SPOTLIGHT Director to Rewrite Disney's Live-Action CHRISTOPHER ROBIN Movie

With Beauty and the Beast set to bow in a couple of weeks, Disney is ramping up development of another of the studio's live-action remakes. Variety reports that the Mouse House has hired Tom McCarthy, who co-wrote and directed the Oscar-winning film Spotlight, to rewrite Christopher Robin, their new take on Winnie the Pooh.

Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace, Stranger Than Fiction) came on board as the project's director a few months ago, when we learned that the plot sounds similar to Steven Spielberg's Hook. Here's the plot synopsis:

Robin has grown out of the joyful imagination he had as a young boy and is now a businessman who prioritizes work over his wife and daughter. With his home life on the brink, the last thing his life needs is the return of Pooh, who needs his help in finding his friends again. Robin has to find a way to help both sides or risk losing everything he holds dear.

This movie shouldn't be confused with Goodbye Christopher Robin, a separate film that stars Domhnall Gleeson and Margot Robbie as Pooh author A.A. Milne and his wife. McCarthy seems like an offbeat choice to rewrite this material, but Disney's been making (mostly) good decisions with their live-action remakes thus far, so we'll see if this pays off for them. Either way, it looks like Winnie the Pooh is en vogue once again. Random question: Do you think he'll wear pants in this movie?