In an interview from the Television Critics Association tour, Jemaine Clement talks Avatar sequels and the possibility of new Flight of the Conchords music.
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The Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas movie will feature a script and songs by By Bret McKenzie.
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A new Flight of the Conchords song debuted when New Zealand's fourth most popular folk music duo appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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The Flight of the Conchords HBO special that was originally supposed to air in May is coming in October, and a little teaser has arrived.
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Believe it or not, there's a Flight of the Conchords special in development at HBO. The news comes straight from Jemaine Clement himself.
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Director Edgar Wright and Oscar nominee Johnny Depp are teaming up for an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's children's book Fortunately the Milk.
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For fans who thought the HBO series ended too soon, Jemaine Clement says a Flight of the Conchords movie may be happening, but they just started writing it.
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Read about the Bob the Musical Bret McKenzie and Michael Chabon news. McKenzie (Muppets) will write songs and Chabon (Spider-Man 2) will rewrite the script.
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Kermit and his friends are back, in an energetic globe-trotting caper about mistaken identity. Read our Muppets Most Wanted review here.
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The fact Bret McKenzie, one half of Flight of the Conchords, won an Oscars for The Muppets still makes me smile. McKenzie won the award for Best Original Song for "Man or Muppet" back in 2012 and followed that up by beginning work on next year's sequel, Muppets Most Wanted. It also gave him some…
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The elaborate courtship rituals of Jane Austen's England bear little resemblance to the no-strings hookups and domestic partnerships of the 21st century dating scene, but that hasn't stopped modern romantics from hoping to find a Mr. Darcy of their very own. In the Sundance romcom Austenland, one particularly hardcore fan gets an opportunity to do…
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The European-set sequel to The Muppets has traded out Christoph Waltz for Ty Burrell, and now the film has added another TV comedy talent. Ricky Gervais is in talks for a major role in the film. He'll be the lead, in fact -- or at least the "lead human." That's a necessary distinction when talking…
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Could Sean Connery return to the Bond franchise? Believe it or not, it almost happened a third time. Also after the jump: The Muppets shoots this winter, Bret McKenzie returns to write more songs Wreck-It Ralph director Rich Moore has ideas for a sequel Robert Zemeckis isn't planning a Roger Rabbit sequel Daniel Craig says Dragon…
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Aside from a brief appearance by Miss Piggy and Kermit and a win for composer Bret McKenzie, this weekend's Oscar ceremony was tragically light on the Muppets. But in just a few weeks, fans will be able to get their fill of the gang when the film hits DVD and Blu-ray. Today, we have a…
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If you walked out of The Muppets feeling like you were on top of the world, Bret McKenzie was a big reason. The actor/singer/songwriter, best known for his HBO series Flight of the Conchords, was hired by director James Bobin to write many of the brand new songs for characters like Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Gonzo…
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Ten years ago this week The Fellowship of the Ring was released. Peter Jackson's first Tolkien adaption silenced a great many naysayers who said J.R.R. Tolkien's novels could never be properly translated to film. It also fostered a mainstream interest in fantasy movies that continues a decade later. The development of a film based on…
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After a long promotional runup that included a never-ending string of parody trailers, photo shoots and gleeful audio experiments, The Muppets is finally in theaters. Jason Segel's loving ode to Jim Henson's puppet troupe combines some winking modern showmanship with a whole lot of love for the Muppets and what they have always represented in…
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For those who came of age any time between the '50s and the '90s, the Crayola-colored felt faces of the Muppets hold a certain unshakeable allure. Kermit's familiar green visage is a face I grew up with, and I still have a knee-jerk tendency to break out in a smile whenever I see him or…
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Here's a bit of sweet to savor until The Muppets comes out. A new video has dropped of Kermit singing the opening tune from the film with its composer, Bret McKenzie. We've already been treated to glimpse of the actual sequence as it's seen in the movie, in a clip that was posted earlier this month;…
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At this point what more is there to say about yet another dwarf reveal from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey? (Other than, perhaps, "uh, where's Thorin?") Here is the latest image dispatch from Peter Jackson's version of Middle-Earth, featuring Ken Stott as Balin (on the left) and Graham McTavish as Dwalin. These two guys are…
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Two successful female writers will take on new roles as they collaborate on an indie romantic comedy. The film is called Austenland and it'll be directed by Jerusha Hess, who co-wrote Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre and Gentlemen Broncos with her husband Jared Hess, and produced by Stephenie Meyer, writer of the Twilight novels. Though Meyer…
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Last week we told you that Bret McKenzie, of Flight of the Conchords, was possibly joining the cast of The Hobbit. At the time it seemed likely that he would be reprising his role from The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King, a super-minor elf. The fact that he had a…
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The Hobbit is in full swing, at long last. Since the shoot began there hasn't been a lot of big news about the production; Peter Jackson is just trying to get the movie made while preserving some mystery. Measures are being taken, for instance, to ensure that the photos that leak out are pretty useless.…
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First up, the two items in the headline are not related, though with Bret McKenzie is working with Jason Segel on songs for The Muppets Movie, and with his Flight of the Concords director James Bobin directing the Muppet film, don't be surprised to see him end up in the film. So hit the break…
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