The Muppets is a 2011 American live-action musical comedy film, the first Muppets theatrical release in 12 years.[6] The film is directed by James Bobin, written by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller, produced by Jason Segel, Martin Baker, David Furnish, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, and John Scotti, and stars Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and Rashida Jones.
In the film, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, his brother Gary, and Gary's girlfriend Mary help Kermit the Frog reunite the Muppets. They must raise $10 million to save the Muppet Theater from Tex Richman, a businessman who plans to demolish the studio to drill for oil.
The film was first announced in March 2008, with production commencing in September 2010. The film premiered at the 2011 Savannah Film Festival, and was released by Walt Disney Pictures in North America on November 23, 2011. The film won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "Man or Muppet", written by Bret McKenzie; the first Academy Award presented to a Muppet film. The Muppets is also the highest-grossing film of the franchise to date.[5][7][8]
Walter, a Muppet, lives with his human brother Gary in Smalltown. They became Muppet fans when they watched The Muppet Show in their youth. Gary plans a vacation to Los Angeles with his girlfriend Mary to celebrate their tenth anniversary, inviting Walter along so he can tour the Muppet Studios. Mary feels that Gary's devotion to Walter is detracting from their relationship.
In Los Angeles, the three visit the abandoned Muppet studio. During the tour, Walter sneaks into Kermit the Frog's office and discovers Statler and Waldorf selling the theater to Tex Richman, an oil magnate, and his henchmen Bobo the Bear and Uncle Deadly. Waldorf explains that if the Muppets can raise $10 million they can repurchase the theater. Walter overhears Richman revealing his plans to destroy the Muppet Theater and drill for oil underneath, and later warns Gary and Mary about Richman's intentions.
Walter, Gary and Mary inform Kermit the Frog of this at his mansion. Kermit realizes he must organize a show to raise the money, which the Muppets have not done in years. Walter convinces him to try, and they set off to reunite the group with the car being driven by '80s Robot. Fozzie Bear is performing in Reno, Nevada with the Moopets, a group of uncouth Muppet impersonators which includes a man dressed as Animal. Kermit persuades him to leave Reno. Meanwhile, Gonzo has become a plumbing magnate. Despite his initial objection, Gonzo decides to destroy his business and join them. Animal is in a celebrity anger-management clinic. He rejoins them, but his sponsor Jack Black warns him to avoid drums. Using a montage, the other primary Muppets are located and rejoin. After picking up Rowlf the Dog, the group finds Miss Piggy working as Vogue Paris's editor for "plus-sized" fashion in Paris. Unable to convince Miss Piggy to return, the group replaces her with Moopet counterpart Miss Poogy.
The Muppets pitch their telethon idea to several TV networks, but are turned down. Due to a popular show's sudden cancellation, CDE network executive Veronica gives the Muppets a two-hour opening in CDE's schedule on the condition that they find a celebrity guest. The Muppets repair the theater, but their rehearsal fails and Kermit is unable to find a celebrity guest. Miss Piggy returns and forces Miss Poogy out. Refusing to work with Kermit, Miss Piggy selects Pepe the King Prawn as her partner for a dance routine. Kermit later persuades Walter to perform and find his talent, while Mary goes sight-seeing alone.
Kermit entreats Richman to return their studio, but Richman refuses, revealing that the Muppets will also lose their trademark name and rights which he plans to give to the Moopets. Miss Piggy has the Muppets kidnap Jack Black as a celebrity guest. Meanwhile, after Gary forgets his anniversary with Mary, she leaves for Smalltown. When Gary attempts to explain to Walter about Mary's problem, he realizes what he has done. Gary decides he must improve his relationship with Mary, while Walter realizes he was meant to be a Muppet. Gary reconciles with Mary and they return to Los Angeles, while the telethon builds up to success with celebrity support and Black as host. Richman cuts the theater's power supply, but Gary and Mary repair the wiring. Richman then attempts to destroy the transmitter antenna, but Uncle Deadly has a change of heart and stops Richman. Kermit reconciles with Miss Piggy and the Muppets perform "Rainbow Connection".
With the telethon running short, Walter performs a whistling act, receiving very positive audience response. In desperation, Richman disables the telephone lines and finally evicts the Muppets from the theater, out of time and short of their monetary goal. Kermit says that the Muppets tried their best, and will begin again as a family, before leaving with Walter, Gary and Mary. The group then sees a vast gathering of fans outside the theater. With Gary's encouragement, Walter greets the crowd with the Muppets. Gary proposes to Mary and Richman gives the theater and rights back to the Muppets after suffering a head injury from Gonzo's bowling ball act.
