A SESAME STREET Movie Is in Development with STRANGER THINGS Producer Shawn Levy

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Warner Bros. has started developing a new Sesame Street movie with Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy, and they've hired David Guion and Michael Handelman to write the script. The two writers have previously worked on films such as the adventure comedy Night at The Museum: Secret of the Tomb and the Steve Carrell comedy Dinner for Schmucks. 

According to Deadline, the writers will "start with a treatment as the studio finds a handle for a narrative family film based on the 47-year-old show that has been redone by WB’s sister company, HBO."

So, they aren't sure what exactly this Sesame Street movie will be yet, but I'm sure they'll figure out something good that respects what the series is. I'm curious to see what they end up coming up with. Sesame Street is one of the most beloved children shows ever, and the characters in it are iconic. This will be the third Sesame Street film since it's been around. In 1985 there was a film called Follow that Bird, and in 1999 there was The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. 

What would you all like to see from a new Sesame Street movie? Here are the trailers for the two previous films.

Starring the cast of TV's Sesame Street. Oscar, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster plus other members of the Sesame Street family join Big Bird in a cross-country adveture. A meddling social worker sends poor Big Bird off to Ocean View, Illinois, for the comforts of family life with his "own kind," the Dodos.

Taken from Elmo in Grouchland on DVD.