New Sesame Street movie in development with Warner Bros.

[Buff Beaker]

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

Welp, we finally know who's writing the songs...and it's not remotely who I would expect:

Bo Burnham Gets To ‘Sesame Street’, Will Pen Songs For Warner Bros Movie

Deadline has learned that Eighth Grade filmmaker and stand-up comic Bo Burnham is contributing songs for Warner Bros' Sesame Street movie.

deadline.com

 

[Oscarfan]

Before anyone passes judgement, just remember: Brett McKenzie also wrote naughty novelty songs and his output on both Muppet films was superb.

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

Before anyone passes judgement, just remember: Brett McKenzie also wrote naughty novelty songs and his output on both Muppet films was superb.

Very true. I just laughed as soon as I saw the article, because the first thing I thought of was this...

 

[BlakeConor14]

It's a strange choice.

But he's very talented and I'm sure he will do a great job

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

Oh, and more plot details...

"In the movie, directed by Jonathan Krisel, Big Bird and his Sesame Street friends are mysteriously expelled from their neighborhood, finding themselves in Manhattan. They team up with a plucky history show host Sally Hawthorne who’s on a quest to save her show and prove that Sesame Street actually exists, with obstacles created by the “evil” mayor, with reasons of his own for keeping Sesame Street hidden from the world."

This sounds...weird.

 

[Blue Frackle]

It sounds like some weird mashup of Manhattan, The Muppet Movie, Follow That Bird and the 2011 film.

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

What doesn't make sense to me is, they're making SST out to be this hidden, magical land, when it's always been portrayed as a pretty realistic NY street.

 

[D'Snowth]

Yeah, I'm not exactly sold.

 

[BlakeConor14]

Well it's very hard to get anything or make a decision out of a brief plot detail that may change.
I suggest wait for the trailers before you make a decision. And not just jump ship before we've actually seen any footage