If you’ve been feening for anything Muppets-related, you may finally get your fix as James Bobin, the creator of Flight of the Conchords has just signed on to direct a new theatrical movie starring Kermit and the gang, according to THR.com. Bobin’s name emerged as the lead choice after “Cloudy With a Chance of
Meatballs” directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were on track to
directed but abruptly did a detour, inking a deal to helm “21 Jump
Street” at Sony instead.
This will mark the first theatrical outing for Jim Henson’s creations since 1999’s Muppet From Space. They’ve been mainly seen in television and DVD since then. Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller have written this new adventure, which has so far been kept under wraps. Meanwhile, Bobin also has the upcoming comedy Moon People on his slate.
10 years is entirely too long to have not had a Muppets adventure on the big screen. There’s been an entire generation of kids who haven’t gotten the chance to see them in a movie theatre and that’s just somehow wrong. Hopefully this’ll be a step back into prominence for the franchise.
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The writers Segel and Stoller give me hope this will be good. "21 Jump Street"…really? A-Team, 21 Jump Street, Miami Vice, etc. Can't wait for Christopher Nolan's take on Full House.
They chose 21 Jump Street over the freakin' Muppets? What the hell is wrong with them?
Muppets from Space was a disgrace. Can't just have Gonzo be a weirdo … no, his traits must all be racially defined, and somehow we'll pretend that's a message about tolerance. Terrible.
I liked the Muppets better when they killed people.
muppet from space was truly waful, such a shame because muppets treasure island and christmas carol were a joy, an absolute joy.
Well, From Space wasn't great but good lord the Wizard Of Oz tv movie was terrible beyond belief. Passion and nipple jokes? Sacrilege, if you ask me. Bring on Statler & Waldorf!
Huzzah! I miss the Muppets. They're a-list comedy in my eyes. Time to see them back in theaters.
Make it R rated and have kermit pork miss piggy. Everyone has been waiting for that for years. i'd imagine kermit would smack her around some before mounting her fat ass for some pounding while pulling her hair at the same time. A rage has been building in that undermined frog for some time now.
#8 go watch Meet the Feebles and stop fantasizing about puppets. The Muppets have a newish Youtube outlet that's pretty good. Go check it out. Is the Dark Crystal sequel still happening? What about the supposed webisodes of Farscape? Whoever is penning this really should go back and watch THE Muppet Movie and learn. It ain't easy bein' green.
Dark Crystal sequel was shitcanned after Brian Froud walked away. Didn't sound too hot – some bullshit about a girl made of fire being the main character. I think the end cost would have been pretty daunting too. Henson jnr mentioned while talking about MirrorMask that they were mainly looking for things that have perennial interest in the home rental/dvd market so they're not really aiming for the fantasy block-buster market which bankrolls the big FX and such.
Wasn't the Dark Crystal sequel being directed by Genndy Tartakovsky?
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