Jason Segel takes on new muppets movie!
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Many of you know Jason Segel. He recently starred in the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall and basically stole the movie away from the leads in Knocked Up. He was also the pitiful love interest, if you could call it that, in television's Freaks and Geeks and currently stars in the hit How I Met Your Mother. Segel wrote a lot of the Sarah Marshall movie, and is now being offered a highly coveted writing position: writing a Muppets movie!
Disney has slated Segel to write the upcoming Muppets movie, but the write/actor commented the film will not be a modern take. Says Segel, the new Muppets film will be retro and 80's styled, with the plot surrounding the gang's getting back together to save the studio.
This will be the first Muppets movie to hit the big screen since 1999's Muppets from Space. If I recall that film didn't do as well as The Muppets Take Manhattan, despite cameos (which Segel promises will happen in the new movie). Is Segel the "write" man for the job? Only time will tell. At press time no release date had been set for the new film. I've always been a hug fan of the muppets, so I'll be seeing it regardless. Hopefully, I will actually get to see it in the theater--so Segel better make it worth getting a babysitter!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
cml3720 6-24-2008 @ 11:47AM
Yeah!!! We recently rented a few episodes of the Muppet Show and are expecting Muppets take Manhattan shortly. My 6 year old loved them & I look forward to being able to take her to a new Muppets movie!
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mamaloo 6-24-2008 @ 12:29PM
My heart still belongs to The Muppet Movie. I can remember sitting in my friend's basement listening to the soundtrack, on album, while we played Jeopardy on her Commodore 64.
Ahhhhhh, the 80's :)
And I LOVE Segal! I'm almost finished an exhaustive re-watch of Freaks & Geeks (I'm not making a second pass through the episodes with the commentary tracks going. Some eps have 2 commentaries!) and am a big fan of that group of guys (Segal, Rogan, Starr, Apatow...). I'm sure the movie will be very funny.
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Joseph 6-25-2008 @ 9:23AM
Gotta Love the muppets no such thing as a bad muppet movie. Might not be as good as another but no bad ones.
Who does the spell check for the writers? "but the write/actor commented" & "I've always been a HUG fan of the muppets,"
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http://jacbp.webs.com/
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Doug 6-25-2008 @ 1:07PM
My wife and I spent a lot of time early in our marriage watching the Muppet Show. We have the tapes to some of them and I think it's still one of the funniest shows I've seen on TV. The movies were okay but I liked the TV shows a lot more. If I remember right, there was a waiting list of celebs waiting and wanting to make an appearance on the show.
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Leslie 6-25-2008 @ 5:19PM
The Muppets are the best. If you have not seen The Muppet Christmas Carol or Muppet Family Christmas you are missing something special.
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Maria Krug 6-25-2008 @ 6:57PM
Real, wholesome, family entertainment!! We can't wait!!
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