{"id":31042,"date":"2025-12-19T08:50:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T13:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:02:28","slug":"wondlas-andrew-l-schmidt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wondlas-andrew-l-schmidt\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: WondLa\u2019s Andrew L. Schmidt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The third and final season of Apple TV\u2019s <em>WondLa<\/em>\u00a0adaptation, based on Tony DiTerlizzi\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Search for WondLa<\/em>\u00a0trilogy of books, bowed on the streamer in November. 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