Kermit Leaves Muppets for the Green Lantern Corps?
One look at this pic and we had to drop everything and post this.
Everything is pointing to the forthcoming Muppet movie as a return to its roots as a genuinely funny film without resorting to crudity or nudity, just their patented absurdity. The picture was accompanied by the following note:
Hi ho! Kermit the Frog here! I sure hope you enjoy this “Being Green” trailer…and our other parody trailers—“Green with Envy” “Fuzzy Pack”. Now, after much ado—and Miss Piggy’s insistence that she get final cut—we’re finally ready for the world premiere of the official trailer for our upcoming movie, “The Muppets”. You can watch it everywhere on Monday June 20th at 8 am Pacific Time. Be sure not to miss it! – Amphibiously yours, Kermit The Frog
The November 23 release will star Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal, Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and Walter. Directed by James Bobin from a script by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller, the movie will be the first Muppet feature in 11 years and probably the first funny one in closer to two decades.
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The official synopsis:
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets’ former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate.
I love it.