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Netflix Wins ‘Sesame Street’ Movie Rights
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Netflix Wins ‘Sesame Street’ Movie Rights

The Hollywood Reporter·Borys Kit·3 months ago
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Skip to main content Heat Vision Home Movies Movie News Rideback, the production company behind the billion-dollar live-action "Lilo & Stitch" and "Aladdin" movies, brought it to the studio and will produce. Elmo, Grover, Cookie Monster and Abby Cadabby in 'Sesame Street.' Netflix Logo text   Netflix has cookies to nom, nom, nom on.  Coming on top of a two-company bidding war, the streaming giant has landed the feature film rights to Sesame Street , the long-running and iconic children’s educational television show.  Rideback, the production company behind the billion-dollar live-action Lilo & Stitch and Aladdin movies, and run by Jonathan Eirich and Michael Lofaso, will produce the feature. The company had already been working with Sesame Workshop, the company behind the show, on an animation project, and was able to get an early jump. Sesame Workshop will be involved in a producer capacity as well. Netflix had no comment.…

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