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!
1. 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!
Posted at 11:47AM on Jun 24th 2008 by cml3720