Last weekend, a very special blimp flew round and round Knott's Berry Farm.
It was the Peanuts Movie blimp, getting us excited for the movie premiere just a week away!
We were invited to meet the cast of this very special movie,
a collaboration between the Schulz family and Blue Sky Studios!
I had a chance to speak to Craig Schulz,
son of the Peanuts comic strip creator, Charles M. Schulz.
Craig is excited to be part of bringing his father's characters to life in The Peanuts Movie.
He helped write the script and knows his father would love the film!
Craig told us his favorite character is Pig Pen.
I loved interviewing Craig because the Peanuts characters are part of my childhood memories, from reading the comic strip to seeing the holiday specials on tv.
Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the gang continue to the next generation as favorites of my children as they see them at Knott's Berry Farm and on tv.
I know we are all going to love The Peanuts Movie!
The children who were cast to voice the characters in the movie are so down to earth and kind.
I loved meeting them and could picture them playing in my neighborhood.
I'm sure they are much like the children Charles M. Schulz pictured
as he drew his beloved Peanuts characters.
Schulz was a wonderful father, with good family values.
His children have fond memories of growing up in a wonderful home.
I admire him so much for creating something entertaining
without resorting to bad language and innuendos.
Schulz once said, "Americans want decency. They want decent entertainment.
And I've always believed that. I always felt that if I ever did anything crude or raunchy,
that God would literally strike the fingers off my hand."
When Charles M. Schulz died from cancer in 2000, Peanuts had an estimated readership of over 350 million, appeared in 2,600 newspapers in 21 countries around the world. Schulz had drawn, inked and lettered 17,897 strips. It is a legacy that many tried to bring to the big screen over the years. The Schulz family worked closely with Blue Sky Studios to produce a film true to the style and values of Charles M. Schulz.
Check out this clip and get excited with us for The Peanuts Movie!
If you loved Monsters, Inc., then you will love this movie too!
Ever since college-bound Mike Wazowski (voice of Billy Crystal) was a little monster, he has dreamed of becoming a Scarer—and he knows better than anyone that the best Scarers come from Monsters University (MU). But during his first semester at MU, Mike’s plans are derailed when he crosses paths with hotshot James P. Sullivan, “Sulley” (voice of John Goodman), a natural-born Scarer. The pair’s out-of-control competitive spirit gets them both kicked out of the University’s elite Scare Program. To make matters worse, they realize they will have to work together, along with an odd bunch of misfit monsters, if they ever hope to make things right.
Screaming with laughter and oozing with heart, Disney•Pixar’s “Monsters University” is directed by Dan Scanlon (“Cars,” “Mater and the Ghostlight,” “Tracy”), produced by Kori Rae (“Up,” “The Incredibles,” “Monsters, Inc.”) and features music from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and award-winning composer Randy Newman (“Monsters, Inc.,” “Toy Story 3”).
I loved how they tied the movie together with characters
we loved from Monsters Inc. plus some fun new monsters!
IRON MAN 3 OPENS TODAY!! Marvel's "Iron Man 3" pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
I had the pleasure of seeing it last night at a special screening and it was the best yet!
If you liked the first two, then you'll love this one!
It had me on the edge of my seat trying to remember to breathe!
