Winnie the Pooh is a 2011 American
animated musical comedy film produced by
Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by
Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 51st animated feature in the
Walt Disney Animated Classics series. Inspired by
A. A. Milne's
stories of the same name, the film is part of
Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise, the fifth theatrical
Winnie the Pooh film released, and
Walt Disney Animation Studios' second adaptation of
Winnie-the-Pooh stories.
Jim Cummings reprises his vocal roles as
Winnie the Pooh and
Tigger, while series newcomers
Travis Oates,
Tom Kenny,
Craig Ferguson,
Bud Luckey, and
Kristen Anderson-Lopez provide the voices of
Piglet,
Rabbit,
Owl,
Eeyore, and
Kanga, respectively. In the film, the aforementioned residents of the
Hundred Acre Wood embark on a quest to save
Christopher Robin from an imaginary culprit while Pooh deals with a hunger for
honey. The film is directed by
Stephen Anderson and
Don Hall, written by
A. A. Milne and
Burny Mattinson, produced by
Peter Del Vecho,
Clark Spencer,
John Lasseter, and Craig Sost, and narrated by
John Cleese.