By Simon Miraudo April 1, 2014 In 2011, Jim Henson’s long-retired felt friends The Muppets were welcomed back to the big screen warmly by kids and kids-at-heart alike. In 2014, The Muppets’ inevitable sequel is met with all the anticipation of a forgotten appointment: “Oh, was that today?” There are a few possible reasons Muppets […]
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Teaser Debut: Muppets Most Wanted
August 7, 2013 
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The teaser trailer for Muppets Most Wanted, the sequel to 2011’s The Muppets, has arrived online. Formerly titled The Muppets … Again, it sees your favourite felt characters mistaken for international criminals. Ricky Gervais plays the right-hand-man to the villainous Constantine (a Kermit lookalike), while Ty Burrell stars as the Interpol agent on their tail. […]
Continue reading‘Muppets’ director might take over from Tim Burton on ‘Alice in Wonderland’ sequel
May 31, 2013 0 Comments
James Bobin, of The Muppets and Flight of the Conchords fame, is in talks to helm Disney’s sequel to Alice in Wonderland, Variety reports. The picture – tentatively titled Into the Looking Glass – is still being penned by Linda Woolverton, but the studio is no doubt keen to lock away principal talent, and replicate […]
Continue readingTina Fey in talks for Muppets 2
January 9, 2013 0 Comments
Tina Fey is in talks to star opposite Ricky Gervais and a whole bunch of felt in the sequel to The Muppets. According to THR, the upcoming Golden Globes host is in “late-stage negotiations” to join erstwhile GG MC Gervais, as well as Modern Family’s Ty Burrell. The sequel to 2011’s hit Henson reinvention will […]
Continue readingRicky Gervais in talks for The Muppets sequel
December 18, 2012 0 Comments
Ricky Gervais is in talks to star opposite Ty Burrell and a whole bunch of felt in Disney’s sequel to The Muppets. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Gervais is in negotiations for one of the three major human parts. Burrell was previously announced as a cast-member, replacing Christoph Waltz as “a lazy Interpol inspector.” Gervais, […]
Continue readingChristoph Waltz might play with The Muppets
November 2, 2012 0 Comments
Christoph Waltz is currently in negotiations for a starring role in The Muppets sequel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Academy Award winning star of Inglorious Basterds is said to play an Interpol inspector in the Europe-set film. Plot details are scarce at this point in time, however Waltz’s part is said to be one […]
Continue readingZach Galifianakis to star in A Confederacy of Dunces
May 23, 2012 0 Comments
Zach Galifianakis is set to star in the long-gestating adaptation of John Kennedy Toole’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces, Vulture reports. Galifianakis would play Ignatius J. Reilly, a disgusting, condescending perennial scholar who works hard to avoid working and lives in New Orleans with his mother. The Muppets‘ helmer James Bobin is in negotiations to direct the […]
Continue readingSuperfan – The Muppets review
May 17, 2012 0 Comments
The Muppets – Starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Chris Cooper. Directed by James Bobin. Rated G. Originally published November 19, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. The Muppets is now available on DVD and Blu-ray. The Muppets is the first theatrical adventure featuring Jim Henson’s legendary cast of critters in twelve years. Their last big screen effort was Muppets From Space, and as of its disastrous release in […]
Continue readingDisney begins work on Muppets sequel
March 2, 2012 2 Comments
Prepare to wave your arms wildly in the air and squeal with delight. Disney are getting to work on a sequel to The Muppets. According to Vulture, director James Bobin and co-writer Nicholas Stoller have made a deal with the studio to write the script for a follow-up feature. Unfortunately, creative head, original screenwriter, and superfan Jason […]
Continue readingSuperfan – The Muppets review
January 4, 2012 0 Comments
The Muppets – Starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Chris Cooper. Directed by James Bobin. Rated G. Originally published November 19, 2011. By Simon Miraudo. The Muppets is the first theatrical adventure featuring Jim Henson’s legendary cast of critters in twelve years. Their last big screen effort was Muppets From Space, and as of its […]
Continue readingFlight of the Conchords movie in the works?
November 24, 2011 2 Comments
Bret McKenzie – one half of comedy duo Flight of the Conchords and music supervisor on the new Muppets movie – has hinted that he and Jemaine Clement may team-up for a FOTC movie. Speaking to Collider, McKenzie offered the following answer when asked about the possibility of a Conchords feature film: “We’re gonna try […]
Continue readingNew Muppet Walter was inspired by Michael Cera
November 22, 2011 0 Comments
The new Muppet movie introduces us to a brand new creation from Jim Henson’s workshop: Walter, the felt-based brother of Jason Segel‘s character Gary. Walter’s puppeteer Peter Linz has revealed to the New York Times that he was asked in his audition to base his performance on everyone’s favourite nervy Bluth: Michael Cera! “They told […]
Continue readingSuperfan – The Muppets review
November 19, 2011 1 Comment
The Muppets – Starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Chris Cooper. Directed by James Bobin. Rated G. By Simon Miraudo. The Muppets arrives in Australian cinemas January 12, 2012. In the meantime, enjoy this early review. The Muppets is the first theatrical adventure featuring Jim Henson’s legendary cast of critters in twelve years. Their last big […]
Continue readingMuppet backlash; Frank Oz and ‘old guard’ upset with new movie
October 24, 2011 0 Comments
It seems Statler and Waldorf are not the only ones unimpressed with the new Muppet movie. Famed puppeteer Frank Oz and as a group of writers and performers who helped develop the franchise alongside Jim Henson have expressed their concern over the direction screenwriter Jason Segel and Disney are taking their characters. Frank Oz told Metro […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Muppets
October 17, 2011 0 Comments
After countless, countless (well, four) spoof teasers, Disney has finally released a feature trailer for The Muppets, giving us a good glimpse of the film’s actual plot. In the flick, the Muppets are all washed up (inconceivable!), and a couple of super-fans (Jason Segel, Amy Adams, new puppet Walter) assist them in reaching the heights […]
Continue readingNew images from The Muppets
September 13, 2011 3 Comments
A batch of new images from The Muppets has debuted online, temporarily sating our maddening anticipation for the Jason Segel-scripted feature. The new pics were released by Disney (and helpfully collated by Slashfilm), along with some character descriptions for Segel’s character Gary, his brother Walter (the new Muppet seen between Kermit and Rowlf above), and […]
Continue readingNew Muppets teaser spoofs The Hangover Part II
May 27, 2011 2 Comments
Earlier this week we celebrated the first teaser for The Muppets, which jokingly began as the trailer for a schmaltzy romcom called Green With Envy before ultimately revealing that it featured Jim Henson’s creations. Another fake-out trailer from the Disney production has found its way online, spoofing the teaser for The Hangover Part II. Riffing […]
Continue readingThe cast of Jason Segel’s Muppet movie grows
October 15, 2010 0 Comments
A bunch of talented actors are close to joining the cast of the upcoming Jason Segel-penned Muppet movie. According to THR, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and Rashida Jones are all in negotiations to star in the as-yet untitled Disney movie. (We thought it was called The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time, but I guess […]
Continue readingDetails on new Muppets movie emerge!
February 10, 2010 0 Comments
source: theplaylist.blogspot.com The first plot details from the upcoming Muppets movie, modestly titled The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time, have emerged. The film will bring the Muppets out of retirement and back into the world of show business. The Playlist has a brief synopsis of the picture from an unnamed source. “The Greatest Muppet […]
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