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MILNE <span class="copyright">David Appleby/ 2017 Fox Searchlight Pictures</span> </figcaption> </figure> <div class="article-wrapper clearfix"> <div class="main-content-column"> <div class="text-wrapper" itemprop="articleBody"> <p>We've been offered our very first glimpse at Domhnall Gleeson in the role of classic children's author A.A. Milne, known as the creator of Winnie the Pooh, in a film which will see him star alongside Margot Robbie (<em>Suicide Squad</em>) as his wife Daphne Milne. </p> <p>Though the project is currently untitled, it promises to give a rare glimpse at the relationship between Milne and his son Christopher Robin (Will Tilston), whose toys inspired Winnie the Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Woods.</p> <p>The film takes place during Milne's own climb to fame, as the books became swept up in international success, providing a much-needed respite to a post-war England; specifically on the attention that soon came to rest on Christopher Robin himself, as the inspiration for the famed fictional boy. </p> <div class="inline-block inline-block-related-single inline-block-right" data-nid="/arts-entertainment/films/news/goodbye-christopher-robin-domhnall-gleeson-to-play-winnie-the-pooh-creator-aa-milne-alongside-margot-a7083016.html"><a href="/web/20161002173511/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/goodbye-christopher-robin-domhnall-gleeson-to-play-winnie-the-pooh-creator-aa-milne-alongside-margot-a7083016.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161002173511im_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/readmore_card/public/thumbnails/image/2015/11/07/10/winne-pooh-rex.jpg"/><div class="content"> <div class="context-capsule">Read more</div> <h2>Domhnall Gleeson to play Winnie the Pooh creator AA Milne</h2> </div> </a></div> <p>Gleeson and Robbie will star alongside Kelly Macdonald (<em>Swallows and Amazons</em>), Stephen Campbell Moore, Alex Lawther, Richard McCabe, Nico Mirallegro, Geraldine Somerville and Phoebe Waller-Bridge.</p> <p>Principal photography has just begun on the project in Oxfordshire, Surrey, East Sussex, and London; under the direction of Simon Curtis (<em>My Week With Marilyn</em>), from a script penned by Frank Cottrell Boyce (<em>Millions</em>). You can see the first images from production below. </p> <div class="dnd-widget-wrapper context-sdl_editor_representation type-image"><div class="dnd-atom-rendered"><!-- scald=4927851:sdl_editor_representation --><div class="image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161002173511im_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/story_medium/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/29/14/domhnall-gleeson-as-alan-milne-and-margot-robbie-as-daphne-milne-in-the-film-untitled-a-a-milne-photo-by-david-appleby-2017-fox-searchlight-pictures-2-.jpg" width="564" height="376" alt="domhnall-gleeson-as-alan-milne-and-margot-robbie-as-daphne-milne-in-the-film-untitled-a-a-milne-photo-by-david-appleby-2017-fox-searchlight-pictures-2-.jpg" title="domhnall-gleeson-as-alan-milne-and-margot-robbie-as-daphne-milne-in-the-film-untitled-a-a-milne-photo-by-david-appleby-2017-fox-searchlight-pictures-2-.jpg"/></div><!-- END scald=4927851 --></div><div class="dnd-caption-wrapper">Domhnall Gleeson as 'Alan Milne' and Margot Robbie as 'Daphne Milne' in the film UNTITLED A.A. MILNE (David Appleby/ 2017 Fox Searchlight Pictures)</div></div> <div class="dnd-widget-wrapper context-sdl_editor_representation type-image"><div class="dnd-atom-rendered"><!-- scald=4927856:sdl_editor_representation --><div class="image"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161002173511im_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/story_medium/public/thumbnails/image/2016/09/29/14/domhnall-gleeson-as-alan-milne-and-will-tilston-as-christopher-robin-milne-in-the-film-untitled-a-a-milne-photo-by-david-appleby-2017-fox-searchlight-pictures-2-.jpg" width="564" height="845" alt="domhnall-gleeson-as-alan-milne-and-will-tilston-as-christopher-robin-milne-in-the-film-untitled-a-a-milne-photo-by-david-appleby-2017-fox-searchlight-pictures-2-.jpg" title="domhnall-gleeson-as-alan-milne-and-will-tilston-as-christopher-robin-milne-in-the-film-untitled-a-a-milne-photo-by-david-appleby-2017-fox-searchlight-pictures-2-.jpg"/></div><!-- END scald=4927856 --></div><div class="dnd-caption-wrapper">Domhnall Gleeson as 'Alan Milne' and Will Tilston as 'Christopher Robin Milne' in the film UNTITLED A.A. 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