Disney's Live-Action Christopher Robin Gets a New Trailer

Christopher Robin

A grown - up Christopher Robin ( Ewan McGregor ) reunites with his former friends from the Hundred Acre Wood in the full - length dawdler for Disney’sChristopher Robin . The live - action / CGI film is strange since , unlike Disney ’s other late unrecorded - action fagot tale , it ’s not stringently a re - telling of a Mouse House animated classic ; nor is it a loose sequel ( a la Tim Burton’sAlice in Wonderland ) or a full blownre - imagining in the vein ofMaleficent . Rather , Christopher Robinis an original chronicle about the Bear of Very Little Brain ’s human companion and what materialise to him after he produce up and starts a kinsfolk of his own .

Christopher Robinpicks up in the year 1949 , where the film ’s namesake now work as an efficiency manager at a baggage company ; substance , it ’s his job to keep as many people employed at his company as possible , while also pleasing his centime - abstract boss ( Mark Gatiss ) . The midriff - aged Christopher is also a WWII old stager traumatized by his time in combat , who struggles to carve out time for his wife Evelyn ( Hayley Atwell ) and girl Madeline ( Bronte Carmichael ) , in between work to ensure the occupation surety of his fellow employee . In other word , he could really use some parole of wisdom from his unspoilt sidekick Pooh .

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fortuitously , who else should show up in Christopher ’s hour of need than Winnie the Pooh ( vocalise yet again by Jim Cummings ) , along withPiglet ( Nick Mohammed ) , Tigger ( Chris O’Dowd ) , and Eeyore(Brad Garrett ) . trouble is , although Christopher comprehend Pooh and his pals as being alive and walking around talking , most everyone else just sees them as wear - out"vintage"stuffed fauna toys(save for Madeline ) . For more on that , catch the newChristopher Robintrailer in the blank space above , then check out the previous poster below .

Interestingly enough , Disney’sChristopher Robinappears to be take on some inspiration from the life of the real Christopher Robin ’s father and Winnie the Pooh creator , A.A. Milne . As detail in last year ’s biopicGoodbye Christopher Robin , Milne also support from PTSD due to his wartime experience ( WWI , in his case ) and bring joy to others through his story about his son and his make - believe friends from the Hundred Acre Wood , though at a price to Christopher as he grew up . On top of that , Disney ’s flick was conduct by Marc Forster , a filmmaker who explored themes interchangeable to those inChristopher Robinin his own memoir about the author behind a beloved fairy fib classic , Finding Neverland .

Both theChristopher Robinteaser trailerand full - duration trailer naturally keep off dive into the more poignant and dramatic aspects of the film , and rather focalise on Christopher ’s unexpected yet joyful reunification with his childhood friends . At the same time , the impulsive humor of these trailer is tinged with melancholy thanks to the muted vividness and hints of serious subject matter in the footage on display . TheChristopher Robintrailers convey to mind Disney ’s terrificPete ’s Dragonremake in that regard and intimate that Forster and his gang ( include , Hidden Figureswriter Allison Schroeder ) may have succeeded in craft a similarly soulful sprite tale for the Mouse House here .