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Oh. Milne doesnt register as a British name to me.

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Isn't "Winnie-the-Pooh" from Canada?




I hope they go back to it. I mean my gosh, if they can make "Hunchback" into a Disney movie, I'd think Don Quixote would be easy!

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The Winnie-the-Pooh stories are set in Ashdown Forest, Sussex, England, and the author lived in England as well.

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That's true, but as I understand it Winnie is named after Winnipeg, a city in Canada and the bear that was in the London zoo came from there I believe (been a while since I've seen that "Heritage" video on TV). That's probably where Milo got the idea.

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Ah, gotcha.

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What I don't understand is why Disney would release "Pooh" dead in the middle of summer, and across from the last Harry Potter movie. It's almost like they're setting it up to fail.

Yeah Hunchback was also very very close to being pulled out as well due to a similar ordeal just like with Don Quixote. Very intense graphic concepts and story. JPanimation mention about Hunchback's original idea. I could be wrong but I believe Hunchback got save and green lighted because Eisner wanted it to be made. And I heard Hunchback is Eisner's favorite apparently. If it wasn't for Eisner, I believe Hunchback probably wouldn't make it on screen.







here's the Don Quixote concept i found:

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So family members that like taking their little ones to the movies won't feel left out.

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^That actually used to be HP before they were PG-13. I remeber one family took their baby to a midnight screening of the third one.

and That Don Quixote art is brilliant. Dont know the story myself, though.

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Every movie adaptation of Don Quixote seems to be haunted, and I don't think that's something Disney needs right now . And I think Terry Gilliam deserves to actually make his version first.

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It was totally off the top of my head, but I just seemed to remember Pooh having some connection to Canada.




Those pictures were awesome! I really wish they'd try it again. I know that the original story is a little dark, but when I think of Hanna-Barbera's "The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda" or the various spoofs in animation over the years (Pinky and the Brain comes to mind first), I really think the right group of writers could make it work, as in, make it fun, worth watching, true enough to the original idea of the story, and family friendly. I really hope they go back to it, but not before they finish making the Snow Queen!

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And I half expected Disney to start doing remakes of their classics in 3D CG.

Don't give them any ideas!

I know right?!?! LOOK:

Princess and the Frog (December 11)+Avatar (A week later)+ALVIN """ 2=PATF FLOPPED!

Tangled (November 21st)+HP Part 1 (A week later)=Tangled UNBELIEVABLY creamed Harry Potter @ box office

I can't look at Winnie the Pooh and Monsters Inc. 2's successes -__- If Pooh fails, Disney better not blame it on the 2D like they did with "Frog" or the marketing...

I am very nervous about Winnie the Pooh tanking at the box office too. I understand there's always a big blockbuster every weekend in summertime, but couldn't they have opened it in the spring or against something other than the last HP movie?

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Circle 7, anyone?

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TP&TF didn't flop. It wasn't a huge financial gain, but to flop you have to actually lose money, don't you?

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^And factoring in the potential theater costs means it lost money.

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I always thought marketing costs/etc. were always included in the budget. If not, what are those number supposed to be?

TP&TF made around 2.5 times its budget. Even if the theater costs, marketing, etc. weren't included in the budget, I honestly don't think it flopped. Unless theaters cost a 167 million or so.

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Well unfortunately, america only counts in american money.

And I think the budget is really just for *making* the movie rather than advertising and distribution.

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