Watch The First Official Trailer For The CGI Peanuts Movie
Good grief.
Due for release later this year to commemorate the comic strip’s 65th anniversary, The Peanuts Movie is a co-creation of Craig and Brian Schulz — the respective son and grandson of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, who passed away in 2000.
Produced by long-time Snoopy-fan Paul Feig (Freaks and Geeks, Bridesmaids) and directed by Steve Martino (Ice Age), it’ll be the fifth full-length film based on the comic, but the first in CGI — a technological embrace which is encouraging all kinds of snark on Twitter.
I’ll watch a CGI Peanuts movie around the same time I acknowledge All-Japan as a relevant wrestling promotion.
— Hunter Patterson (@whpatterson) January 5, 2015
Based on the first full-length trailer though, the film doesn’t look too bad: it seems wholesome and spirited, it celebrate’s Snoopy’s fascination with flight, and Woodstock has a very adorable squeak (both he and Snoopy are played by archival recordings of Bill Melendez, who “voiced” them in the original cartoons).
Charlie Brown’s catchphrase gets a look-in, too — but we’ll be reserving judgement until we see more from the rest of the characters.
Particularly Linus. Who is my favourite. (Schroeder is okay too.)
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The full trailer which was released last night is the second taste we’ve been given of The Peanuts Movie, following a holiday teaser released in November:
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Whoops, sorry, wrong clip: