Peanuts (2012 TV series)

Peanuts is an live-action / animated television sitcom series created by Eric Darnell and is based off of the Peanuts comic strips written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. Premiering on Boomerang, it was co-produced by company Reeder Entertainment and produced by Dan Schneider and stars Jacob Tremblay as Charlie Brown.

The series premiered on Boomerang on August 10, 2012 and lasted for two seasons while receiving mixed-to-positive reviews. Series writer Cinco Paul announced that the series would not be renewed for a third season.

Plot
The series' plot follows around Charlie Brown and his friends moving to Pinkwood and living in surbanan houses. Charlie Brown and his friends go to the Pinkwood Elementary School along with Charlie Brown's sister, Sally. Their principal Jeff Shen Hayes makes the rules and bosses them around with his quote "I don't care, I'm the principal!"

While Charlie Brown and his friends are in school and relaxing sometimes, both of Charlie's pets Snoopy (a beagle) and Woodstock (a bird) go on adventures including fighting with the big bad, Red Baron. Woodstock also specializes in a school of training little bird children while Snoopy tries to get his hands on a female beagle named Fifi, in which Snoopy has a crush on Fifi.

Cast

 * Jacob Tremblay as Charlie Brown
 * Asher Angel as Linus van Pelt
 * Ed Helms as Principal Jeff Shen Hayes
 * Scotty Noyd Jr. as Franklin
 * Elle Fanning as Lucy van Pelt
 * Noah Schnapp as Schroeder
 * To audition for the part of Schroeder, Schnapp had to practice for three days on a toy piano.
 * Maggie Jones as Peppermint Patty
 * Jessica Tyler Brown as Sally Brown
 * Elsie Fisher as Marcie
 * Javon Walton as Rerun van Pelt

Voices

 * Bill Farmer as Snoopy
 * Andy Beall as Woodstock
 * Tress MacNeille as Fifi
 * Frank Welker as additional animal voices

Production
Starting from 1979, several live-action adaptations of Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts comic strips were attempted to be made, including one by David Levy, who created a 1964-1966 television adaptation of The Addams Family created by Charles Addams. Though the show was canceled due to filming conflicts.