‘Sesame Street’ Movie in the Works from Fox

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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.

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