Peanuts the movie?

Question

About 10 years ago (maybe less) I came upon a list of tv shows they wanted to make into movies:

Brady Bunch (done with a sequel also)
Green Acres (sometimes i hear their still working on this)
Giligan's Island (i heard once they wanted to do a trilogy of movies but dont know where that stands now)

and Peanuts.

The only cast i ever heard for it was Rosie O'Donel as lucy.

Was always trying to figure out who could play Charlie Brown

but anyway does anyone know if this is still being worked on? was it dropped with shultz's death?

I just found a discussion board that says its still on the drawing board but that snoopy will be CGI

Answer 1

I think with the passing of Charles Shultz all plans for further development of the "Peanuts" characters was dropped. His final strip stated that his family did not want anyone else to continue the comic.

Answer 2

G'day Clomtancy,

Thank you for your question.

There have been films made but have not heard of plans to make more.

Charles Schulz, producer Lee Mendelson, and Bill Melendez (and his studio Melendez Films) also collaborated on four theatrical feature films starring the characters, the first of which was A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969). Most of these made use of material from Schulz's strips, which were then adapted, although in other cases plots were developed around areas where there were minimal strips to reference. Such was also the case with The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, a Saturday-morning TV series which debuted on CBS in 1983 and lasted for three seasons.

By the late-1980s, the specials' popularity had begun to wane, and CBS had sometimes rejected a few specials. An eight-episode TV miniseries called This is America, Charlie Brown, for instance, was released during a writer's strike. Eventually, the last Peanuts specials were released direct-to-video, and no new ones were created until after the year 2000 when ABC got the rights to the three fall holiday specials. The Nickelodeon cable network re-aired the bulk of the specials, as well as The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, for a time in the late 1990s under the umbrella title You're On Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown. Many of the specials and feature films have also been released on various home video formats over the years. After Schulz died many of the newer specials were based on comic strips Schulz had written.

The Peanuts characters even found their way to the live stage, appearing in the musicals You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Snoopy!!! — The Musical. You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown was originally an extremely successful off-Broadway musical that ran for four years (1967-1971) in New York City and on tour, with Gary Burghoff as the original Charlie Brown. An updated revival opened on Broadway in 1999. It was also adapted for television twice, as a live-action NBC special and an animated CBS special.

Charles Schulz said that he wanted the strip to stop when he was no longer able to produce them. All subsequent television productions have been based on these instructions. It may limit a movie.

There don't appear to be any current plans to make films. Certainly a Google News Archive doesn't come up with much since his death.

I have attached sources for your reference.

Regards

Answer 3

I would think the guy that plays Lex Luther, the son on Smallville could be Charlie Brown all grown up.And for a little kid, the kid from Two and A Half Men for a younger Charlie Brown.

Answer 4

Steve Guttenberg should play Charlie Brown.

Answer 5

I agree with the first person and I like it. I wanna see it again.