Overview

• The three-episode, 138-minute special is now streaming on HBO Max.
• Produced by Sesame Workshop with animation by Toronto-based Guru Studios, it was created by Luke Matheny and directed by Yurie Rocha.
• The cast includes Amy Adams as Charlotte, Griffin Robert Faulkner and Elijah Wood as young and older Wilbur, Jean Smart as narrator, and Randall Park as Templeton.
• The Hollywood Reporter’s early review says the adaptation preserves the book’s emotional core while criticizing drab CGI, uneven voice performances, and unnecessary padding.
• Critiques highlight serviceable animal designs versus stilted human animation and fault added detours like a junkyard chase and a hall-of-mirrors sequence, along with a superficial late human-side theme.