- THE MUPPETS… AGAIN
With his 21 and Over hitting theaters tomorrow, producer
David Hoberman spoke with CraveOnline (via Comingsoon.net) the
currently-shooting The Muppets... Again!.
"I think there are so many surprises and different, fun
stories going on in this one," Hoberman says. "...We go to a lot of
different places. We just happen to end up in London. That’s where the caper culminates.”
Although he won't write out seeing Jason Segel reprise his
role as Gary in a future Muppet movie, Hoberman says there won't be a cameo
this time around. The Moopets, however, who made their first appearance in
2011's The Muppets, will be back with Miss Poogy making an appearance. Also
returning is Oscar-winning songwriter Bret McKenzie.
“Bret wrote all these songs for this new movie and they are
so different and cover such a wide range of genres," Hoberman continues.
"I think we’ve got a couple of spectacular musical numbers in this one and
I think it runs the gamut of ballad and comedy songs. Probably one homage to
contemporary rock. I think we have five songs in this and they’re all original,
so I’m hopeful. Music is so ingrained in the Muppet culture and history, and
it’s part of the fun of doing it, frankly.”
Set for release on March 21, 2014, the Walt Disney Pictures
film 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 (Ricky Gervais). The film stars Tina Fey as
Nadya, a feisty prison guard, and Ty Burrell as Interpol agent Jean Pierre
Napoleon.
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