Scott Chambers
Scott Chambers | |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
Scott Jeffrey Chambers (also known as Scott Jeffrey)[1] is an English actor and film producer.[2][3] He is best known for producing Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey and its sequel (acting in the latter as Christopher Robin), and for writing and directing Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare.[4][5]
Early life
[edit]When he was six, Scott Jeffery Chambers (credited as Chambers for his role as an actor and as Jeffrey for his role as a producer)[6][7] watched Scream with his older sister. As he was only a young boy around then, she covered his eyes whenever a death scene happened, such as telling him Rose McGowan "jumped down and she ran off into the woods." The following year, for his seventh birthday, his brother bought a videocassette of the movie. Chambers watched it all on his own, "and I'm actually seeing Drew Barrymore getting stabbed, and Rose actually getting her head crushed, and I was so scared!" Following this, Chambers's mother had his brother explain to Chambers what filmography was, which caused him to develop a passion for filmmaking.[8] At eleven years old, after receiving his father's video camera, Chambers began making horror movies with his brother.[9] In his adult years, after graduating from college, he signed up with an acting agency.
Career
[edit]Chambers played Richard, a teenage boy with learning difficulties who desires stability, in the 2015 film Chicken.[10] He discovered the film industry was very hard to get into, especially as neither of his family worked in the industry. To start off, he set up a goal of producing 100 low-budget feature films by a certain age to look like "the Terminator of producers" as a way to eventually prove potential employers his worthy.[9][11] In 2020, he alongside Rhys Frake-Waterfield formed Jagged Edge Productions, an independent studio producing over 112 clickbait movies, all sent direct-to-video.[12]
In 2022, he produced over 47 films and portrayed Dr. Oscar Beattie in the ITV series Malpractice (2023–present).[13] Among these films was Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey (2023), which was originally intended for a direct-to-video release in October 2022. Chambers stated that he discovered through Twitter that Winnie-the-Pooh had entered the public domain and decided, "Oh, cool, I'll do him this year."[14] While he expected the film to merely get clickbait, upon posting several teaser images on IMDb, overnight the film exploded with popularity on the internet, which forced the filmmakers to film reshoots to make it better.[14][15] While the film helped launch his and Frake-Waterfield's theatrical careers as filmmakers, it also came with a lot of negative backlash towards them from the general public for "ruining [their] childhoods," even winning them the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture.[16][17] "We just took so much abuse and... [giggles] um, death threats and all that kind of stuff," Chambers said in an interview with JoBlo Celebrity Access.[18] Afterwards, a sequel was produced with a higher budget and featured a new cast.[19][20] Chambers portrayed Christopher Robin in Blood and Honey 2, replacing Nikolai Leon from the first film.[2] He confessed he was hesitant to do so as he was producing the film at the same time, in addition to the negative backlash they received from the first film but accepted Frake-Waterfield's request nonetheless. As a result, he and Frake-Waterfield created a cinematic universe together called The Twisted Childhood Universe with horror adaptations of Bambi, a Life in the Woods, Peter Pan and The Adventures of Pinocchio.[21][22][23] Chambers wrote and directed Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare after Frake-Waterfield stepped down to direct Pinocchio Unstrung instead.[4][5][24] While the original draft of the film was a more traditional approach to the source material, major rewrites were done due to budgetary constraints and difficult experiences felt during filming of Blood and Honey 2.[25] Chambers is set to reprise as Christopher Robin in Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 3, in addition to directing instead of Frake-Waterfield,[26] and the major crossover film Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble.[27]
Personal life
[edit]Chambers was born in Colchester.[10] He is openly gay.[28]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Love+1 | Youth | Short film |
| 2012 | Ticking | Eric | |
| 2013 | Uwantme2killhim? | Jack | |
| 2014 | The Elevator Pitch | Jimmy | Short film |
| Go Viral | Clayton | ||
| 2015 | Data Protection | Brother | |
| Brothers | Chris | ||
| Chicken | Richard | ||
| 2016 | Boy | Kev | Short film |
| Lambing Season | Joe | ||
| Fox Trap | Jamie | ||
| 2017 | The Hippopotamus | Roman Wallace | |
| Blood Money | Zander | ||
| Carnage | Kyle | ||
| Random Acts: Ian McKellen on growing up gay and coming out | Ian McKellen | Short film | |
| McKellen: Playing the Part | |||
| 2018 | Patrick the Pug | Spike | |
| Malevolent | Elliot | ||
| Heart's Ease | John | Short film | |
| 2020 | Burnt | Jeff | |
| 2022 | Bingo Queens | Aleks | |
| The Area 51 Incident | Trent | Credited as Scott Jeffrey | |
| 2023 | Firenado | Delivery Man/Newsreporter Voice | |
| Megalodon: The Frenzy | Jet Ski Victim | ||
| Doctor Jekyll | Rob | ||
| 2024 | Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 | Christopher Robin | |
| TBA | Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 3 | ||
