First look at the Peanuts Movie (+trailer)

Anticipation for the 2015 theatrical release of The Peanuts Movie may have gotten a big jolt with the early release of the film's first full trailer.

A host of characters from the original comic strip and from the well-known Peanuts TV movies appear in the two-minute video, released 10 days earlier than originally planned by distributor Fox Family Entertainment.

But the undisputed star of the trailer is Snoopy, who takes his doghouse flying.

The trailer begins with Snoopy asleep on top of his doghouse while Woodstock and his bird buddies show up to decorate it for Christmas.

This activity eventually wakes the beagle, who deals with it by becoming the World War I Flying Ace and zooming off to Paris.

Snoopy's in-flight nemesis, the notorious Red Baron, causes some trouble for the Ace around the Eiffel Tower, a dangerous situation that brings Snoopy back to Earth with a thud.

After a brief shot of the movie's title card, the scene changes to a crowded movie theatre full of Peanuts characters.

While everybody else looks on with frustration, Charlie Brown has a bit of a mishap with some popcorn.

The Peanuts Movie marks the first time the cartoon-strip characters created by Charles M Schulz will be on the big screen.

Their previous films - including A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) - aired as television specials.

This new version features computer-graphics animation and will be released in 3D.

Unlike many reboots, however, this one is likely to stay true to its source material.

Craig and Bryan Schulz, the son and grandson of the Peanuts creator - who died in 2000 - wrote the script with Cornelius Uliano and told the Washington Post their goal was to honour the original work.

One of the voices in the new movie also has a history in the Peanuts world: Bill Melendez, the director of A Charlie Brown Christmas, provided the original voice for Snoopy (who never actually spoke in the animated specials).

The new movie will use recordings of Melendez to keep Snoopy sounding the same.

No other voice actors have been named as being involved with the film.

One of the most influential comic strips in history began its run on October 2, 1950, and Schulz kept it going on a daily basis until 2000.

Syndicated versions of Peanuts comics still appear in most American newspapers and have been translated into more than 20 languages.

The November 2015 release of The Peanuts Movie has been timed partially to coincide with the 65th anniversary of the comic strip and the 50th anniversary of the Christmas special.

- Daily Mail