Jason Segel and Nick Stoller To Helm New Muppet Movie!
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Forget Sarah Marshall, hello Miss Piggy!According to Variety, Jason Segel and Nick Stoller, the writer-director duo behind the upcoming Forgetting Sarah Marshall, have just inked a deal with Disney to create a new Muppet film. They'll collaborate on the script, and Stoller will direct.
Apparently, this partnership with Disney came about entirely due to Marshall. In the film, Segel's character writes a Dracula musical performed by puppets. The puppets were custom made by the Henson geniuses. Segel took the chance to pitch a concept to the Muppets, and the rest will be history.
I think this is fantastic news. It's been far too long since we had a Muppet movie, which is quite sad when I remember what childhood staples they were. And remember how adult and edgy they were in their heyday? If anyone can bring that back to the Muppets, it is Segel and Stoller. It will be really interesting to see what they might get away with -- and what cameos will pop up in the movie. I hope this brings in a Muppet Renaissance!
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3-13-2008 @ 11:11AM
DAVID F said...
Awesome! I can't wait!
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3-13-2008 @ 12:12PM
Tigerlily said...
This is great news. The entire world loves the Muppets. Hopefully this film will be better than Muppet Treasure Island. Wasn't that the first film after Jim Henson's death? I don't think Kermit had quite found himself again at that point.
Yippeee, Muppets!
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3-13-2008 @ 12:50PM
Travis Tidmore said...
I saw a VERY early cut of FSM and the Dracula musical scenes are hilarious, which gives me very high hopes for this new Muppet Movie.
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3-13-2008 @ 1:04PM
pete thomson said...
Brilliant the muppets are fab!!! Henson co has continued to pionneer puppet technology through their ground breaking and frankly excellent sci-fi classic series Farscape so with the humour plus Dracula plus puppets its bound to be ace- hopefully with enough adult aimed humour thrown in to satisfy!!!!! I can see The Count having a guest star role!!
3-13-2008 @ 1:01PM
Gina said...
Eh. Most of the Muppet films are terrific, but the ones made in recent years have been mediocre and forgettable. (I liked "Treasure Island," actually; I think it was after that they started going downhill.) If there's to be a renaissance, they've got a lot of work to do to get back to anything like their former glory!
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3-13-2008 @ 4:00PM
AJ Wiley said...
I want to see Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but my anticipation level has been declining lately because while it looks funny, it ain't gonna be any Knocked Up or 40 Year Old Virgin. But now that I know there's going to be a puppet Dracula musical...
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3-19-2008 @ 12:14PM
Sarah Jane said...
Would anyone go to see a *Muppets* movie? Not me. I saw that Wizard of Oz thing on TV a couple of years back...HORRIBLE. And that was for free. No way I'd pay to see more. And kids have other, better stuff to watch. I doubt they'd be interested. Some things are best left in the past.
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