If this film is looking to hit the tonal register of ‘warm, but emotionally mature,’ then McCarthy may be the perfect fit.
Perhaps Disney recognized what a tricky sell that might be, and accordingly decided to throw all the talented people they could at this.
Today, Variety brings the news that they’ve added another cook to this soup, with Tom McCarthy coming onboard for a rewrite of Perry‘s script.
Disney’s concept for Christopher Robin — a live-action reimagining of the happy tales of Winnie the Pooh and the rest of the Hundred Acre Wood gang — was kind of weird from the start.