Meet the New Voices of The Hundred Acre Wood

Winnie the Pooh fans the world over are in a flurry of excitement over the first teaser trailer for Christopher Robin. The film will feature an overworked adult Christopher, surprised when Pooh unexpectedly arrives to whisk him back to the Hundred-Acre Wood.

As with many of their recent remakes and live-action adaptations, Disney has built an almost entirely new cast for this film. Here are the talented actors and actresses who will give a voice to Pooh and his friends in Christopher Robin:

Everyone's favourite hunny-loving bear, Winnie The Pooh, has been voiced by three different actors over his time as a Disney icon. Sterling Holloway voiced the character from 1966-1977 in the three theatrical shorts that eventually became full-length film The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh. Hal Smith voiced Pooh in two later shorts, Winnie The Pooh Discovers The Seasons, and Winnie The Pooh And A Day For Eeyore.

Jim Cummings took over the role beginning with the animated The New Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh in 1988. He has voiced the role in every Pooh production since, and his take is widely considered the definitive version of the character.

Cummings will reprise his role as Pooh in Christopher Robin, making him the only returning voice actor in the film.

In the early Pooh shorts, Tigger was voiced by actor Paul Winchell, who ad-libbed one of the character's most memorable lines:

"TTFN! Ta-Ta for now!" –Tigger

Winchell continued to voice Tigger in most appearances until the late 80's, when performing the role full-time became a strain on his ageing voice. From season three of The New Adventures of Winnie The Pooh, Winchell shared the role of Tigger with Jim Cummings. The 1999 special Winnie The Pooh: A Valentine For You was Paul Winchell's final performance as Tigger, before Cummings took over the character permanently beginning with The Tigger Movie in 2000.

While Jim Cummings will retain his role of Pooh for Christopher Robin, he will be passing the Tigger-torch to Chris O'Dowd.

O'Dowd is a comedic actor, best known for his roles in TV series The I.T. Crowd and hit film Bridesmaids. He has previously voiced Dr. Cockroach in the Monsters Vs. Aliens TV series, and a few guest roles in Family Guy.

Tigger will be his first voice-work for a feature film.

John Fiedler, the original voice of Piglet, was the longest serving of all the Winnie The Pooh voice actors. Fiedler voiced Piglet from the character's introduction in the 1968 short Winnie The Pooh and The Blustery Day, up until his death in 2005.

Fiedler's final performance as Piglet is in the direct-to-video film Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie, but he passed away before all his lines were recorded. Travis Oates, a longtime understudy for Fiedler, stepped in to complete the film. He was named as Piglet's new official voice actor soon afterwards.

In Christopher Robin, Piglet will be voiced by British Comedian Nick Mohammed. Mohammed is best known for his roles in the CBBC series' Sorry, I've Got No Head! and Hank Zipzer.

Piglet is his first major role in a feature film.

Eeyore the gloomy Donkey has long been one of the most popular characters in the Winnie The Pooh cast. The character also has one of the most interesting histories regarding his voice actors. For The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh shorts, the voice was performed by a Disney animator, Ralph Wright. Wright voiced Eeyore for the last time in Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore, released just months before his death in 1983.

From 1988 onward, Eeyore was voiced by Peter Cullen, also known as the voice of Transformers leader Optimus Prime. For the 2011 Winnie The Pooh film, Bud Luckey took over as Eeyore. This supposedly upset Cullen, as Eeyore was one of his favourite roles. When Luckey was unable to provide Eeyore's voice for the Doc McStuffins special "Into The Hundred Acre Wood" in 2017, Peter Cullen happily reprised his role as the beloved gloomy donkey.

Now, former Everybody Loves Raymond star will be stepping into the role of Eeyore. In an interesting twist, Garret has actually voiced the character once before—in a Winnie The Pooh and The Honey Tree Animated Storybook.

Like Eeyore, Rabbit has quite the extensive history when it comes to the actors providing his voice. Junius Matthews originated the role in The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh shorts. The role passed to Ray Erlenborn in Discovers The Seasons, and Will Ryan in A Day For Eeyore.

Ken Sansom voiced Rabbit from 1988-2010, the character's longest serving actor. In the 2011 film, Rabbit was voiced by Tom Kenny.

In Christopher Robin, Peter Capaldi will take on the role of Rabbit. Capaldi is of course best known for his role as the recently departed Twelfth Doctor in Doctor Who. As with O'Dowd, this will be Capaldi's first major voice role, though he has occasionally served as a narrator in the past.

While Owl is generally accepted by his friends as the most intelligent creature in the Hundred Acre Wood, the mistakes he makes result in humorous misunderstandings. Hal Smith provided the character's voice from 1966-1991. Andre Stojka voiced the role from 1997, before Craig Ferguson took over for the 2011 film.

Toby Jones will be the next actor to voice Owl. It is not his first time giving a voice to a beloved children's character, as Jones is previously well known for voicing Dobby in the Harry Potter movies.

Interestingly, Kanga, the mother of baby Roo (as well as surrogate mother to the entire Hundred Acre Wood), comes second to only her son, Roo, and Christopher Robin in voice actor changes. The role was originated by Barbara Luddy, already a Disney legend for her role as Lady in Lady & The Tramp. Kath Soucie was the longest serving of Kanga's voice actresses, holding the role from 2000-2010.

Kanga will now be voiced by Sophie Okonedo. The actress is known for her Oscar-winning role in Hotel Rwanda, and later controversial miniseries The Slap.

As an eternal child, little Roo has been voiced by numerous young actors. Of these, the most loved and remembered is Nikita Hopkins, who stepped into Roo's shoes just in time for the character's first starring role in The Tigger Movie. Hopkins' performance was so impressive that Roo, previously a side character, was made more prominent in later films.

Since 2011, Roo has been voiced by Wyatt Dean Hall. Hall will retain his role in the upcoming film.

We will learn whether or not these new actors can live up to their iconic roles when Christopher Robin hits theatres in August. Check out the trailer below: