Apple TV+ has produced a new Peanuts special titled Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin, and the first trailer has been released. Like all of the animated Peanuts specials that have been made, this one looks delightful.
The new story will explore how Franklin first became friends with Charlie Brown and became an integral component of the Peanuts gang. It follows Franklin “as he moves to a new town and navigates new friendships. Franklin’s family is always on the move with his dad’s military job, and everywhere he goes Franklin finds support in a notebook filled with his grandfather’s advice on friendship.”
But, “when Franklin tries his usual strategies with the Peanuts gang, he has trouble fitting in. That’s until he learns about the neighborhood Soap Box Derby race — according to his grandfather, everyone loves a winner! He’s sure that winning the race will also mean winning over some new friends. All he needs is a partner, which he finds in Charlie Brown. Franklin and Charlie Brown work together to build a car and in the process become good buddies. But as the race nears, the pressure mounts — can their car and their newfound friendship make it to the finish line?”
The special is directed by Raymond S. Persi (The Simpsons, Wreck-It-Ralph) and is co-written by Robb Armstrong (Jump Start) along with Craig Schulz, Bryan Schulz, and Cornelius Uliano, from an original story by Armstrong and Scott Montgomery (The Snoopy Show).
You can check out the trailer for Snoopy Presents: Welcome Home, Franklin below, and it premieres on Apple TV+ on February 16th.
