The Peanuts Movie

By Reggie's Take on October 16, 2015

Six years after the last original Peanuts strip was released and the death of Charles M. Schulz, Craig Schulz had an idea for a new Peanuts movie.

When Craig and his son Bryan Schulz went to the studios and presented their Peanuts movie they stipulated they maintain control saying, “We need to have absolute quality control and keep it under Dad’s legacy… You can’t bring people in from the outside and expect them to understand Peanuts.”

Director Steve Martino and the animators spent an entire year looking at the original drawing style of Charles Schulz to help them turn Schulz’s hand-drawn look and warmth into something that would translate to CGI.

In keeping with traditional Peanuts style they were able to obtain the rights to use Bill Melendez’s voice for Snoopy and Woodstock as well as the rights to archive music from previous Peanuts specials.

If your a long time fan of the Peanuts you will still get to see classic locations like Charlie Brown’s skating pond, his house and Lucy’s psychiatrist booth all retaining their look from the strip. Lucy’s psychiatrist booth will still just cost a nickel and maybe best of all the adult characters voices will be a trombone with a plunger mute, like in previous Peanuts television shows and movies.

Probably my favorite is we get to see Snoopy take on his old rival, the Red Baron. Was one of my favorites when I was kid and look forward to seeing how they have updated it.

The Peanuts Movie Synopsis:
Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the beloved “Peanuts” gang make their big-screen debut, like they’ve never been seen before, in state of the art 3D animation. Charlie Brown, the world’s most beloved underdog, embarks upon an epic and heroic quest, while his best pal, the lovable beagle Snoopy, takes to the skies to pursue his arch-nemesis, the Red Baron. From the imagination of Charles M. Schulz, THE PEANUTS MOVIE will prove that every underdog has his day.

Cast/Characters:
Noah Schnapp as Charlie Brown
Bill Melendez as Snoopy and Woodstock (from archival recordings)
Hadley Belle Miller as Lucy van Pelt
Mariel Sheets as Sally Brown
Anastasia Bredikhina as Patty
Noah Johnston as Schroeder
Rebecca Bloom as Marcie
Mar Mar as Franklin Armstrong
William Alexander Wunsch as Shermy
Francesca Capaldi as the Little Red-Haired Girl
Venus Schultheis as Peppermint Patty
Madisyn Shipman as Violet Gray
AJ Teece as Pig-Pen
Alexander Garfin as Linus van Pelt