Are Walt Disney Television and The Jim Henson Company planning to work on Tales from the World of Pooh Corner?

Answer 1

Yes, it will. It will be included as part of the Disney Channel Afternoon, and Walt Disney Television Animation and The Jim Henson Company will produce the show starting with a series of two direct-to-DVD movies, "Tales from the World of Pooh Corner" (2019) and "More Tales from the World of Pooh Corner" (2020). Live-action sequences with Jim Henson's "Muppets"-like versions of animal characters from Winnie the pooh and a live-action model Christopher Robin will appear at the beginning and ending to each part.

Christopher Robin's appearance is being updated due to his new live-action model; he will have just blue eyes instead of the beady ones, and a pair of white over-the-calf tube socks (knee-high length), being worn on his feet, either with his brown Mary Jane shoes from all 4 Winnie the Pooh featurettes or with his red/white sneakers from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. He will still wear two outfits in "Tales from the World of Pooh Corner" (one from all of the 4 Winnie the Pooh featurettes in the 1st-half part, and the other from "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" in the 2nd-half part), but just like his original appearance, his left sock still has to be pulled down at all times whenever we see him wearing his blue knee-length shorts. In "More Tales from the World of Pooh Corner" and "Tales from the World of Pooh Corner: The Series", Christopher Robin would wear all of his casual outfit from his appearance in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, but his bright blue long-leg full-length slacks with light blue cuffs on bottom are being worn on his body as a replacement of the blue knee-length shorts. The two changes from the original "New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" and "The Book of Pooh" are that whenever Christopher Robin's mother appears, she was completely visible with herself wearing the same attire as her introduction in the animated segments (and even in the live-action sequences with her son), which means her face was shown in the animated segments, and Christopher Robin's face was completely shown in the live-action sequences.

Over 150 half-hour episodes are in development by Walt Disney Television Animation and The Jim Henson Company, each of these will feature 75 half-hour episodes and 150 quarter-hour episodes in another 75 half-hour shows. These will be shown on selected Disney Channels worldwide along with another 10 2-hour specials, according to the production staff of The Walt Disney Company.

It is definitely going to happen at the end of 2015 (and beginning of 2016); also, news will be reported and sources will be given very soon, according to the production staff each from Walt Disney Television (formerly Disney-ABC Domestic Television) and The Jim Henson Company.