“Sesame Street” Movie Exits WB For Netflix

The proposed “Sesame Street” musical movie is shifting from Warner Bros. Pictures to Netflix.

Announced right before the pandemic hit, the project had “Portlandia” director and co-creator Jonathan Krisel attached to direct, with Anne Hathaway and Chance the Rapper starring, while Bo Burnham would be doing the original songs.

Now, The InSneider reports and THR confirms that the film has shifted from the studio to the streamer after Warner Bros. lost the rights. As a result, Krisel is no longer involved, and Hathaway is potentially out to.

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” filmmakers The Daniels were also in talks to produce should the project end up at Universal. Now that Netflix has won the film, there is no official talent attached.

It sounds like the film is going back to the drawing board with a new writer expected to be hired in the next few months. Jonathan Eirich and Michael Lofaso’s Rideback production company, who handled the live-action “Lilo & Stitch” film, will produce alongside Sesame Workshop.

The previous synopsis for the project indicated that the story follows Big Bird and his friends as they are mysteriously transported to Manhattan and seemingly unable to return to their homes on Sesame Street.

They team up with a history show host to save her series from cancellation and to prove the existence of the childhood favourites’ home to the world, all while avoiding an evil mayor attempting to thwart their efforts.

The shift of the film’s home isn’t a huge surprise as Netflix began streaming the long-running PBS series last year.

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