Warner Bros just announced two new films starring children’s characters rooted in the mid-20th century. The studio said today that it has dated untitled Sesame Street and Tom & Jerry movies for release in two years.
The live-action Sesame Street musical is set for January 15, 2021, and starts shooting in July with MGM co-financing with WB. The hybrid T&J, directed by Tim Story, will arrive three months later on April 16.
Portlandia co-creator Jonathan Krisel is set to direct the family musical with 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy producing with Entertainment 360’s Michael Aguilar. Anne Hathaway is reportedly on board for the revival which would bring Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Elmo and other denizens of Sesame Street to the big screen for the first time in this century.
Sesame Street, which airs on WarnerMedia-owned HBO these days, turns 50 this year. The television production of the Children’s Television...
The live-action Sesame Street musical is set for January 15, 2021, and starts shooting in July with MGM co-financing with WB. The hybrid T&J, directed by Tim Story, will arrive three months later on April 16.
Portlandia co-creator Jonathan Krisel is set to direct the family musical with 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy producing with Entertainment 360’s Michael Aguilar. Anne Hathaway is reportedly on board for the revival which would bring Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Elmo and other denizens of Sesame Street to the big screen for the first time in this century.
Sesame Street, which airs on WarnerMedia-owned HBO these days, turns 50 this year. The television production of the Children’s Television...
- 3/12/2019
- by Erik Pedersen and Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
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