Meryl Streep Joins Apple to Celebrate Earth Day with Animated Short Film "Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth," Premiering April 17 Exclusively on Apple TV+

Meryl Streep Joins Apple to Celebrate Earth Day with Animated Short Film "Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth," Premiering April 17 Exclusively on Apple TV+ Joining Streep are Emmy Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated Chris O'Dowd, SAG Award nominee and Critic's Choice Award-winning Jacob Tremblay, and Oscar nominee Ruth Negga.

[via press release from Apple]

Meryl Streep joins Apple to celebrate Earth Day with animated short film "Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth," premiering April 17 exclusively on Apple TV+ Film features renowned, award-winning ensemble including Streep, Chris O'Dowd, Jacob Tremblay and Ruth Negga From Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning Studio AKA, Apple original short film based on New York Times best-selling book by Oliver Jeffers Today Apple announced Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning Meryl Streep will lead the award-winning talent lending their voices to the Apple original animated Earth Day short film, "Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth," premiering April 17 exclusively on Apple TV+. Joining Streep are Emmy Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated Chris O'Dowd ("Girls," "State of the Union"), SAG Award nominee and Critic's Choice Award-winning Jacob Tremblay ("Room," "Wonder"), and Oscar nominee Ruth Negga ("Loving," "Ad Astra"). In celebration of Earth Day, this captivating animated film follows a precocious seven-year-old (voiced by Tremblay) who, over the course of Earth Day, learns about the wonders of the planet from his parents (voiced by O'Dowd and Negga) - and from a mysterious exhibit at the aptly titled Museum of Everything. The insightful and poignant short film is narrated by Streep. From the multi-BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning, Oscar-nominated independent animation studio, Studio AKA, the 36-minute film is written by BAFTA Award-winning Philip Hunt ("Ah Pook is Here," "Lost and Found") and Academy Award-winning Luke Matheny ("God of Love," "Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street," "Ghostwriter"); directed by Hunt, and executive produced by Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning Sue Goffe ("A Morning Stroll," "Varmints," "Lost and Found," "Hey Duggee"), Hunt and renowned author Oliver Jeffers ("Here We Are," "Lost and Found," "The Day the Crayons Quit"). Alex Somers ("How to Train Your Dragon," "Captain Fantastic") is the music composer. "Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth" is based on the No. 1 New York Times Best Seller and 2017's No. 1 TIME Best Book of the Year from beloved artist, illustrator and writer Jeffers. Apple TV+, Apple's new original video subscription service and home for the world's greatest storytellers, launched November 1, 2019 in over 100 countries and regions. Apple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod touch, Mac, select Samsung smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV and Roku devices, as well as at tv.apple.com, for $4.99 per month with a seven-day free trial.1 The Apple TV app will be available on LG, Sony and VIZIO smart TVs later this year. Visit apple.com/tvpr for more information. 1 One subscription per Family Sharing group. Plan automatically renews until cancelled. Restrictions and other terms apply; visit apple.com/promo for more information.