SESAME STREET Film in the Works at 20th Century Fox

According to The Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Fox Studio has acquired the film rights to the long-running public television children's series, SESAME STREET. Series writer Joey Mazzarino is set to write the script for the movie which will be produced by Shawn Levy and his 21 Laps banner, Michael Aguilar, Mark Gordon and Film 360's Guymon Casady.

SESAME STREET first aired on PBS stations around the country in 1969. The educational series features both live-action puppets and animation and has spawned such beloved characters as Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster and Elmo. One in three Americans have reportedly watched the show which is now aired in over a dozen foreign countries. It has received an astounding 138 Emmy Awards throughout its run.

The show has been adapted to the big-screen in 1985's 'Follow That Bird' and 1999's 'The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland'.