Jason Segel Wants New ‘Muppet’ Movie
by Ryan Laster ~ March 31st, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized.
Actor Jason Segel and director Nick Stoller, both from the upcoming comedy ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall,’ both want to take on a ‘Muppets’ movie together. While this is fairly recent news, no one was sure what kind of direction this film would go. Considering these two guys, the movie could go towards a more edgy feel to the Muppets, think an R-rated Muppets film. Well, that will not be the case seeing how Segel just gave us an idea of what the film is going to be about.
“Apparently their Muppet film is going to be incredibly old fashioned, with the familiar Muppet characters putting on a show to save an old theater (the theater from The Muppet Show?). The danger? An evil character wants to tear the place down to get at the oil underneath. It’s sort of current!”
Segel is an avid Muppets fan, so chances are this project might start production before ‘The Five Year Engagement,’ which is Stoller and Segel’s next planned project.
What do you think about this news? Could a new Muppets film do well considering today’s audiences? Discuss below!
Source: CHUD.