"The Peanuts Movie" may have been a hit in the box office, earning an estimate of $114 million in a $99 million budget but it seems like a sequel is far from happening anytime soon.
Speaking to The Wrap, Jean Schulz, wife of the late creator Charles M. Schulz, revealed that the film took eight years to make. She added that Fox only had been given the rights to shoot one film.
Charles has always been hesitant to turn his comic into a film but Jean shared that if he had seen the movie, he would have been "very proud" of it. She added that the production definitely took the time and effort to create such a wonderful story.
Jean explained that her husband has always been very protective of his work. She shared that they have received multiple offers for a film adaptation ever since "A Charlie brown Christmas" aired in 1965.
"It wasn't that he didn't like the movies. It was that he didn't think he could devote the time it would take to oversee a project and make sure it turned out the way he wanted it to," Jean explained.
When asked what made them eventually change their mind and reconsider, Jean shared that Fox was able to convince them that they understood Charles' vision for the comic. She added that after seeing how they stayed faithful in its adaptation of Dr. Seuss' "Horton Hears a Who" it definitely helped put their minds at ease.
Their son and grandson Craig and Bryan also helped with the conceptualization of the movie in 2006.