{"id":24334,"date":"2022-12-16T09:06:36","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/baboon-iqi-prep-winnie-pooh-prequel\/"},"modified":"2022-12-16T09:06:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:06:36","slug":"baboon-iqi-prep-winnie-the-pooh-prequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/baboon-iqi-prep-winnie-the-pooh-prequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Baboon, IQI Prep Winnie the Pooh Prequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baboon Animation and IQI Media are working together on a prequel to A.A. Milne\u2019s classic book <em>Winnie-the-Pooh<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Baboon and IQI have set a 2024 release for the feature, to be followed immediately by the series.<\/p>\n<p>DreamWorks alum Mike de Seve (<em>Madagascar<\/em>, <em>Monsters vs. Aliens<\/em>) will direct and co-write with fellow DreamWorks alum John Reynolds (<em>The Mr. Peabody &amp; Sherman Show<\/em>). DreamWorks alum Charlene Kelly (<em>Next Gen<\/em>), now CIO at IQI parent company Winvest, and Khiow Hui Lim, the founder of IQI and CSO of Winvest, will executive produce.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re telling the surprising origin story of the \u2018silly young bear\u2019 and his friends, when they were still kids, in a way designed to connect with 21st-century kids,\u201d said Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA.A. Milne\u2019s bear has aged gracefully in the last hundred years,\u201d said Kelly. \u201cBut what happened back when that made him and his pals who they are in the book? A heck of a big adventure, that\u2019s what\u2014one that needs a big screen. Audiences will be transported to somewhere they never expected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this unsinkable young cub is totally relatable for today\u2019s kids, with his hell-bent craving for honey and his ludicrous schemes to get it,\u201d added de Seve, who directed on the original <em>Beavis and Butt-Head<\/em> series and feature and story-consulted on <em>Shrek 2 <\/em>and<em>\u00a0<\/em>now heads up Baboon. \u201cThe whole gang is hilarious and are even more hilarious as kids; we\u2019re finding out.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baboon Animation and IQI Media are working together on a prequel to A.A. 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