‘Arthur’ Creator Hints At Live-Action Movie, Suggests Casting John Legend

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Everyone’s favourite aardvark could be coming to the big screen. As “Arthur” wrapped up its 25 season run on PBS Kids earlier this week, the show’s creator March Brown and executive producer Carol Greenwald teased a future feature film.

The show ended with a 20 year time jump, taking a glimpse into the future as Arthur is a published graphic novelist, Muffy is in politics, Buster is a teacher and very suitably, D.W.

is a cop. READ MORE: Fans Share Emotional Reactions After ‘Arthur’ Airs Final Episodes Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Brown shared how his son Tolon (a producer on the show) came up with the idea for a live action movie. “He had this idea several years ago about wouldn’t it be interesting to do a live-action version of ‘Arthur’.

I couldn’t wrap my head around it completely, but it’s an intriguing thought,” Brown said. “There might be a feature film in the works soon, too, about ‘Arthur’.