Peanuts movie trailer airing in the morning

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Apparently, Good Morning America will be running a “teaser” for the Peanuts movie on Tuesday (likely when you’re reading this), but USA Today has an article on it with a couple of images.

The modeling from the 3-D has an interesting effect, unsurprisingly reminding me of the effect of Tom Brannon’s shading on his work in the books. That they’re using what looks like linework rather than rendered details for eyes and eyebrows helps a lot in maintaining the Schulziness of it. I’ll be interested to see them in motion.

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Free Snoopy Weekend

Apple just announced that this weekend, you can watch all of their original programming for free (you will have to sign in for an account, but not a subscription.) This means The Snoopy Show, Snoopy in Space, Camp Snoopy, and the new Peanuts specials that were created for Apple should all be …

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RIP Willie Mays

Willie Mays has died. The baseball great lived until the age of 1993. “Why is that relevant to a Peanuts blog?” I hear of a few of you cry (though many of you know better.) Before Lee Mendelson had any connection to Peanuts, he made a documentary about Mays… and …

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New Peanuts feature film on the way

Apple, who have been producing Peanuts series and specials in plentitude, have announced that they, Wildbrain, and Peanuts Worldwide are working together on a new Peanuts feature-length film, the Hollywood Reporter notes. If you liked the last feature film, then this should be very good news. They’re using a story …