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The work of "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz will return to the big screen next month on Nov 6.

The movie will be a family affair: Craig Schulz, the son of the beloved St. Paul cartoonist, helped write the script, along with his son, Bryan Schulz. Cornelius Uliano is also a writer on the project.

Craig said he hopes the movie will bring a new audience to his father's original work.

"A new generation was coming up, and they weren't reading the comic strip and the movie was really going to be the rock in the pond that would create the ripples that would drive them back to what my dad had created," Schulz said. 

The hometown celebration kicked off yesterday when St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman declared Oct. 20 "Charles Schulz Day." 

The director of "The Peanuts Movie," Steve Martino, said the influence of the city on Schulz's cartoons is obvious.

"When I came two years ago and walked into that neighborhood where those house are with the three little step walk ups, I was blown away. I was like, there it is! It really lives, it's right here in St. Paul," Martino said. "I have now traveled the world and seen how that comic strip has touched people all over this globe, and you get it to claim it as home. It's wonderful."

The new film will be full of familiar faces — Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock, Lucy, Linus and more — but this time they will be computer-animated. It is the first feature film based on the "Peanuts" comic strip in 35 years.

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St. Paul cartoonist Charles M. Schulz made his beloved characters an international hit. Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock and more will return in "The Peanuts Movie" on Nov. 6.

Craig Shulz, the son of 'Peanuts' creator Charles M. Schulz, is one of the minds behind the new movie.

'Peanuts' returns with a new film after 35 years

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