The Muppets are Marching Toward Thanksgiving! Jason Segel’s masterpiece is coming faster than you think.
It’s been more than ten years since Jim Henson’s creation, The Muppets, have been featured in a full length movie. Starting this Thanksgiving, Jason Segel is going to change that.
Jason Segel on set with the Muppets
In a recent interview with PopSugar.com, Jason has expressed how making a Muppet movie has always been his life long dream, “Once the studio said they were going to make it, everyone in my life was like, ‘All right! Whatever you need. Let’s get this thing made.’ Because I’ve had puppets and Muppet figurines in my house, in my bedroom, since I was a kid. I’m not an arrogant dude, but to be even the tiniest footnote in the Muppets lineage is nuts to me. That is insane! So I feel very honored.”
Well his dream will hit American theaters on November 23 and is directed by James Bobin (Flight of the Concords) and written by Jason and Nick Stoller. Including all your favorite Muppets and Jason, the movie also stars Chris Cooper and Amy Adams. Jason also told PopSugar.com that Amy Adams was his ideal choice to play his love interset by saying, “I wrote it for her. She was in my mind from the beginning, ever since I saw Enchanted. The role is very different, but first of all, she’s like the best actress alive. To go from Enchanted to Doubt, and The Fighter, this woman can do anything. I don’t know what we would have done if we haven’t gotten her.” Including the big stars, the movie will also feature signature cameos throughout the movie. When talking about cameos Jason in the same interview said, “I got a lot off calls, especially my contemporaries who have kids all wanted to be a part of it for their kids. The idea of bringing their kids to meet the Muppets, or even to be able to show them the movie eventually. People love the Muppets. There’s a lot of muppet love out there.” Some of the confirmed cameos include Neil Patrick Harris, Jack Black, Rashida Jones, Emily Blunt, and Zach Gallifinaskis. Jason plays Gary, a naive guy from Smalltown, USA who lives with his long time girlfriend, Mary,(Adams) and his best friend, Walter, who happens to be the world’s biggest Muppet fans. The three Muppets fanatics decide to take a vacation to Los Angeles to visit the old, famed Muppet theater. But when they get there, they discover a terrible secret. There is a big oil reserve located under the theater and oil tycoon Tex Richman,(Cooper) is going to start drilling under the theater. The only way to save the theater is to reunite the Muppet gang, put on a telethon called,’The Greatest Muppet Show Ever,’ and raise 10 million dollars. This is easier said than done though, as the gang has headed done seperate paths over the years. Fozzie now plays in a Vegas tribute band called the Moopets. Miss Piggy is know a plus size fashion editor at Vogue Paris. Animal is in a Santa Barbara anger management clinic and Gonzo is working for a very powerful plumbing company. Can Kermit, Walter, Mary, and Gary reunite the gang in time to save their old stomping grounds before total destruction or will their efforts be hopeless?
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