LEGO has officially unveiled the next set in its fan-created LEGO Ideas theme, the rather splendid 123 Sesame Street, which is of course based upon the beloved children’s series. Consisting of 1367 pieces, the set comes with minifigures for Elmo, Cookie Monster, Bert & Ernie, Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird, and goes on sale […]
Anne Hathaway confirms role in The Sesame Street Movie
Back in December it was announced that Anne Hathaway was wanted for a role in The Sesame Street Movie, and now the Oscar-winning actress has confirmed to USA Today that she will be appearing alongside Big Bird, Elmo and company in the 2021 Warner Bros. feature. “I’ll play a Muppet-y human living among Muppets, so […]
Sesame Street, Tom and Jerry movies set for 2021
In a double announcement, Warner Bros. revealed it has set a release date of 15th January 2021 for its live action Sesame Street movie. The studio also announced it will debut its live action/CG movie Tom and Jerry on 16th April 2021. The Sesame Street movie, starring Anne Hathaway, is set to be helmed by Portlandia director Jonathan Krisel, with Shawn […]
Anne Hathaway wanted for Warner Bros.’ Sesame Street movie
Anne Hathaway has proven herself to be one of the most versatile performers working in film today. Tackling blockbusters such as The Dark Knight Rises and Ocean’s 8, indie gems like Rachel Getting Married, winning an Academy Award for Les Misérables, all after earning her stripes in comedy with The Princess Diaries. Now Collider are reporting […]
Portlandia co-creator to direct Sesame Street movie
Back in November of 2016 it was revealed that Shawn Levy is set to produce a big screen musical based upon the long-running children’s series Sesame Street, and now Variety is reporting that the project has found a director in Portlandia co-creator Jonathan Krisel. Sesame Street will mark the feature directorial debut for Krisel, who […]
Sesame Street loses lawsuit over The Happytime Murders
Last week it was reported that Sesame Workshop, the company behind the classic children’s show Sesame Street, had filed a lawsuit against STX Entertainment regarding the upcoming Melissa McCarthy puppet noir comedy The Happytime Murders. The suit alleged that the Brian Henson-directed R-rated comedy could cause “devastating and irreparable injury” to Sesame Street, particularly through the […]
Sesame Street launches files against The Happytime Murders
Last week we got our first red band trailer for The Happytime Murders, the upcoming raunchy, violent R-rated comedy from director Brian Henson and The Jim Henson Company, which sees Melissa McCarthy teaming up with a disgraced ex-cop and puppet private detective in order to solve a series of killings. The red band trailer seemed to […]
Shawn Levy developing Sesame Street movie
During an interview with Screen Rant to promote the release of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi drama Arrival, Shawn Levy has revealed that he’s developing a new big screen version of the long-running children’s TV show Sesame Street. “Sesame Street is at Warner Bros and we are right now working on a treatment for what I think […]
Sesame Street parodies Game of Thrones with Game of Chairs
With Game of Thrones set to return to TV screens for its fifth season tomorrow night, Sesame Street has produced a parody of HBO’s epic fantasy series entitled ‘Game of Chairs’, which features Grover Bluejoy alongside puppet versions of the likes of Daenerys, Tyrion, Cersei, Joffrey, Ned and company. Check it out here… SEE ALSO: […]