Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey Producer Scott Chambers (aka Scott Jeffrey) has confirmed that Alice in Wonderland Will form the basis for one of the next Twisted Childhood Universe movies. After the widespread attention garnered by 2022s Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey From director Rhys Frake-Waterfield, a direct sequel and a host of spinoff movies in a shared cinematic universe were quickly announced. In addition to Chambers stepping in to replace Nikolai Leon as Christopher Robin this year Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2, He also wrote and directed the upcoming spinoff Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare.
During a recent Q&A on Chambers‘ Instagram account, the filmmaker was asked what movie he plans to direct next Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare Scheduled 2025 release. Answer with a Title card revealing the name Alice and the Mad HatterChambers suggested that this would likely be his next project. The latest announcement also serves to expand TCU’s ever-growing list of projects, which has plans for horror movies based on both Bambi And PinocchioAs well as a crossover project and a Blood and honey threequel. Check out his response below:
What Alice in Wonderland’s inclusion means for the growing Poohniverse
Dark takes on Lewis Carroll’s stories have been done before
Despite being lambasted by critics and attracting a mixed reception from seasoned horror audiences, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey Proved to be profitable enough to justify Frake-Waterfield and Chambers’ grand schemes for a shared cinematic universe. Where once the exclusive right to adapt AA Milne’s classic children’s tale was owned exclusively by Disney, Frake-Waterfield was able to capitalize the original 1926 book officially entering the public domain On January 1, 2022.
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It was this timeliness, along with the Shocking juxtaposition between the wholesome Disney versions of the charactersThat ultimately led to the kind of widespread attention that helped deliver Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey The financial success necessary to continue their shared universe. Similarly, it was Milne’s follow-up book, The House at Poo Corner, Enter the public domain in January this year, which allowed the addition of Tigger’s character to the sequel.
Even Zack Snyder would try his own hand at adapting the material, using it as inspiration for his critically maligned outing in 2011 Soccer Punch.
In stark contrast, however, Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland He didn’t enter the public domain until 1907, and the decades that followed saw some dark reimaginings. From the 2010 low-budget horror Alice in Mordland to last year Alice in Terrorland and Tim Burton’s Disney-produced Alice in Wonderland Reimagining, Lewis’ classic children’s tale has lent itself to countless horror and dark fantasy films. Even Zack Snyder would try his own hand at adapting the material, using it as inspiration for his critically maligned outing in 2011 Soccer Punch.
Our take on TCU’s Alice and the Mad Hatter
Chambers will not have the benefit of Blood and Honey’s shock factor
As a low-budget horror franchise, the core appeal of the rapidly expanding TCU is largely based on its shock factor. During the years that Disney retained exclusive rights to Winnie the Pooh and his fellow creatures of the Hundred Acre Wood, no one was able to even attempt what Jeffrey and Frake-Waterfield accomplished once the source material entered the public domain. However, while the decision to turn to Alice in Wonderland Well suited to the horror genre, it will be much harder for Jeffrey to differentiate his own name from the countless others that have already gone before him.
Source: Scott Chambers/ Instagram