‘Sesame Street’ has been in development since 2012, it will be the third installment of the feature film following ‘Follow That Bird’ in 1985 and ‘The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland’ in 1999. Recently, Warner Bros. and MGM revealed that Anne Hathaway starrer ‘Sesame Street’ will hit the theatres on January 15, 2021. The studio also revealed Tim Story’s ‘Tom and Jerry’ film on April 16, 2021. Neither of the films has an official name.
‘Sesame Street’ will go on floors from June 2019, reported Variety. The film is helmed by the Co-producer of series ‘Portlandia’, Jonathan Krisel. With 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy producing alongside Michael Aguilar and Entertainment 360.
The movie is said to be a musical, which will feature Sesame Street residents Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster. The screenplay is penned by Chris Galletta (‘Kings of Summer’). The film is co-produced by MGM.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the feature film based on the American educational children’s television series will be a musical and added that the plot would take inspiration from a line in the “Sesame Street Theme” — “Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?” — “with characters getting lost in NYC and trying to find their way back to Sesame Street.”
Tim Story’s ‘Tom and Jerry’ will be a live-action hybrid based on the classic animated series by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera which was introduced in 1940.