If you were shocked or offended by Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, brace yourself for the upcoming sequel.
On top of adding new iconic Pooh characters like Owl and Tigger, director Rhys Frake-Waterfield is promising an even bigger budget and wilder kills. The filmmaker explains how much things have changed this time around in a new interview with Variety.
He states, “In comparison to the first film, everything’s stepped up massively. It’s a horror film. A lot of the times, people are going there for the death scenes and for those elements, and we’ve really upped the ante. I think the last time I did a count, there was over 30 deaths in the movie, which is quite substantial compared to most movies. I think that’s at least over three times what the first film had, and there’s various massacres and stuff. So there’s a lot of blood and a lot of gore.”
When asked if there was a budget increase, he adds, “It’s magnitudes higher compared to what it was on the first film. It’s over ten times what it was.” He explains that the budget increase only allows for more wild filmmaking, stating: “It was actually a bit easier this time because the budget is higher, so it expands out your options. And I want them to be really, really crazy. I’ve given Winnie a signature weapon this time. In the other film, it was just anything he could pick up really, so it was like a sledgehammer or a bat. But one of his key weapons in this is a bear trap, which is very fitting to his to his character. So we got a really gruesome, scary one made. It looks awesome, and he kills people in a variety of ways with it.”
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He continues, “And there’s some very, very cool set pieces. They were challenging to shoot, but they’ll make for some crazy kills. There’s one sequence in the movie which is absolutely wild, and I’m really excited for people to see it.”
Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 is currently in production.
