The last minute removal from theaters marks the second time that the release of a Winnie-the-Pooh-based film has been blocked in China. How Winnie the Pooh became a subversive symbol They offered no additional explanation and company officials did not respond to NPR's questions.
The company added that the film "failed to meet the audience" and asked for the public's forgiveness. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey will be canceled in Hong Kong and Macau, VII Pillars Entertainment said in a statement on Facebook.
It was scheduled to start screening at more than 30 cinemas in Hong Kong and Macau on Thursday, but the distributor said all showings have been called off. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, written and directed by British filmmaker Rhys Frake-Waterfield, has become something of an internet sensation, exceeding all expectations with releases across Latin America and Asia. Pulled with no explanation from Hong Kong and Macau "So now the character alludes to Xi Jinping himself and the president doesn't like this." "Winnie the Pooh has become a symbol for dissidents in China," says Rongbin Han, an associate professor of international affairs at the University of Georgia. While the plot may not be everyone's cup of tea, there is concern that the decision to spike the British movie has less to do with the film's goriness and more to do with Beijing's suppression of civil liberties in Hong Kong and specifically, the government's efforts to block an unlikely symbol of protest: the crop-top-wearing, pant-less bear.
A gory, microbudget slasher film - in which the beloved children's book character Winnie the Pooh is a murderous psychopath - has been pulled suddenly from theaters in Hong Kong and Macau.
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