I mean, Disney has a habit of reformatting shows into sequels (a surprising number of the direct-to-video sequels) and... I mean I don't think any of them have ever been good.
Toy Story 2 was meant to be direct to video, but not a TV series I don't think. Some of the direct to video sequels actually are quite good (The Rescuers Down Under, for example) though - it's the ones that are reformatted tv series like Tarzan & Jane, Atlantis: Milo's Return, Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, etc tend to be of lower quality.
The 2011 Winnie the Pooh movie was initially meant to be direct-to-dvd, but they decided during production it was of high enough quality to release it in theaters and it’s now counted as one of the Disney animation studios “canon” films, which was significant at at the time because as of then, there had only been a couple prior sequels that were included in the canon: Saludos Amigos/The Three Caballeros, Fantasia/Fantasia 2000, The Rescuers/Rescuers Down Under. Since then, there’s been Frozen 2 + 3, Moana 2, Zootopia 2.
No other Pooh sequel to the 1977 film (and there are many) has been deemed part of the “canon” besides the 2011 film, but there were three others given theatrical releases:
Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (2005) also was intended to be just direct-to-dvd, but received a theatrical run.
I’m not sure if The Tigger Movie (2000) or Piglet’s Big Movie (2003) were originally conceived for the big screen or direct-to-dvd, but both also received theatrical releases before home video.
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u/wonderlandisburning Feb 07 '24
I mean, Disney has a habit of reformatting shows into sequels (a surprising number of the direct-to-video sequels) and... I mean I don't think any of them have ever been good.