Charlie Brown Is Back in These New Images from ‘The Peanuts Movie’

With the holidays right around the corner, there’s no doubt that many of us are already yearning for our annual viewing of A Charlie Brown Christmas – and with Snoopy and the gang already in our thoughts, this is as good a time as any for producer Paul Feig to give us a sneak peek at his upcoming feature film The Peanuts Movie.

Feig recently chatted with USA Today about the new movie, revealing that he wants to stay true to the beloved comic strips and TV specials created by Charles Schulz. That means we won’t be seeing new characters, or updated modernized takes on Charlie Brown, Linus or any of the rest of the Peanuts gang. Go ahead and breathe your sigh of relief here.

Director Steve Martino’s film will have two storylines – one following Charlie Brown as he sets out on a quest to find something he thinks he really needs, and another that features Snoopy flying his doghouse Sopwith Camel to Paris to engage in an aerial duel with the Red Baron.

With Schulz’s son Craig on board as a writer and producer, we suspect that Martino’s film will stay true to what we loved about thePeanuts comic strips in the first place. While the new movie will take the 2D characters and move them into a three-dimensional world, the team has been careful to not radically change anyone’s physical appearance. This is particularly noticeable in the eyes, which are still basically just little dots on the characters’ faces. Conveying emotion through these minimalist peepers proved to be a challenge, but the team is up to the task.

“A little tilt of that eye shape can give you worry. A little stretch and raise of that little dot can give you surprise,” says Martino.

Based on what Feig and his crew have revealed so far, The Peanuts Movie is shaping up quite nicely. Fans will be able to relive the magic of Schulz’s timeless characters when the film hits theaters next November. Swing by USA Today for more photos from the film.