Exclusive: More Muppet Movie Details Jason Segel says it's going global
The Muppets are coming back (yay!), this we know. This past weekend, we caught up with Jason Segel, who'll be co-writing the new movie, about what to expect from the glorious return. CHUD revealed earlier this week that the movie will concern the felt-based gang trying to save The Muppet Show from evil types who wish to bring about it's end, but Segel also had a few more details to share.
"It's a classic story," he says. "It's the Muppets needing to get back together to save the show...It's going to take place all over the world. Basically, the Muppets are no longer together. So that might take a while to film. I guess they've set the precedent in that last movie (Muppets From Space) that Gonzo is, in fact, an alien, so he could well end up in space. That guy's all over the place!"
Segel says that he's "about halfway through writing the script with Nick (Stoller)" and that he's already hoping to get some of his buddies into the cast.
"I'm hoping there'll be cameos from our group of people (Segel is a part of the ever-growing Judd Apatow collective, who produced his new film Forgetting Sarah Marshall)," he continues. "I think that might be what makes it work. It's not going to be raunchy like our movies though! Every time I bring it up with somebody - Mila Kunis, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen – they say, 'Oh my god, you're writing me a part'. So I don't think there'll be trouble casting. I would love to star in it myself. I think that's the plan, but right now it's just a script deal".
We really like the idea of the Muppets being spread across the globe in their later days. There are hints of Muppets Take Manhattan to it, but this sounds a lot bigger, almost the flipside to what happened in that movie. There's a lot of scope in the idea – it's easy to imagine Kermit back in his swamp; Piggy as a fading star; Fozzie as a Rupert Pupkin-esque failing comic.
Admission: We should have had this up earlier this week, but there was a whole tape problem and then stuff happened and it all got a bit...oh leave us alone.
a self proclaimed Muppet geek, I've read numerous reviews & many of the plot points "do" seem to lead to the recent X-mas TV special with Joan Cusack. However, I was thrilled when I heard rumor that Jason Segel would take inspiration from both Rodger & Hart's "Babes in Arms" ("hey kids..lets put on a show!") and Sondheim's iconic "Follies". Personally, I would hope that the cast list would include many of the late Richard Hunt's characters that hav... Read More
Looking forward to the gang coming back, the world needs The Muppets - more now than ever. Judd Apatow is losing his way of late so please keep him in a producer role but Seth Rogen/Fozzie team up would be brilliant.
Oh and please include some of the characters from Muppets Tonight too (mainly Bobo the bear security guard has he was just as great as the original gang). ... Read More
Wasn't there already a movie about the Muppets where their theatre was going to be bought out by the 'evil corporation' run by the psycho (and really funny!) Joan Cussack?! It had most of the muppets already scattered. Miss Piggy was a bit older and had a phone-sex-line business going in her apartment....Kermit kind of 'died' too....I wish i was making this up!! It was really bizarre now that i think about it! It's called 'It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie' and stars David Arquette and W... Read More
L: CameronJames
Sounds like Muppets via Justin Lee Collins trying to get on TV yet again.
am henceforth making any mention of Justin Lee Collins in the same sentence as The Muppets an instant banning offence. How dare you, sir! ... Read More
.... have Pepe the prawn in it !!!! he was the only good thing about Muppets From Space. When he came onto Katie Holmes - classic. "you have to build a jacuzzi okaaay!" and "I am not a shrimp, I am king prawn Okaaay!!" its almost Shakespear !!!! ... Read More
