Apple Original Films Making Animated Adaptation of Children’s Book ‘Little Santa,’ ‘Flight of the Conchords’ Star Bret McKenzie Will Write Songs

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Apple Original Films will make an animated feature adaptation of the popular children’s book “Little Santa.” The project will be directed by Peter Baynton, who recently landed an Academy Award for Apple’s animated short “The Boy the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.”

The film will feature original songs from Oscar and Grammy-winning songwriter, comedian, actor and writer Bret McKenzie, who is best known for his work on “Flight of the Conchords,” and a script from Martin Hynes, who co-wrote the Academy Award-winning “Toy Story 4.” Julia Pistor (“The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie”) will serve as producer. “Little Santa” will be animated by WildBrain, including pre-production by WildBrain’s House of Cool. Hynes will also serve as executive producer alongside McKenzie.

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