But “Christopher Robin” gave him a special moment that no other project has: the moment when his design of Winnie The Pooh was presented to him as a real, stuff-and-fluff plush bear.

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Not to be confused with last year’s Goodbye Christopher Robin — which starred Domhnall Gleeson as Pooh author A.A. Milne — Christopher Robin is a whimsical fantasy set in the late 1940s.

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Instead, “Christopher Robin” not only seems aimed squarely at those who grew up with Winnie the Pooh but also seeks to reflect their grown-up, mixed-up adult worlds.

Though Pooh and his pals have traditionally been animated in 2-D, Christopher Robin brings them into the real world via CGI, and Atwell assures that the new look is just right.

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