Bambi: The Reckoning

Bambi: The Reckoning is an upcoming British independent horror film directed by Dan Allen, from a screenplay by Rhys Warrington. 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, Samira Mighty, Alex Cooke, Catherine Adams, and Russell Geoffrey Banks in supporting roles. It follows a mother and her son who become hunted by Bambi after his own mother's death.

First announced in November 2022 as a Bambi-based horror film, the film was subsequently revealed to be set in the TCU shared continuity. It started production in London on 6 January 2024 and wrapped twenty days later.

Bambi: The Reckoning is scheduled to be released on February 7, 2025 in the United Kingdom, released on March 17, 2025 in the United States and is set to be released on May 9, 2025 in Turkey.

 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.

 Cast 
 Roxanne McKee as Xana
 Tom Mulheron as Benji, Xana's son
 Nicola Wright as Mary
 Samira Mighty as Harriet
 Alex Cooke as Simon
 Catherine Adams as Jo
 Russell Geoffrey Banks as Andrew
 Ewan Borthwick as Eddie
 David Ambler as Rob
 Luke Cavendish as Joshua
 Big Tobz as Tyler
 Adrian Relph as Michael
 Joseph Greenwood as Harrison

 Production 
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. 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." 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, being teased in the latter film.

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. Filming was later rescheduled to begin on 6 January 2024 in England, which Jeffrey confirmed via his social media. Filming wrapped on 26 January 2024.

The film was produced by Jagged Edge Productions in association with ITN Studios.

 Release 
Bambi: The Reckoning is slated to be released on February 7, 2025 in the United Kingdom, released on March 17, 2025 in the United States and is set to be released on May 9, 2025 in Turkey. The film was originally set to be released in late 2024.

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