By Staff Writer (media@latinospost.com) | First Posted: Apr 03, 2015 05:32 AM EDT

It appears Disney has been flipping through its back catalogue of animated classics as it has been releasing live-action versions of some of its more popular characters, such as "Cinderella," "Maleficent," and, soon enough, "Beauty and the Beast." Live-action retellings of "Dumbo" and "Mulan" are also in the pipeline. And now, the Mouse House is said to be releasing a live-action version of "Winnie the Pooh."

"Disney has hired Alex Ross Perry, the writer-director of the Sundance indie 'Listen Up Philip.' The focus will be Christopher Robin as an adult, which brings him back to A.A. Milne's famous bear and the Hundred Acre Wood. Brigham Taylor is producing," Deadline said. "This is the latest example of the studio re-purposing properties it controls, and it's also the second time they've brought in a cutting-edge independent filmmaker to shape the vision."

The honey-loving bear's first introduction to the public via a cinematic production happened in 1966 with "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree," ComingSoon recalled. The film was supervised by none other than Walt Disney himself. After that, two short films of the well-loved teddy bear came and were later combined with the first one to create "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh," released in 1977.

Other Winnie the Pooh films came after that, the last of which was 2011's "Winnie the Pooh," which did not reap box office success.

Will this upcoming release be an improvement of that?

Not much details of the upcoming film has been released, although it's expected that the studio "will likely use a fair amount of CGI," as speculated by IGN. On the other hand, the 2011 was done in "the classic hand-drawn style," which probably did not appeal to today's young audience as much as it had in the past, thanks to the prevalence of 3D animated flicks that has become the "de rigeur" style expected by young audiences.

Previously, an origin story of the beloved character was planned by RatPac Entertainment after the firm acquired the movie rights of "Finding Winnie," a picture book written by Lindsay Mattick.

"The book centers on how Lieutenant Harry Colebourn - Mattick's great-grandfather - bought an orphaned bear cub for $20 in Ontario as he was about to leave for duty in Europe during World War I," Variety said. "Colebourn nicknamed the cub "Winnie" after his hometown of Winnipeg and took her to Europe, where she became the unofficial mascot of a regiment in England. While Coleburn served in France, he kept Winnie at the London Zoo and eventually donated her to the zoo."

The bear in question later became A.A. Milne's inspiration for his famous character, as his own son, Christopher Robin Milne, "named his teddy bear after the bear who he often saw at the zoo."

No release date has been given for the said movie adaptation or whether the project will get translated on film.

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