The Muppets movie ended up in a lot of peoples Top 5’s recently and it was simply superb. And now, things are well underway for the sequel which includes Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell and Tina Fey. The title is The Muppets…Again sees our favourite muppets go on a world tour and they cross paths with a few unsavoury characters including Ricky Gervais. As per usual, expect a bunch of celeb cameos and Bret McKenzie (of Flight Of The Conchords fame) is back on musical duties once more as well. I cannot wait for this to arrive, and given the title it seems that the cheeky and parody style is full effect. Thanks to Disney we’ve got the first images from The Muppets….Again.
Who would you like to see make a cameo in The Muppets….Again?
The filmmaking team behind 2011’s celebrated film ’The Muppets’ reunites as Disney’s ’The Muppets … Again!’ kicked off production last week in London. The all-new global Muppets adventure welcomes Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell and Tina Fey to the mayhem, along with Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Walter and rest of the Muppets. The film is directed by James Bobin (‘Flight of the Conchords,’ ‘Da Ali G Show’), who was just nominated for a BAFTA for ‘The Muppets’ (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer), and produced by the Academy Award®-nominated team of David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman (‘The Fighter’, ‘The Proposal’). With a screenplay by Bobin and Nicholas Stoller (‘The Five-Year Engagement’), who is also executive producer with John Scotti, ‘The Muppets … Again!’ will feature music from Academy Award®-winning songwriter Bret McKenzie (‘Flight of the Conchords’), who won an Oscar® for best original song for ‘The Muppets’ (‘Man or Muppet’). The new film will hit the big screen March 21, 2014.
‘It’s great to be back working with the Muppets,’ said Bobin, ‘some of them even remember my name occasionally now. As for the movie, it’s a tip of the hat to the old-school crime capers of the ’60s, but featuring a frog, a pig, a bear and a dog—no panthers, even pink ones—along with the usual Muppet-y mix of mayhem, music and laughs.’
Disney’s ‘The Muppets …Again!’ takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theatres in some of Europe’s most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine—the World’s Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit—and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two, portrayed by Ricky Gervais, creator of ‘Derek’ and the Golden Globe®- and Emmy®-winning series ‘The Office’ and ‘Extras’. The film stars Golden Globe-, Emmy- and SAG Award®-winning actress and writer Tina Fey (‘30 Rock’, ‘Mean Girls’, ‘Date Night’) as Nadya, a feisty prison guard, and Emmy Award winner Ty Burrell (TV’s ‘Modern Family’) as Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon.
Said Kermit the Frog, ‘This movie takes us places we’ve never been before. And trust me—this frog has never seen so much international flavour. I think audiences will eat it up—the entertainment, that is.’
Featuring a slew of surprising celebrity cameos, Disney’s ‘The Muppets … Again!’ will shoot on location in London and in Hollywood, as well as in the famed Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, just outside of London.
Who would you like to see make a cameo in The Muppets….Again?
The filmmaking team behind 2011’s celebrated film ’The Muppets’ reunites as Disney’s ’The Muppets … Again!’ kicked off production last week in London. The all-new global Muppets adventure welcomes Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell and Tina Fey to the mayhem, along with Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Walter and rest of the Muppets. The film is directed by James Bobin (‘Flight of the Conchords,’ ‘Da Ali G Show’), who was just nominated for a BAFTA for ‘The Muppets’ (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer), and produced by the Academy Award®-nominated team of David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman (‘The Fighter’, ‘The Proposal’). With a screenplay by Bobin and Nicholas Stoller (‘The Five-Year Engagement’), who is also executive producer with John Scotti, ‘The Muppets … Again!’ will feature music from Academy Award®-winning songwriter Bret McKenzie (‘Flight of the Conchords’), who won an Oscar® for best original song for ‘The Muppets’ (‘Man or Muppet’). The new film will hit the big screen March 21, 2014.
‘It’s great to be back working with the Muppets,’ said Bobin, ‘some of them even remember my name occasionally now. As for the movie, it’s a tip of the hat to the old-school crime capers of the ’60s, but featuring a frog, a pig, a bear and a dog—no panthers, even pink ones—along with the usual Muppet-y mix of mayhem, music and laughs.’
Disney’s ‘The Muppets …Again!’ takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theatres in some of Europe’s most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine—the World’s Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit—and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two, portrayed by Ricky Gervais, creator of ‘Derek’ and the Golden Globe®- and Emmy®-winning series ‘The Office’ and ‘Extras’. The film stars Golden Globe-, Emmy- and SAG Award®-winning actress and writer Tina Fey (‘30 Rock’, ‘Mean Girls’, ‘Date Night’) as Nadya, a feisty prison guard, and Emmy Award winner Ty Burrell (TV’s ‘Modern Family’) as Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon.
Said Kermit the Frog, ‘This movie takes us places we’ve never been before. And trust me—this frog has never seen so much international flavour. I think audiences will eat it up—the entertainment, that is.’
Featuring a slew of surprising celebrity cameos, Disney’s ‘The Muppets … Again!’ will shoot on location in London and in Hollywood, as well as in the famed Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, just outside of London.
