NEWS: ‘Sesame Street’ Live-Action Movie Set for 20211 min read
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWarner Bros. has set a release date for its live-action Sesame Street movie. You can get to see it on Jan. 15, 2021.
Portlandia director and co-creator Jonathan Krisel will helm the musical, co-financed by Warner Bros. and MGM.
The educational series premiered in 1969 with a combination of live-action, puppetry, and animation. Sesame Street is home to the Jim Henson creations Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, and Elmo. The TV series is produced by Sesame Workshop, known as the Children’s Television Workshop until 2000, and was created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett.
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