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Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh are headed to the big screen in Disney’s live-action 'Christopher Robin,' and The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned that Ewan McGregor is in talks to star as Robin himself.

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00:00I think I shall come down.

00:02I'll catch you, Pooh!

00:03Your childhood friendship goals Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh are headed to the big screen

00:08in Disney's live-action Christopher Robin. And The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively

00:12learned that Ewan McGregor is in talks to star as Robin himself.

00:16The film centers on the young boy, now an adult, from the A.A. Milne Winnie the Pooh stories.

00:21McGregor will play an older Robin who is now a businessman who has lost his sense of imagination.

00:27Milne's Christopher Robin was inspired by and named after his own son, Christopher Robin Milne.

00:32He wrote about the character in two books, Winnie the Pooh in 1926 and The House at Pooh Corner in 1928,

00:38and other poems. Disney adapted the tales into several animated projects, including the 1988 series

00:44The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and the 2011 animated film Winnie the Pooh.

00:49We will have a contest to find a new tale for Ewan.

00:53The new film will be helmed by World War Z and Quantum of Solace director Mark Forster.

00:58The studio is also bringing in Oscar-nominated screenwriter Alison Schroeder of Hidden Figures

01:03to take a new pass of the script. Alex Ross Perry wrote the screenplay and Tom McCarthy worked

01:08on a later draft. The Jungle Book producer Brigham Taylor is producing the project.

01:12McGregor, of course, can currently be seen starring in the third season of FX's hit Fargo,

01:17as well as Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast with Emma Watson.

01:21Are you excited about the possibility of seeing McGregor as Christopher Robin?

01:24Let me know in the comments. I'm Tiffany Taylor for The Hollywood Reporter News,

01:28and remember, you're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

01:33Christopher Robin said that.

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