You Can’t Keep A Good Kermit Down
04/23/09 10:15 PM
It seems that while evidence of a new Muppet television show continues to elude fans, despite persistent rumors, a new Muppet movie may be in the works.
This latest attempt at a big screen Muppet adventure is being helmed by Judd Apatow protege Jason Segel, who first attracted the attention of the creative crews at Henson and Disney with his Dracula musical featured in the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Segel had already been working on the project outside of the film and when his puppet bloodsuckers found their way into the story the Henson Creature Shop was called in to create the characters used in the production. This collaboration apparently inspired Segel to pitch his idea for a new Muppet movie to the powers-that-be and it appears that Segel impressed the two studios enough to give him a shot.
The screenplay is being written by Segel and Nicholas Stoller, who is also attached to direct the picture. Anyone who wants some early spoilers can check out some impressions of an early draft of the script. Personally I want to be surprised.
This could of course all fall through and a part of me is wary of even getting excited about it, but I just can’t help myself. Even if this doesn’t end up being what I hoped for it will at least be nice to see the gang again if only to find out what they’ve been up to.
I’m certainly hoping that some of the rumors I’ve heard over the years don’t turn out to be true.
-Quoth the Raven
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