New Sesame Street Movie Coming From Shawn Levy

[ZariusTwo]

Sunny day, everything's A-OK, and then you find yourself fighting a Demogorgon and getting lost in the Upside Down...

Shawn Levy who produced hit Netflix show Stranger Things (and directed a couple of episodes) is currently developing a big-screen outing for Sesame Street.

Levy, who also directed the Night at the Museum movies and has produced a vast range of Hollywood films, told Screen Rant that he's currently plugging away at a treatment.

"Sesame Street is at Warner Bros, and we are right now working on a treatment for what I think is going to be a really imaginative and entertaining take on that beloved and decades-old global brand," he said.

"The trick there is to honour these characters that are beloved but in a movie that feels entertaining for the kids who we might bring to the movie but humorous on that second level for those parents who bring their kids. It's early - we're still at the treatment stage, but very bullish on that."

In stark reality, a Sesame Street movie is likely to feature muppetty adventures, songs, counting and possibly some cookie-based antics rather than telekinetic kids and otherworldly monsters, though Oscar the Grouch is pretty scary and The Count does appear to be a vampire.

Sesame Street has been around since 1969 and is one of the best-loved kids' shows ever featuring an insane roster of A-list guests.

It's already spawned a couple of movies in the '80s and '90s - one focusing on Big Bird and another on Elmo. No news yet on the direction this one will take.

Levy is working with writers Mike Jones who penned the English adaptations of The Wind Rises and The Tale of Princess Kaguya and long-time Sesame Street writer Joey Mazzarino.

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