| TBA | Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Katy Brand's Big Ass Show | Young Urchin | 1 episode |
| 2014 | Holby City | Carl Nordbrook | |
| 2019 | Porters | Cheese | |
| 2020 | Agatha and the Midnight Murders | Clarence Allen | TV movie |
| 2021 | Innocent | Mark | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Murder in Provence | Mark | 1 episode |
| 2023 | Malpractice | Dr. Oscar Beattie | 5 episodes |
References
[edit]- ↑ Weiss, Josh (March 19, 2024). "WINNIE-THE-POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY CREATORS TEASE FULL UNIVERSE OF TWISTED CHILDREN'S STORIES". Syfy.com. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- 1 2 Cooper, Freda (March 25, 2024). "WELCOME TO THE POOH-NIVERSE! ACTOR AND PRODUCER SCOTT CHAMBERS ON FORTHCOMING HORROR FAIRYTALES". SciFiNow. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ↑ Chang, Tom (March 31, 2024). "Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2: Chambers on Scream's Influence". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- 1 2 Ezekwe, Nnamdi (18 May 2024). "Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey Team Reveals First Look at Peter Pan Horror Parody". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- 1 2 Ritman, Alex (May 18, 2024). "'Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey' Makers Unveil 'Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare' First Look (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ↑ Plant, Logan (September 11, 2023). "Exclusive: Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2's First Look at Tigger Revealed". IGN. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ↑ Collis, Clark (March 7, 2024). "Toy gory: Why all your favorite childhood icons are becoming movie monsters". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ↑ Gray, Peter (2024-03-26). "Interview: Director Rhys Frake-Waterfield and star Scott Chambers on their love of horror, gore and Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey II". The AU Review. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- 1 2 Seth, Kenisha (2021). "Scott Chambers in "Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2"". PhotoBook Magazine. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- 1 2 D'Arcy-Jones, Neil (May 23, 2018). "Colchester actor Scott Chambers is Sir Ian McKellen in new documentary". Daily Gazette (Colchester). Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ↑ 50shadesoftayyy (2024-03-28). Blood And Honey 2 Q&A March 27th Moderated by Taylor Gonzales. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via YouTube.
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- ↑ Hibbs, James (April 30, 2023). "Malpractice cast: List of characters in ITV's Niamh Algar drama". Radio Times. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- 1 2 The Knockturnal (2024-03-28). Scott Chambers Talks Starring & Producing 'Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2'. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Ritman, Alex (2022-11-04). "How an Online Frenzy Lit a Fuse Under Microbudget Slasher 'Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Barnhardt, Adam (March 18, 2024). "Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey Producer Scott Chambers Reacts to Razzie Wins". Comicbook.com. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ↑ "The gory new Winnie the Pooh horror causing a storm". www.bbc.com. 2023-02-16. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ JoBlo Celebrity Access (2025-01-15). Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare Interview: Director Scott Chambers on the Poohniverse horror film!. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' director says sequel will have at least 5 times the budget". EW.com. Archived from the original on 2024-03-10. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Ritman, Alex (2023-09-08). "'Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey' Sequel First-Look Images Revealed (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Squires, John. "Bambi: The Reckoning - Bambi Horror Movie Currently in Works". bloody-disgusting.com. Archived from the original on 2025-07-24. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Squires, John. "Peter Pan Horror Movie Coming Soon from 'Blood & Honey' Team". bloody-disgusting.com. Archived from the original on 2025-01-15. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ O'Rourke, Ryan (2024-01-18). "'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2' Director Offers First Peek at 'Pinocchio: Unstrung'". Collider. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ London Beautiful Life (2025-02-05). Rhys Frake-Waterfield on the Poohniverse future | Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare. Retrieved 2026-07-16 – via YouTube.
- ↑ creepykingdom (2025-01-06). "Exploring PETER PAN'S NEVERLAND NIGHTMARE with Scott Chambers and Rhys Frake-Waterfield". Creepy Kingdom. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ "SEE IT: First Look At Rabbit In 'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 3'". The DisInsider. 2026-04-24. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
- ↑ Ritman, Alex (2024-03-18). "Welcome to the 'Poohniverse': 'Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey' Team to Unite Pooh, Bambi, Tinkerbell and More in Low-Budget Horror Crossover (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Shatto, Rachel (March 28, 2024). "Meet Scott Chambers, the out actor & producer behind The Poohniverse viral sensation". Pride.com. Retrieved May 19, 2024.