I love me some Muppets.

And I'm one of those rare Muppet fans who think that Disney purchasing them wasn't a bad idea.

Granted, I'm pretty pro-Disney, but I think that they can house a stable of evergreen characters better than the next mega-conglomerate.

However, since the 2004 announcement the integration of the Muppets into the Disney stable has been slow. What have we had, one special? A theme park advertising campaign?

But now we have this:


Disney is working on a new theatrical Muppet movie, tentatively titled The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made!, and now we get this news story: "Flight of the Conchords Co-Creator May Direct the New Muppet Movie".

If you haven't seen Flight of the Conchords you might be missing out on something terribly clever. I can imagine some people might not like it, but I think it's a riot.

But best of all, it's perfectly suited for the Muppets. The show has a dry sensibility, as well as the odd (and I do mean "odd") musical number.

This is fantastic news. Fantastic.

Labels: Disney, Flight of the Conchords, movie, Muppets

I don't care if it's a sequel to the God-aweful sequel or a straight-up reimagining, I've been waiting for this news for 17 years: "Gladden sticks the Paddles on Bernie".


Bernie's back, baby!!

Although maybe the kids today would respond better if it was titled Wknd @ Bernie's, because, you know, they love texting.

Not trying to tell you how to do your job, just thinking of suggestions.

But no doubt Silverman and/or McCarthy have already mentioned this in what I can only assume is a weekly "hey, let's revive Bernie" emails they've been sending the production company since The Single Guy went off the air in 1997 ...

Labels: bad idea, movie, remake, Weekend at Bernie's

Yes.

Yes it is.

Labels: Kevin Smith, movie, trailer