Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang are headed to Apple

Apple has reportedly cutting a bargain with DHX Media to hit novel animated Peanuts content, Deadline reported Friday. That’s right, Snoopy, Charlie Brown as well as the remainder of the Peanuts gang are coming to the iPhone maker!

Deadline has the story:

Working closely with its subsidiary Peanuts Worldwide, DHX Media volition prepare as well as hit master programs, including novel series, specials as well as shorts based on the dear characters created past times Charles M. Schultz.

One of the projects nether the bargain is master short-form STEM content that volition hold upwardly exclusive to Apple, featuring astronaut Snoopy. Peanuts Worldwide as well as NASA of late signed a Space Act Agreement, designed to inspire a passion for infinite exploration as well as STEM alongside the adjacent generation of students.

These iconic characters should definitely boost the appeal of Apple’s upcoming video streaming service, which the companionship is understood to unveil at approximately betoken inward the minute one-half of 2019. Apple is understood to direct keep been interested inward non entirely family-friendly content but TV-MA shows equally well.

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The Peanuts characters as well as IP are 41% owned past times DHX Media, 39% owned past times Sony Music Entertainment Nihon (which acquired a stake inward DHX before this year) as well as 20% owned past times the Schultz family.

This major understanding is inward improver to Apple’s existing animation deals that nosotros reported on previously which will meet it working with Irish Gaelic animation studio Cartoon Saloon on time to come animated movies as well as TV content.

Moreover, Apple has ordered 26 episodes over 2 years for an animated musical comedy, titled “Central Park”, that is beingness created past times Loren Bouchard (“Bob’s Burgers”).

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