'Muppet Man' Will Bring Jim Henson's Life To The Big Screen In A Disney Biopic
Disney and The Jim Henson Company are teaming up to develop Muppet Man, a Jim Henson biopic set to be penned by The Current War writer Michael Mitnick.
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Updates On The Muppets And Other Henson Created Puppets
Brian Henson is out promoting Stuffed and Unstrung, formerly Puppet Up!, the live adults-only puppet improv show with undeniably Muppety stars. Of course, they can't call them Muppets - the name now belongs to Disney - but there's a recognisable style, and quality, to every foam face the Henson craftsmen make. If you want to…
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Muppet Update: Michael Gracey Sought To Direct Jim Henson Biopic, Fraggle Rock Goes Pop
Even though Christopher Weekes' script The Muppet Man 'won' last year's Black List poll of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, there was every chance it would never make it to the screen. Essentially a biopic of Jim Henson peppered with fantastical scenes starring The Muppets, it would require the involvement somehow of both the…
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The Truth About Muppet Man, The Black List Topping Script About Jim Henson And Kermit
Christopher Weekes' Muppet Man is an innovative and often surprising screenplay for a possible biopic of Jim Henson and when it was last week named the top pick of the Black List, I was certainly very pleased. Having said that, as much as I enjoyed the script, it was obvious from page one when reading…
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