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 Nick Stoller (The Five-Year Engagement), who is also executive producer with John G. 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.
Here's what director James Bobin had to say about the sequel.
"It's great to be back working with the Muppets. 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 theaters 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 (Tina Fey, Tina Fey, Date Night) as Nadya, a feisty prison guard, and Emmy Award winner Ty Burrell (TV's Modern Family) as Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon.
Here's what Kermit the Frog had to say in a statement.
"This movie takes us places we've never been before. And trust me - this frog has never seen so much international flavor. 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.
The Muppets... Again! comes to theaters March 21st, 2014 and stars Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Ty Burrell, Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey, Ray Liotta. The film is directed by James Bobin.
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The Cryptkeeper: Resurrected
Stupid ass title.
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Josh
Can't wait. I really liked the last one.
4 months agoby @shuabertFlag
CelluloidDreams
YES!
4 months agoby @2movieguysFlag
SpaceCowboy
@corey Every Muppets movie has had a different set of actors. It's just keeping in with tradition. Besides, the stars of the Muppet movies are the MUPPETS, and that's who I'll be seeing this new one for.
4 months agoby @SpaceCowboyFlag
ROFLitschristian
@moviegeek@corey Agreed to both statements.
4 months agoby @ROFLitschristianFlag
Corey W.
To go from Segal to Gervais is like a big step-down. I'm still excited for this one though. But I can't see it topping the first one....or last one.
4 months agoby @coreyFlag
ridgl
they should stop soon before kermit gets too old.
4 months agoby @ridglFlag
ejk1
It's okay.
4 months agoby @ejk1Flag
moviegeek
I don't like the cast as much this time :(
4 months agoby @moviegeekFlag
thedude-abides
Lame
4 months agoby @thedude-abidesFlag
Bawnian©-Dexeus
Sounds like something I would say...and not in a good way
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