One idea Frake-Waterfield toyed with during his interview would be to combine the worlds of Winnie the Pooh and another famed book-turned-Disney-animated-classic — this time about an orphaned deer – that entered the public domain in 2022. “We need to see what the appetite is, but we could do some absolutely crazy stuff, like a crossover between Bambi and Winnie the Pooh,” the director told the publication. “That could go incredibly mad. I need to sit down and think how mad we want to go with it! We could have Winnie riding Bambi!”
Frake-Waterfield could also conceivably do a horror film based on Steamboat Willie, who entered the public domain on January 1, 2024. However, it seems Steven LaMorte beat Frake-Waterfield to the punch, as he is slated to direct the darker take on Mickey Mouse’s animated debut.
