What 2011 Disney film served as a reboot of the Winnie the Pooh series?

The 2011 Disney film that served as a reboot of the Winnie the Pooh series was Winnie the Pooh.

Produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, the film revived the classic Pooh characters for a new theatrical adventure while returning to the visual spirit of A. A. Milne’s books and E. H. Shepard’s illustrations. Stephen Anderson and Don Hall directed it, with Jim Cummings again voicing Pooh and Tigger.

The story combines ideas from three Milne stories, including the plot in which Eeyore loses his tail. Disney originally considered adapting five stories, but the final film used a shorter selection. Its hand-drawn style was deliberate: the filmmakers wanted Pooh to feel unlike a modern computer-animated production.

It is sometimes confused with The Tigger Movie or Christopher Robin. Those are separate Disney productions: The Tigger Movie is a 2000 animated feature, while Christopher Robin is a 2018 live-action fantasy film. Winnie the Pooh premiered in 2011 and was Disney Animation’s first theatrical Pooh feature since The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh era.