The TV Addict 

A while back we reported on how Jason Segel had come on board to work on the next installment of the ever-popular but somewhat dusty Muppets franchise. Given Segel’s comedic and a little naughty background, a lot of us were wondering what he would actually do with the project. Be faithful to the Muppet films of old, or do something modern with lots of winking at the audience, a la SHREK. Well, rest easy, Muppet fans, it seems Segel is sticking to a storyline that is perfectly in synch with the golden olden days of these characters. According to CHUD, the plot will go something like this:

“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.”

Sounds like exactly what those who grew up on the Muppets would expect and want from a Muppet film. It might even be fun to do this like BLUES BROTHERS, and have someone like Kermit have to track down the rest of the gang and let us see what they have been doing with their lives after so many years. But that’s just me.

Do you guys like the idea, hate the idea? Do you like the old-school vibe, or would want something a little more modern?

Nothing makes me happier than to see alumni from the TV show “Freaks and Geeks” finally get the success they deserve. With James Franco and Linda Cardenelli things went pretty fast. For some it took longer, but it came. Seth Rogen finally broke out for good with KNOCKED UP and SUPERBAD last year. Now Jason Segel, who is already doing excellent work on CBS’ “How I Met Your Mother,” is posed to break through with FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL which he wrote, headlines, and apparently appears nude in. Okay, that last part probably wasn’t vital information. Anyway, it now seems that Segel is making a nice little niche for himself as a writer as well. Not only are he and Nicholas Stoller (the director of FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL) also working on another Judd Apatow produced comedy, FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT, but their pitch for a new Muppet movie was picked up by Disney. Yes, the guy who you’ll see full-frontal of in a few weeks, is working with Disney. On a Muppet movie. Actually, in a way this is double good news. Segel’s career is blooming, and we’ll hopefully get a good Muppet movie again (given that the last good one was THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL in 1992).

Source: Variety