1984’s Follow That Bird. 1999’s Elmo in Grouchland. 2026’s Project Hail Mary. All films that star Big Bird (if you don’t count Project Hail Mary). And now there may be another one beaming straight in to your living room (or bathroom, even!)
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix, the current home of Sesame Street, have naturally won the rights to stream a new Sesame movie that is apparently in the works. Right now, the company Rideback, who produced the live action Lilo & Stitch and Aladdin movies, will produce the film.
It’s unlikely that it’s the very-close-to-being-made-but-cancelled-due-to-COVID script that was to star Anne Hathaway, with songs by Bo Burnham. It appears that it will be an entirely new script, which is a shame, because I wanted to hear Telly sing ‘Look Who’s Inside Again’ from Bo Burnham’s Inside.
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