''The Peanuts Movie'' (known in some countries as ''Snoopy and Charlie Brown: A Peanuts Movie''
) is a 2015 American
computer-animated
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comedy film
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based on
Charles M. Schulz's
comic strip ''
Peanuts
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'', produced by
Blue Sky Studios
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and distributed by
20th Century Fox
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. It is the fifth full-length ''Peanuts'' film and the first in 35 years.
The film is directed by
Steve Martino
Stephen Michael "Steve" Martino (born July 21, 1959) is an American designer and film director. He is best known for directing the films '' Horton Hears a Who!'' (2008), '' Ice Age: Continental Drift'' (2012), and '' The Peanuts Movie'' (2015).
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from a screenplay by Craig and Bryan Schulz (Schulz's son and grandson, respectively), and Cornelius Uliano, and stars the voices of
Noah Schnapp
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as