With the recent hiring of Flight of the Conchords co-creator James Bobin to oversee the new Muppet Movie.. New details about Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller’s script for the film have come to light.
According to The Playlist the title has changed from The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made to The Greatest Muppet Movie Ever Made
Segel and Stoller, who co-wrote Forgetting Sarah Marshall, (which Segel starred in and Stoller directed), have our furry felty friends--along with a couple of humans ("Gary and Mary") and a puppet friend named Walter banding together to save the TV studio where the original "Muppet Show" was shot in.
A villain, Tex Richman, bent on drilling for oil underneath the studio, is due to take over the studio in a few weeks time. The only way to stop him
Putting on a show that draws ten million viewers...
The site is told by a source that the script has a “fresh, younger approach” and that the writers “ are aware of what made the Muppet early years so greatand hit the mark 65% of the time.”
A little nostalgia
I have no problem admitting that I have a great fondness for the Muppets and hope that this film will deliver. A film that takes "old school" fans back to yesterday while bringing in a new generation to enjoy their antics is a tall order.
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