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. […]
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‘Muppets’ director might take over from Tim Burton on ‘Alice in Wonderland’ sequel
May 31, 2013 
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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 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 readingThe top 10 Amy Adams performances
November 9, 2012 0 Comments
The top 10 Amy Adams performances. By Simon Miraudo. Amy Adams has come a long way since taking on the Sarah Michelle Geller role in Cruel Intentions 2 back in the year 2000 (and thank goodness). With three Oscar nominations to her name, she looks set to receive a fourth for her chilling turn as […]
Continue readingDisney purchases Lucasfilm for $4 billion; new Star Wars trilogy launching in 2015
October 31, 2012 2 Comments
Well, we didn’t expect to wake up to this news. George Lucas has sold Lucasfilm Ltd to Disney for an estimated $4.05 billion, giving the Mouse-House rights to both the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchise. According to Deadline, Disney won’t exactly sit on the properties. They’re already plotting a new Star Wars trilogy, with Episode 7 set to hit cinemas in 2015. […]
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 readingGet them to the church – The Five-Year Engagement review
May 3, 2012 0 Comments
The Five-Year Engagement – Starring Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, and Alison Brie. Directed by Nicholas Stoller. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. The Five-Year Engagement is perfect for anyone who liked Blue Valentine, but felt it was a little light on the yuks. Director Nicholas Stoller reunites with his Forgetting Sarah Marshall star and screenwriter Jason […]
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 readingMan or Muppet won’t be performed at Oscar ceremony
February 8, 2012 1 Comment
It seems the Academy Awards‘ three-hour runtime just isn’t long enough to include live performances of the Original Song nominations, Deadline report. ‘Man or Muppet’ from The Muppets and ‘Real in Rio’ from the animated film Rio were the only songs to garner Oscar nominations this year, seeing artists such as Elton John, Mary J. Blige […]
Continue readingKatherine Heigl to investigate puppet murders
February 6, 2012 1 Comment
Katherine Heigl is in “advanced negotiations” to star in the Who Framed Roger Rabbit-sounding new film The Happytime Murders, Deadline reports. The picture, written by Todd Berger, features a world in which puppets and humans co-exist, but where puppets are second-class citizens. When the cast of a 1980s puppet show are murdered one by one, […]
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 readingThe Top 10 Films of 2011
December 29, 2011 0 Comments
The Top 10 Films of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. It’s the final week of 2011, so we’re sharing with you, once again, our end-of-year lists. This was originally published on December 22, 2011. That’s all she wrote. The end is nigh. And despite what Lenny Kravitz might sing, it is indeed over. 2011 is rapidly coming […]
Continue readingThe Top 10 Films of 2011
December 22, 2011 8 Comments
The Top 10 Films of 2011. By Simon Miraudo. That’s all she wrote. The end is nigh. And despite what Lenny Kravitz might sing, it is indeed over. 2011 is rapidly coming to a close, and after having sat through almost 250 films, I have selected a top ten (plus 20 honourable mentions) to put […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: The Five-Year Engagement
December 8, 2011 1 Comment
The creative team behind Forgetting Sarah Marshall have reunited for the new romantic comedy The Five-Year Engagement. Check out the first trailer after the jump. The film follows the – you guessed it – five-year engagement of Tom (Jason Segel) and Victoria (Emily Blunt), as the duo navigates the highs and lows of their relationship, […]
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 readingWitherspoon and Segel wanted for Sex Tape
October 31, 2011 0 Comments
Back in June, Sony paid seven-figures for a spec script with the tantalising title Sex Tape. Nearly half a year later, they’re making good on the deal and recruiting some talent to bring the raunchy tale to the screen. According to Deadline, the studio has offered Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) the opportunity to direct, […]
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 readingTrailer Debut: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
September 22, 2011 1 Comment
The feature trailer for David Fincher‘s adaptation of the bestselling novel The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo has debuted online. Last week, ahead of media screenings of Straw Dogs in the US, Sony premiered eight new minutes of footage from Fincher’s upcoming flick. Although we don’t have access to that nugget of goodness, this new […]
Continue readingNew Muppets teaser spoofs The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
September 16, 2011 0 Comments
We adored the spoof trailers for The Muppets that arrived online earlier in the year, which politely skewered romantic comedies, The Hangover Part II and Green Lantern respectively. Now comes a brand new spoofery, in which the energetic, elliptical teaser for David Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo gets the Muppet treatment. In the original Dragon teaser, […]
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 readingFirst non-spoof trailer of The Muppets arrives
June 20, 2011 0 Comments
We’ve greatly enjoyed all the spooftastic teasers for The Muppets so far (which included good-natured ribbings of Green Lantern, The Hangover Part II and romcoms in general), but the time has come to see a proper trailer for Disney’s impending release. Although it doesn’t give us much of a look at the plot (which involves […]
Continue readingNew Muppets teaser spoofs Green Lantern
June 17, 2011 0 Comments
The marketing department at Disney really don’t want to release a proper trailer for The Muppets, do they? That’s fine with us, so long as they keep the wonderful spoof teasers coming. After having a go at romantic comedies and The Hangover, the latest Muppets trailer gives Green Lantern a good-natured ribbing. Check it out 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 readingPoster Debut: The Muppets
May 18, 2011 1 Comment
They walk among us! Check out the (slightly weird) first official poster for The Muppets. There’s something peculiar about seeing Kermit, Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Animal and Gonzo walking without any human assistance. Frankly, it’s unsettling. Also, that tagline just sounds … threatening. Still, nothing could knock it from its perch as our most anticipated […]
Continue readingToy Story short to play before The Muppets
February 21, 2011 3 Comments
You haven’t seen the last of Woody and Buzz, with Variety reporting a new Toy Story short will precede Jason Segel’s upcoming film The Muppets. This news comes after the confirmation that a short called Toy Story Hawaiian Vacation will play before Cars 2 during its theatrical release later this year. Disney Pixar has a […]
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