Netflix is developing a new film based on Sesame Street with Rideback and Sesame Workshop. The project is still in the early stages of development: details about the story, the creative team, the cast, and the release date have not yet been announced.
The feature film should set Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby Cadabby, and the rest of Sesame Street's residents off on a fresh, big-screen adventure. Netflix, for its part, hasn’t announced yet whether the project will blend puppetry with live-action—like the franchise’s prior films—or take a different route.
This announcement accompanies the extension of the agreement reached between Netflix and Sesame Workshop. The platform will continue to roll out new seasons of the educational show through Season 62. The film is a separate project from this television production and will be developed with the company Rideback.
Since 1969, Sesame Street has blended puppetry, music, humor, and educational segments to support young children's learning. The show helped introduce Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, and Grover, who have become enduring icons of pop culture and family television.
The franchise has already spawned several big-screen adaptations. Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird hit theaters in 1985, then The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchyland followed in 1999. This new project is set to return this universe to the big screen, but Netflix has not yet revealed whether it will tie into the prior stories.
The announcement comes as Netflix boosts its lineup for children and families. The platform already streams episodes of Sesame Street and a number of spin-offs. The extended deal will keep airing new seasons while the film is in development.
At this stage, no director, writer, or actor has publicly signed on to the project. No definitive title or production timetable has been announced. The film Sesame Street therefore remains a development project rather than a release already slated.
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