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Dec 13 2005
Disney plans to mark Winnie The Pooh's 80th anniversary with a new animated series introducing a 6-year-old girl as a central character.
Disney bought the rights to Pooh in the 1960s from the family of Stephen Slesinger, a literary agent who acquired them from Milne in the 1930s.
Does this mean Christopher Robin has been axed? Disney are unclear - according to Disney spokeswoman Patti McTeague. "It's early in the writing stages and, although Christopher Robin is not a core character...we have not ruled out the possibility of perhaps having him and the new character meet or appear together."
I'm all for gender equality, but as for sidelining Christopher Robin, and bringing in a girl all I can say (in the words of the immortal bear himself) is 'don't bother'!
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