The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made

Details Emerge on THE GREATEST MUPPET MOVIE EVER MADE!

by Keith Demko    Posted: February 9th, 2010 at 5:21 pm

Fast on the heels of the very welcome news that James Bobin of Flight of the Conchords has officially signed to direct Disney’s new Muppet movie, now comes early word via the Playlist of what the script looks like, and for Muppets fans (of which I’m certainly one) it mostly seems to be good news.

The movie, once known as The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made, is now actually known as The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made, so no matter how tongue-in-cheek that may be, co-writers Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller had better deliver. Here’s what the Playlist’s source had to say about the plot synopsis:

“The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time is about Gary, Mary, and Walter (a man, his girlfriend, and the man’s life-long nondescript, brown puppet best friend) getting the old Muppet gang – now retired entertainers known for the same Muppet show we know them from – together to save the TV studio that the original show was shot in. A villain, Tex Richman (nice name, on par with Doc Hopper), bent on drilling for oil underneath the studio, is due to take over the studio in weeks, and the only way to stop him? Putting on a show that draws ten million viewers (see also “Heartbroken: The Conan O’Brien Story”).

Sounds suspiciously and thankfully an awful lot like what the Muppets used to get up to every week on TV when I was a youngun, so that’s all good to me. And what’s even better? How about a video of Beaker doing his obviously unique meeming of Kansas’ “Dust in the Wind”? Hit the jump for that and more details about the new Muppet movie in the works.

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS Co-Creator James Bobin Must Choose Between THE MUPPETS and BRIDESMAIDS – UPDATED

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: January 29th, 2010 at 8:31 am

UPDATE: According to Heat Vision, Bobin has chosen to side with the Muppets.  A wise decision.

If you’re going to direct a Muppet movie, you need an eye for absurdist comedy and an ear for silly musical numbers.  Lucky for James Bobin, due to his experience as co-creator of HBO’s Flight of the Conchords, he has both in spades.  Bobin directed more than half of the Conchords episodes, and is now being lured to the big screen for his next project.  According to Vulture, his calling may be the Jason Segel-scripted The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made.

It may be a match made in heaven, but it’s not quite a done deal; find out why after the jump.

Disney and Jason Segel Plan to Make THE CHEAPEST MUPPET MOVIE EVER MADE

by Ramses Flores    Posted: September 11th, 2009 at 3:57 pm

As you might know, D23 is currently happening right now.  As expected, we are being flooded by new Disney news.  One of the many new bits of news that has popped out today is an update on the new Muppet movie.  You might remember that Jason Segal is writing the newest film in the Muppet franchise and has described his take on the new film by saying that “we are trying to bring it back to the early ’80s movies where it’s not Muppets in the Sahara or Muppets Underwater. It’s the Muppets getting back together to put on a show, to save the studio.”

News has been quiet about the new film for the past couple of months but we now have a title for the latest Muppet adventure.  Disney’s Dick Cook officially announced today that the upcoming Muppet film will be titled “The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made”.  You can get the full details and a hint of what the plot might be when you hit the jump.

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