Something about Forgetting Sarah Marshall convinced Disney that star/writer Jason Segel and director Nick Stoller would be the ideal guys to bring us the next Muppet movie. It was either
– they worked well with the Jim Henson folks to make puppets for Sarah Marshall; Segel’s character is working on a puppet musical based on Dracula
or
– Segel shows his dick on screen in the film two or three times.
It’s a toss up, I guess. But whatever the reasoning for the decision is, it’s been made; the duo pitched their movie idea to a Disney exec and got the green light. When I head to Hawaii at the end of the month for the Forgetting Sarah Marshall junket I’ll be sure to ask Segel where this fits in with his show How I Met Your Mother and Five Year Engagement, which will reteam Segel and Stoller.
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For some reason, when I saw the title of the article, I immediately thought "Harvey Keitel is going to be in a muppet movie?"
Mattimus beat me to the exact sentence I was going to type, minus the "For some reason," part.
AWESOME.
Ah, see my first thought was 'Kevin Bacon?!'
And my first thought was Vincent Gallo. I win the movie snob's guess-which-actor-who-showed-his-penis-onscreen-is-gonna-be-in-a-muppet-movie contest!
I thought Richard Gere. He's got experience hanging around that saffron wearing feltless muppet
Ewan McGregor.
I assumed Ewan McGregor too. But he made the Star Wars prequels, and isn't that really the same thing?
Ewan McGregor, yes. What does this all say about us?
wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait……they're making another Muppets movie? No. Shit.
i thought Mark Wahlberg. because his junk in Boogie Nights was essentially a muppet.
It's awesome that they are making an new Muppet Movie. But I wish Brian Henson was directing this. Or Frank Oz. He's not getting any younger.
Either way, as long as it is better than Muppets from Oz. Good GOD that movie sucked!
actually, word is How I Met Your Mother will be getting 86'd if a guest spot by Britney Spears (no shit) doesn't save it.
Kevin Bacon is in a Muppets movie? How the mighty hath fallen… the Muppets I mean…
There go my dreams for the Vigo/Muppets team up of the century.
If this proves anything, it's that we've seen a lot of dicks in film. Hurray!
"Doesn't anybody fucking knock anymore?"
I Hope its "Muppet Night of the Living Dead"
HAHAHA Devin, that article had some real funny bits in it. NOT. DIE.
This would make a great Ken Russell swan song. Visions of Kermit wrestling Fozzie bear. Nude, a la WOMEN IN LOVE. Gloriously beautiful. Hurled at us with "Remorseless facility". Morphing perhaps into Miss Piggy channelling her inner Theresa Russell/ in a CRIMES OF PASSION/WHORE homage. An artistic triumph great enough to raise even Jim Henson, himself, from the dead.
Good to see Segel getting out there, and taking my dream of writing a Muppet movie along with him.
I thought it was going to be Paul Reubens but I remembered his dick was never actually filmed, just in the vicinity of a projector.
Comment #18 (Posted by Johnny C)
I Hope its "Muppet Night of the Living Dead"
this needs to happen.
I hope we see Kermit's slimy throbbing green shaft pumping the piss out of Piggy's pink pulsating pussy.
hang on..a tv show is planning on britney spears to save it? they are hoping a pitiful walking disaster area can save them? and I don;t mean pitiful in a mean way..i genuinely feel incredibly sorry for her as she is obviously not a well person and needs more help then she is currently getting but if britney spears is seen as your saviour from cancellation you must really in trouble. i like segel but that show he is on is horrible and if i was him i would be praying for cancellation.
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