Disney leave the more modern forms of animation and return to the traditional hand-drawing for this return of the much-loved A.A. Milne characters of the Hundred Acre Wood, characters which have served Disney well over the years, and been equally well treated in return.

NO OFFENCE intended to that silly old bear Winnie the Pooh (G), but it’s a telling indictment of the week’s releases that an animated movie for a young audience is the most accomplished film of the week.

Wayne Rooney has revealed he has no plans to push son Kai into a football career – and would be happier if he became a rock star.

Winnie-the-Pooh is at the centre of a legal storm over his adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood.

A new Winnie-the-Pooh book will be released later this year, more than 80 years after his first adventure.

Affable children’s character Winnie the Pooh has found himself at the centre of a legal battle as a film company takes on Disney for ownership rights to the bear and his friends.

The US Supreme Court has refused to decide whether the granddaughter of AA Milne, the British creator of Winnie the Pooh, can regain control of the copyright for stories featuring the children’s book character.

An American appeals court has denied an attempt by the granddaughter of Winnie the Pooh creator A.A. Milne to revoke the merchandising rights from a third party.

A judge has ended a legal fight against the Walt Disney Company that has stretched more than a decade over Winnie the Pooh merchandise royalties.

A judge has ended a legal fight against the Walt Disney Company that has stretched more than a decade over Winnie the Pooh merchandise royalties.

The holders of the North American rights to the Winnie the Pooh characters have hired celebrity lawyer Johnny Cochran to represent them in their 12-year legal fight with The Walt Disney Company.

The only known recording of AA Milne reading his children’s classic Winnie The Pooh is being released on CD.

A judge has rejected an attempt by the granddaughter of Winnie the Pooh creator A A Milne to reclaim the family’s copyrights and reassign them to The Walt Disney Company.

FILMMAKER DJ Pooh is no stranger to disjointed, pointless, overwrought urban comedies.

Disney was fined dlrs 90,000 (€101,800) last year for destroying boxes of documents relating to a dispute over royalties owed on sales of Winnie the Pooh products, US court documents showed.

Film footage of the real life Christopher Robin at the age of nine has been discovered 72 years after it was shot.

Two letters written in the guise of Winnie the Pooh by illustrator E H Shepard are expected to fetch a total of £18,000 at auction next month, it was revealed today.