<P> Christopher Robin is a 2018 American fantasy comedy - drama film directed by Marc Forster and written by Alex Ross Perry, Tom McCarthy, and Allison Schroeder, from a story by Greg Brooker and Mark Steven Johnson . The film is inspired by A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard's book Winnie - the - Pooh and is a live - action / CGI adaptation of the Disney franchise of the same name . The film stars Ewan McGregor as the title character alongside Hayley Atwell, as well as the voices of Jim Cummings, Brad Garrett, Nick Mohammed, Peter Capaldi, Sophie Okonedo, Sara Sheen, and Toby Jones . The story follows an adult Christopher Robin as he has lost his sense of imagination, only to be reunited with his old stuffed bear friend, Winnie - the - Pooh . </P> <P> Plans of a live - action Winnie the Pooh adaptation were announced in April 2015, and Forster was confirmed as director in November 2016 . McGregor signed on as Christopher Robin in April 2017 and principal photography began in August of that year in the United Kingdom, lasting until November . </P> <P> Christopher Robin had its premiere in Burbank, California on July 30, 2018 . Released in the United States on August 3, 2018, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, the film has grossed over $193 million worldwide and received mostly positive reviews from critics, with praise for McGregor and Cummings's performances, musical score, and visual effects . </P> <P> Christopher Robin is leaving for boarding school, so his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood--Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Owl, and Rabbit--throw a goodbye party . Christopher comforts Pooh and tells him that he will never forget him . </P>

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