Jason Segel Writing A New Muppet Movie

By Josh Tyler: 2008-03-13 00:06:07

The Muppets are back, and the incredibly heavy mantle of Jim Henson has fallen to… Jason Segel? That’s the word from Variety where they say the Forgetting Sarah Marshall writer and star will team up with his Forgetting Sarah Marshall director to script a completely new Muppet movie for Disney. Once it’s done, Stoller will direct.

This isn’t as out of left field as it sounds. Once you see Forgetting Sarah Marshall it’ll make sense. Puppets actually figure pretty prominently into the movie, and the film ends with a big puppet musical number, with Jason playing puppeteer to a singing Dracula character (who bears more than a passing resemblance to Sesame Street’s The Count). Believe it or not, it’s stupendous. The guy obviously knows what he’s doing with a piece of felt on his hand, and it was that experience in Sarah Marshall which gave Segel the confidence necessary to make a Muppets pitch to Disney.

Segel’s also on his way to becoming one hell of a writer. Forgetting Sarah Marshall is hilarious, thanks in no small part to his script. Segel also wrote a lot of the songs in Marshall, and his acting career has always involved music in one way or another. In a truly surreal way, Segel is a natural fit for this. The Muppets are back, and they’re in the hands of Judd Apatow’s new star pupil. Nobody will ever be able to do what Jim Henson did, but as a fan I’m weirdly excited to see what’ll happen when Segel gets his hand and his head up inside Kermit.

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Lucas
October 22, 2008 at 10:30

I'm a Muppet fan. Their movies usually makes me cry, still. I love old literature like Bram Stoker's Dracula, Treasure Island, Christmas Carol. Would love to see more. The Muppets in a Dracula movie sounds like a weird combination, but after seeing Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I'm a bit scared about how the movie will turn out. In my opinion the movie was not great at all. I'm not saying his movies are not funny. Some parts of his films I'm laughing hysterically, but there's a few things that were in the films that could do without if you know what I mean... John, I hope this movie is as heartwarming as you are hoping for. I want to see this movie and have moments where I'm laughing one minute, then crying the next. Good Luck!

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Casino EspaÃ±a
September 23, 2008 at 14:53

Yeah, absolutely right, infact iam wating eagerly too for his next venture.

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Katey
March 13, 2008 at 19:05

Yeah, he and Nick Stoller are both huge Muppet geeks. They'll do right by the legend, I'm positive of it.

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JoshT
March 13, 2008 at 12:49

Katey, how dare you keep Muppet related news from me!

On the other hand, had I known about it before seeing Forgetting Sarah Marshall it wouldn't have made any sense.

So is it safe to say that Segel is a Muppet fan?

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Katey
March 13, 2008 at 12:05

Josh, you'll have to forgive me-- I knew about this weeks ago, but was sworn to secrecy by Jason Segel himself. He's so excited about it, though, you can tell he's going to put a lot of passion into it. I'm totally excited.

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JoshT
March 13, 2008 at 02:04

It's in the second sentence JH.

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JH
March 13, 2008 at 02:04

What's your source for this news?

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