Oh, bother...
Following the recent red band trailer (see below), IGN has debuted four character posters for Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2, spotlighting the titular bear, Piglet, and ghastly new takes on fellow Hundred Acre Wood creatures Tigger and Owl.
In the first movie, Pooh and Piglet very clearly two guys in not particularly convincing suits, but with a budget reportedly 10 times that of its predecessor, Blood and Honey 2 was able to put a bit more effort into revamping the murderous mammals' looks and making them a far more unsettling sight to behold.
During an interview with THR, director Rhys Frake-Waterfield was asked about Pooh's new look and what fans can expect from the sequel in general.
"Number two is better than number one in every single aspect. Because we’ve gone into this knowing on what platform scale it’s going, whereas in the first one, we didn’t really have much of an idea. We obviously didn’t expect it to go to the masses it did. This time we’ve gone into it knowing that will happen, so a lot more time can be dedicated towards it. I’ve not really worked on anything else this year. And that’s why all areas are now a massive jump up compared to the first."
"For example, the look of the creatures is quite an important thing," he continued. "Before we had a mask bought online, some cleaning gloves from the shop downstairs and a red lumberjack shirt from Amazon. The whole monster was about £630 ($770). But this time we have people doing the prosthetics — it’s a company that has worked on Harry Potter’s Voldemort and Star Wars. And they’ve been in charge of the redesigns of the creature. And that’s why Pooh looks a bit more scary. There’s an extra level of detail there. "
Pooh and Piglet managed to wreak quite a bit of havoc in the first movie, so we can only imagine what horrors the addition of Tigger and Owl will unleash on Christopher Robin and his pals.
Check out the posters below.
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