Washington: Walt Disney Pictures is developing a live-action version of 'Winnie the Pooh', it has been revealed.
Alex Ross Perry has been hired to work on the script and he will also direct the feature, Deadline.com reported.
According to the website, the news comes three days after the studio confirmed that it was developing a live-version version of 1998's animated musical Mulan where the new Winnie The Pooh will follow Christopher Robin as an adult, which brings him back to A.A. Milne's famous bear and the Hundred Acre Wood.
The 'Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh' debuted in 1977 and 'The Tiger Movie' followed in 2000, and over an 11-year period, Piglet's 'Big Movie', Pooh's 'Heffalump' Movie and 'Winnie the Pooh' were released in movie theaters around the world.
In addition to Winnie the Pooh and Mulan, Walt Disney Pictures is also developing live-action adaptations of Beauty and the Beast, Dumbo, The Jungle Book and Pete's Dragon.
