Winnie-the-Pooh Goes To Harrods In New Authorised AA Milne Prequel
If you always wondered how Winnie-the-Pooh came to live with Christopher Robin, then you’re in luck: An authorized prequel to AA Milne’s beloved series of books about the animals of the Hundred Acre Wood will release this fall. Winnie-the-Pooh: Once There Was a Bear will be written by Jane Riordan and illustrated by Mark Burgess, and will follow the iconic bear’s origin stories, based on the real-life inspiration of Milne’s own son and his beloved bear.
Apple Taps ‘CODA’s Siân Heder To Helm & Write Judy Heumann’s Memoir ‘Being Heumann’
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Advocate by Judy Heumann is in production at AppleTV. Siân Heder is adapting the memoir with the intent to direct the film, and Apple is in talks with Ali Stroker, the first actress to use a wheelchair and perform on Broadway, to star in the film.
Michael B. Jordan Is Bringing Black Superman Val-Zod to HBO Max
Michael B. Jordan’s production company is looking at bringing a limited run series about Val-Zod, a Black Superman, to HBO Max. This would be a new take on a Superman project (author Ta-Nehisi Coates and J.J. Abrams are currently looking at bringing a Black reimagining of Clark Kent to the big screen), and would star a character from one fo the many iterations of the Superman multiverse. Val-Zod takes up the mantle of Superman in Earth 2 after his version of Kal-El is killed.