Christopher Robin” Goes R-Rated with New Series Depicting Classic Character Getting High to Chill with Winnie the Pooh

Christopher Robin Goes R-Rated in New Hybrid Live-Action Animation Series, Centering on Disillusioned Gen Z Character

In the wake of the success of “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” there’s a trend towards R-rated adaptations of familiar characters who have entered the public domain. Now, the classic storybook series “Christopher Robin” is getting a new adaptation, featuring an edgier take on the titular character.

In this new hybrid live-action animation series, Christopher Robin is a disillusioned Gen Z character who escapes his monotonous life by getting high. The official synopsis, according to Variety, states that Christopher is a “disillusioned New Yorker navigating his quarter-life crisis with the help of the weird talking animals who live beyond a drug-induced portal outside his derelict apartment complex, the Hundred Acres.”

The project is in production at Boat Rocker Media and Bay Mills Studios, with Conrad Vernon, co-director of “Shrek 2,” directing the pilot and serving as an executive producer. The script is written by Charlie Kesserling from Foreign Relations, who will also be involved in the series. The new series is described as a fresh and undeniably funny take on Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh.

The new Christopher Robin series is just one of many darker and edgier takes on otherwise wholesome properties, with Rhys Frake-Waterfield also working on projects like “Bambi: The Reckoning” and “Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare.” While not as violent as those, Christopher Robin is expected to be darker than the similarly titled 2018 film in which an adult Christopher Robin reconnects with his childhood friends. With the success of “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey,” there’s likely to be more dark adaptations of familiar characters in the future.