Before we get to anything, you totally need to witness this…
We got the ensemble cover of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” in November and, today, we got a candlelit acoustic take on Kansas’ “Dust in the Wind.” And I do like the sense-shattering shocking surprise twist at the end from Jim Henson’s most crotchety creations.
Put your string-manipulated hands up to Kermie ‘n krew - - the Muppets have kept up with the times and successfully penetrated the Facebook-Twitter-Digg sphere with these viral videos. They’ve also been giving everybody, young and old, a good ol’ time at Boom Kids with THE MUPPET SHOW comic, MUPPET PETER PAN, MUPPET ROBIN HOOD, et al. And now, it likes they’ll be getting another foamy-finger stab at the big screen with THE GREATEST MUPPET MOVIE OF ALL TIME (a big step up from its first title, THE CHEAPEST MUPPET MOVIE EVER MADE).
But what will everybody’s favorite puppet/marionette hybrids be doing in this picture, to be directed by the FLIGHT OF CONCHORDS dude? Here’s what Empire says…
[Jason] Segel and [Nicholas] Stoller, who co-wrote Forgetting Sarah Marshall (which Segel starred in and Stoller directed), have concocted a story about the Muppet gang getting back together to save their old telly haunt. That part we’d heard about, but now we have more details: a couple of humans ("Gary and Mary") and a puppet friend named Walter banding together to save the TV studio that the original show was shot in. A villain, Tex Richman, 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. You know what that means, right? Time to put on makeup and dress up right.
I see a missed opportunity here...
Segel doesn’t look like he’ll be acting in this movie? C’mon! Dress him in a shag carpet and wrap a polka-dot bow tie around his neck, because he’d make a perfect Fozzy Bear. I’ll personally throw my ring in the hat to play Gonzo, my favorite (and I’m sure I’d be identified as such if I ever took one of those silly “Which Muppet are you?” quizzes on Facebook) and nominate another Comic Vine staff to be the perfect, totally-rad choice to portray Beaker. ================================================I>
Who else, from Comic Vine’s staff and community, should play Muppets in this? Sock it to me, people!
-- Tom Pinchuk is the writer of UNIMAGINABLE for Arcana Comics and HYBRID BASTARDS! for Archaia Comics. Watch out for the HYBRID BASTARDS! hardcover collection this March - - available for pre-order now on Amazon.com.