Apple TV+ today revealed the trailer for Lucy’s School, a new original special celebrating educators and based on the classic Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, premiering Friday, August 12.
The Peanuts gang are anxious about starting at a new school in the fall, inspiring Lucy to start her own school instead, but teaching isn’t as easy as it sounds. Lucy’s School is a love letter to teachers, and an appreciation of the impact a teacher can have on a child. It explores the fear of change, and shows how Lucy, supported by her friends, faces and overcomes her own fears.
Produced for Apple TV+ by Peanuts and WildBrain, the special is directed by Raymond S. Persi (It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown) and written by Craig Schulz, Bryan Schulz and Cornelius Uliano, who also executive produce alongside Paige Braddock, Josh Scherba, Stephanie Betts, Amir Nasrabadi and Anne Loi, and is produced by James Brown and Timothy Jason Smith.
Also coming to Apple TV+ on Friday, August 12 through its partnership with WildBrain are new episodes of the beloved Apple Original, The Snoopy Show Season 2.
The expanding and award-winning lineup of original animation for kids and families on Apple TV+ also includes the critically-acclaimed and Humanitas Prize nominated El Deafo, Lovely Little Farm, Pinecone and the Pony, Harriet the Spy (The Jim Henson Company), Wolfboy and the Everything Factory (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, HITRECORD, Bento Box Ent.), Get Rolling with Otis, Academy Award-nominated film Wolfwalkers, Peabody Award-winning series Stillwater. new series and specials from Peanuts and WildBrain ( Snoopy in Space S2, It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown, For Auld Lang Syne) and Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth, the Daytime Emmy-winning television event based on the New York Times bestselling book and TIME Best Book of the Year by Oliver Jeffers.
