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Nov 4, 2011 · Streaming Now on Disney+ – Sign Up at https://disneyplus.com/Check out this Muppet Man clip from the Muppets movie. Subscribe for all new videos from The Mup...
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On April 21, 2021, Deadline reported that a Jim Henson biopic called Muppet Man was in development with the Disney and Henson companies co-producing.
Michael Mitnick (The Current War and The Giver) was signed to script, rewriting a previous script by Aaron and Jordan Kandell (who referred to it in their Academy for Creative Media bios as The Muppet Man), with Lisa Henson producing. The movie was to focus on Henson's journey to convince broadcasters that the Muppets were a viable idea for television.
•The project followed a previous attempt by the Henson Company from 2009 called The Muppet Man by Christopher Weekes, which made that year's Blacklist of unproduced scripts. (see Talk: The Muppet Man)
•Another biopic, simply titled Henson, also went unproduced.
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2.Deadline "Jim Henson Biopic: Michael Mitnick Writing ‘Muppet Man’ For Disney & The Jim Henson Company" by Andreas Wiseman, April 21, 2021
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In Theatres November 23, 2011!When Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) discover the nefarious plan of...
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Muppet Man is an upcoming biopic. The film chronicles the life of famed creator of The Muppets, Jim Henson. Muppet Man will focus on Henson's journey to convince broadcasters that The Muppets was a great idea and how he worked to get the characters on air where they became a comedy staple. The script is being written by Michael Mitnick, based on a previous draft by Aaron and Jordan Kandell.[1] The Mitnick project is unrelated to a script of the same name by Christopher Weekes which was picked up
Streaming Now on Disney+ – Sign Up at https://disneyplus.com/In this emotional duet, Walter and Jason Segel show the delicate balance of being a Muppet or a ...
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Producer. Lisa Henson. Writer. Michael Mitnick. More at IMDb TMDb. Sign in to log, rate or review. Share. More. The story of how Jim Henson tried to convince broadcasters that The Muppets was a great idea and how he worked to get the characters on air where they became a comedy staple.
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