Yes, yes, I know, there is no reason a grown man should be getting excited for a Sesame Street movie, until you remember that every Sesame Street DVD movie in the past has featured a collection of awesome celebrities (Elmopalooza had Jon Stewart in it. JON STEWART!!!) so yes, I’m excited about this. YAY! From The Hollywood Reporter:
20th Century Fox wants to tell you how to get to Sesame Street. The studio has picked up the movie rights to the long-running and iconic children’s television show and has tapped longtime Street writer Joey Mazzarino to pen the script. Producers are Shawn Levy and his 21 Laps banner, Michael Aguilar, Mark Gordon and Film 360’s Guymon Casady. The educational series, which premiered in 1969, airs mostly on PBS stations and features a combination of live-action and puppetry, as well as animation. It is best known as the home of the Jim Henson creations Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster and Elmo. It’s estimated that about one in three Americans has watched the show, and the format is broadcast in dozens of countries. Sesame Street also has won 138 Emmys during its run.
I’m just going to say this now, as plainly and clearly as I can: GROVER. I NEED MORE GROVER. Please don’t let me down, 20th Century Fox.
