Dr. Seuss’ best-selling book "Green Eggs and Ham" to get TV treatment

PanARMENIAN.Net - Netflix has picked up an animated series based on the best-selling 1960 book "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss. Netflix vice president of original content Cindy Holland announces the project in Dr. Seuss' style, AceShowbiz reports.

"We think this will be a hit Green Eggs and Ham is a perfect fit for our growing slate of amazing stories available exclusively in all Netflix territories. You can stream it on a phone. You can stream it on your own. You can stream it on TV. You can stream it globally."

Ellen DeGeneres is executive producing the 13-episode series, which is expected to arrive in 2018. She gushed over it on her talk show "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", "It's going to be cutting-edge animation: It's never been done on television before. It's very, very cool."

"Green Eggs and Ham" follows an unnamed character who is convinced by a character known as "Sam-I-Am" to try the titular meal in several locations. Voice cast for the TV adaptation has not been announced yet.

"The Lego Movie Sequel" co-writer Jared Stern will pen the script. He will also serve as an executive producer along with DeGeneres, Jeff Kleeman, Mike Karz and David Dobkin.