According to the blog Always Animated (http://alwaysanimated.blogspot.com), Walt Disney Pictures has announced that in addition to the CGI features that are in development at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation, a new traditional 2D animated feature is in the works bringing back Winnie the Pooh and his friends.

According to the blog, Disney released this statement at the 2009 licensing exposition in Las Vegas.

"Beginning with Winnie the Pooh, DCP and Walt Disney Animation Studios today announced a new theatrical film planned for spring 2011, making it Pooh's first theatrical release in six years since Pooh's Heffalump Movie in 2005. "