Jagged Edge Productions’ Twisted Childhood Universe is set to converge in 2025 with the release of an epic horror crossover known as Poohniverse: Monsters ᴀssemble. Spearheaded by the independent horror film production company’s newfound mascot, Winnie-the-Pooh, Monsters ᴀssemble aims to bring together all the blood-soaked villains from films like Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey and Bambi: The Reckoning into one mᴀssive crossover event. Though the franchise is only a few years old, the “Poohniverse” is already one of the most ambitious ideas in recent horror history, aping the success of tentpoles like the MCU.

The vision for the Twisted Childhood Universe was launched in 2023 with Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, which reimagined A.A. Milne’s beloved childhood character as a bloodthirsty slasher. The concept of Jagged Edge’s entire production model is rather simple, and the Twisted Childhood Universe simply takes classic children’s I.P. in the public domain and turns them into horror movies. The aforementioned Blood and Honey was a surprise box-office smash, and the indie company quickly green-lit a ton of similar projects. Poohniverse: Monsters ᴀssemble will arrive just two years after the franchise debuted, and could be the capper on the entire Twisted Childhood Universe.

Poohniverse: Monsters ᴀssemble Latest News

A Release Window Is Teased

As the Twisted Childhood Universe continues to expand with the recently-announced Alice in Wonderland film, the latest news confirms the release window for Poohniverse: Monsters ᴀssemble. Producer, director, and actor Scott Chambers opened up about the timeline for the upcoming monster mash movie, and he cast a somewhat wide net when it came to premiering the film. The plan is still to shoot the movie during the summer of 2025, and the goal is to release the film in October of the same year. However, that window is flexible enough to stretch to early 2026 should there be delays.

This represents a bit of a departure from the usual Hollywood structure of industrialized filmmaking in which every minute is carefully timed out for maximum efficiency. While delays on big-budget movies do happen, there’s rarely this level of flexibility when it comes to a release window.

Read Chambers’ comments here:

I very much plan on shooting this summer, and it just depends. If we’re able to turn it around and release it for the Halloween period of 2025, I will definitely do that. I don’t want to rush it because I’m aware that the fans of this stuff that we are doing, their expectations are quite high. So I don’t want to just smash it out and that everyone’s disappointed. I am going to take time with it, but I never work slow anyway. I’m not used to doing that. So you’ll get it quick.

I feel like at the moment where we stand, the time period for this coming out would be like Halloween 2025. But if we miss that, it’ll probably be the first quarter of 2026, so it won’t be far off it.

Poohniverse: Monsters ᴀssemble Is Confirmed

Jagged Edge Revealed The Crossover In Early 2024

Fast-tracking their epic cinematic universe, Jagged Edge Productions announced Poohniverse: Monsters ᴀssemble in early 2024. The news came alongside announcements for various other Twisted Childhood Universe movies including Bambi: The Reckoning, Pinocchio: Unstrung, and Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare which are set to release in 2025. Though details regarding the Avengers-like crossover film are still somewhat thin, it has been confirmed that Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey director Rhys Frake-Waterfield will return to helm Monsters Unleashed.

Poohniverse: Monsters ᴀssemble Production Status

Monsters ᴀssemble Is Slated For A 2025 Release

Like most of the upcoming Twisted Childhood Universe movies, Jagged Edge has revealed a release window for their planned crossover event film. Poohniverse: Monsters ᴀssemble will be shooting in summer 2025, though an exact release date will likely remain elusive until production wraps. Jagged Edge is known for their lightning-fast turnaround times, and the upcoming Bambi: The Reckoning sH๏τ for less than a month before wrapping in the early months of 2024. Despite being the most ambitious film to come from the indie studio yet, Monsters ᴀssemble will likely be sH๏τ just as quickly.

Poohniverse: Monsters ᴀssemble Cast

An Epic Mix Of Stars From Other Jagged Edge Movies

Though the full cast hasn’t been revealed yet, several returning stars from other Twisted Childhood movies are already confirmed. Having taken over the role in Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2, Scott Chambers will return as Christopher Robin. Meanwhile, Megan Placito will play Wendy Darling, a role she also plays in Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare. Similarly, Roxanne McKee will reprise her Bambi: The Reckoning role as Xana, and Lewis Santer will bounce back into the cinematic universe as the evil version of Tigger from Blood and Honey 2. Marry Poppins will appear in the crossover movie, but her part hasn’t been cast yet.

The confirmed cast of Poohniverse: Monsters ᴀssemble includes:

Actor	Poohniverse Role
Scott Chambers	Christopher Robin
Megan Placito	Wendy Darling
Roxanne McKee	Xana
Lewis Santer	Tigger

Poohniverse: Monsters ᴀssemble Story Details

Pooh & His Evil Pals Team Up

Unlike the Avengers movies which see the heroes come together to fight evil, Poohniverse: Monsters ᴀssemble is going to be the exact opposite. While specifics are still being kept under wraps, Monsters ᴀssemble will do just that by bringing together the twisted versions of Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Owl, Piglet, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty, Bambi, The Mad Hatter, Peter Pan, Tinkerbell, and even Mary Poppins. Though the band of slashers will likely team up, some friction within the group is also promised, meaning a few monsters might tussle as well.

Interestingly, several of the promised villains haven’t been introduced into the Twisted Childhood Universe yet, including the Mad Hatter and Sleeping Beauty, and it will likely take some creative storytelling to shoehorn them in. Though a Sleeping Beauty movie is promised in the future, it won’t likely come out before Poohniverse: Monsters ᴀssemble. How the heroes like Christopher Robin and Xana fit into the story also hasn’t been revealed yet.