• 'Muppets' Sequel Moving Forward, But Jason Segel Won't Write

    It's not like Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the gang ever totally disappeared from the public eye, but last fall's The Muppets definitely went a long way toward reinvigorating the franchise for a whole new generation. The film was a hit both critically and commercially, and it's in no way surprising that Disney's now getting the…

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  • Watch A Deleted Scene And Bloopers From 'The Muppets' Blu-Ray

    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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  • Jason Segel And Reese Witherspoon May Make 'Sex Tape' With Nicholas Stoller

    Frequent collaborators Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller may have toned down their raunchy humor for The Muppets script, but they could be diving back into adult-themed material with Sex Tape. Stoller is in talks to direct the raunchy comedy, written by Kate Angelo, while Segel has been offered the male lead. Though neither has officially…

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  • Nicholas Stoller Talks Stretch Armstrong And Muppet Movie

    Nicholas Stoller has made a name for himself as director of Forgetting Sarah Marshall and the upcoming Get Him to the Greek, but he's also a writer. His script was the backbone for the Jack Black version of Gulliver's Travels that is now being promoted at Cannes, and he's the screenwriter behind Stretch Armstrong and…

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  • Page 2 For April 25th 2008

    Here is a round up of stories that just didn't make the /Film front page, or what we like to call.... Page 2! Rob Zombie has updated his MySpace profile with a new image which reads "Tyrannosaurus Rex - 51% Motherf---er, 49% Son of a Bitch" which gives us a couple new clues to his…

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  • Jason Segel Talks New Muppet Movie

    When we reported last week that Forgetting Sarah Marshall director Nick Stoller and writer/star Jason Segel had signed on to develop the next Muppet movie, I speculated that these would be the guys to get it right ("The early Muppet films were absolutely genius, but the last few failed due to an attempt to dumb…

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  • Forgetting A New Muppets Movie

    After seeing Forgetting Sarah Marshall the other night at SXSW, it was no surprise to me that Disney had hired the star/writer Jason Segel and director Nick Stoller behind Judd Apatow's latest to develop the next Muppet movie. Segel and Stoller will write the screenplay and Stoller will direct. A major sequence in Sarah Marshall…

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