Bambi: The Reckoning

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Bambi: The Reckoning
Bambi The Reckoning poster.jpg
Teaser poster
Directed byDan Allen
Screenplay byRhys Warrington
Based on Bambi, a Life in the Woods
by Felix Salten
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyVince Knight
Music byGreg Birkumshaw
Production
companies
  • ITN Studios
  • Jagged Edge Productions
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Bambi: The Reckoning is an upcoming British independent horror film directed by Dan Allen, written by Rhys Warrington, and produced by Rhys Frake-Waterfield and Scott Jeffrey. It is the third installment in The Twisted Childhood Universe (TCU) and serves as a horror retelling of Felix Salten's Bambi, a Life in the Woods. The film stars Roxanne McKee and Tom Mulheron, with Nicola Wright, and Samira Mighty in supporting roles. It follows a mother and her son who become hunted by Bambi after his mother's death.

Contents

Bambi: The Reckoning is scheduled to be released in 2024.

Premise

After a mother and son get in a car wreck, they soon become hunted by Bambi, a mutated grief-stricken deer on a deadly rampage seeking revenge for the death of his mother. [1] [2] [3]

Cast

Production

Development

In November 2022, a live-action horror film based on Bambi, a Life in the Woods by Felix Salten was announced as being in development with the title Bambi: The Reckoning. Dan Allen was named as director, with Rhys Frake-Waterfield serving as a producer. The project was stated to a be joint-venture production between ITN Studios and Jagged Edge Productions. [4] Scott Jeffrey described the film as "an incredibly dark retelling of the 1928 story we all know and love. Finding inspiration from the design used in Netflix's The Ritual , Bambi will be a vicious killing machine that lurks in the wilderness." [5] In February 2023, the film was additionally revealed to be set in the same continuity as Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023) and its sequel. [6]

Filming

Principal photography was originally slated to commence on 31 January 2023 in London, England, with Vince Knight serving as cinematographer, after working on Blood and Honey. [7] [8] [2] Filming was later rescheduled to begin on 6 January 2024 in England, [3] which Jeffrey confirmed via his social media. [9] [10] Filming officially wrapped on 26 January 2024. [11]

Marketing

The first official trailer debuted exclusively in theaters during the limited release of Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 in March 2024. [12] The trailer received a wide release, debuting online on April 3, 2024. [13]

Release

Bambi: The Reckoning is slated to be released in late 2024. [3]

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