This does not mean that everyone can do everything with the character. Disney still owns the rights to its own version of Winnie the Pooh, as most people know the bear.
This is the yellow bear skin and red shirt version, which was only created in 1966. So any reproductions shouldn’t be too similar to the Disney variant. In the case of Frake-Waterfield, this is not so: a beautiful gullible bear is nowhere to be seen.
For his version of Winnie, Frake-Waterfield himself relied on Pooh from 1926. The mask has kept its honey-yellow color, but something is off-balance. Pooh has grown up. He has wrinkles and an expression on his face that is no longer smiling but dead.
Piglet doesn’t do well either: the formerly timid little pig now hits someone in the pool with a sledgehammer. He looks a little more intimidating with some extra fangs, but he’s “definitely a Pooh and a Piglet,” says Frick Waterfield. middle dread.
Winnie’s other animal friends, like Tigger, can’t be seen in this movie. not yet. The copyright rule still applies to characters like Tigger, because this character was only created later. But his license will also expire on January 1, 2024.