- Jason Segel as Gary, Walter's human brother and a fan of the Muppets.[9]
- Amy Adams as Mary, an elementary school teacher and Gary's longtime girlfriend. She is very capable as a mechanic.[9]
- Chris Cooper as Tex Richman, an oil magnate who desires to destroy the Muppet Theater.[9]
- Rashida Jones as Veronica, a network executive at the CDE network.[10][11]
- Jack Black as Himself, Animal's court appointed sponsor and unwilling guest host of The Muppet Telethon.
- Peter Linz as Walter, Droop, Mutation #1 (suit performer), and Singing Food #1[24]
- Steve Whitmire as Kermit the Frog, Beaker, Statler, Rizzo the Rat, Link Hogthrob, Lips, and The Muppet Newsman[24]
- Eric Jacobson as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam the Eagle, and Marvin Suggs[24]
- Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot, Beauregard, Waldorf, Kermoot the Frog, and Whatnot Reporter #1[24]
- Bill Barretta as The Swedish Chef, Rowlf the Dog, Dr. Teeth, Pepe the King Prawn, Bobo the Bear, Foozie Bear, Mahna Mahna, Muppet Gary, Behemoth, Beautiful Day Monster, Lead Hobo, and Singing Food #2
- David Rudman as Scooter, Janice, Miss Poogy, Wayne, Bobby Benson, and Singing Food #3[24]
- Matt Vogel as Floyd Pepper, Camilla the Chicken, Sweetums, '80s Robot, Lew Zealand, Uncle Deadly, Roowlf the Dog, Janooce, Crazy Harry, Dr. Julius Strangepork, and Singing Food #4
- Tyler Bunch as Thog, Whatnot Hobo #1, Whatnot Reporter #2, and J.G. Frackle
- Alice Dinnean as Afghan Hound and Wanda
- Nathan Danforth as Mutation #2 (suit performer)
- Bruce Lanoil as Whatnot Hobo #2 and Singing Food #5
- Michelan Sisti as Singing Food #6
Archival recordings of Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Richard Hunt can be heard in the film through The Muppet Show segments in the opening flashbacks.
Jerry Nelson appears in an uncredited cameo as the announcer of The Muppet Telethon.
In 2008, Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller pitched a concept for a Muppets film to Walt Disney Studios Executive Vice President of Production Karen Falk, and they were offered a deal to develop their script. The news became public in March 2008 when Variety first reported that Disney had signed a deal with Segel and Stoller, with Segel and Stoller writing the script and Stoller directing.[25][26] In June 2008, Jason Segel announced that he had turned in the first draft of his script and was hopeful that the film would live up to previous Muppets movies.[27][28][29] Later in 2008, Stoller noted that he and Segel had written an "old school Muppets movie, where the Muppets have to put on a show to save the studio." In this same interview, Stoller also confirmed that they would get as many cameos and guest stars as possible, and that Jason Segel would play a ventriloquist.[30]
Originally, the film was titled The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time!!!, and an early leak of the script suggested that it would feature celebrity cameos by Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Christian Bale, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, George Clooney, Jack Black, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mel Brooks, Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Rachael Ray, Bob Saget, Lisa Lampanelli, Jeff Ross, and Charles Grodin.[31] Another former title of the film was The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made!, after an unused script written by the late Jerry Juhl back in 1985.[32] Although early reports indicated that Stoller would direct the film,[25][33] in January 2010 it was announced that James Bobin would direct the movie.[34][35][36] In February 2010, additional details about the plot surfaced, indicating that the film would be about a villain that wanted to drill for oil underneath the old Muppet Theater, and that the only way to stop him would be to put on a show that draws ten million viewers.[37][38] Reports from the summer of 2010 revealed that the production team had met with the creative heads at Pixar to fine tune the script.[39] During the summer of 2010, it was announced that the film would be released on Christmas 2011, but in December 2010, the release date was moved to Thanksgiving 2011.[1][40]
In October 2010, it was confirmed that Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, and Rashida Jones would also be starring in the film.[41][42][43] Over the next few months, several guest cameo announcements emerged, including, but not limited to Emily Blunt, Ricky Gervais, Zack Galifianakis, Billy Crystal, Jack Black, Alan Arkin, and Dave Grohl.[39][44][45] However, Gervais, Crystal and several other cameos including Beth Broderick,[12] Kathy Griffin,[46] Ed Helms,[18] Sterling Knight,[47] Mila Kunis,[48] Ben Stiller,[49] Eric Stonestreet,[18] Wanda Sykes[13] Lady Gaga,[50] Katy Perry and Danny Trejo[12][18] were completely omitted from the film due to time constraints (Though Gervais can be seen in the musical finale). Jim Parsons' cameo was kept as a secret by producers despite rumors that leaked on the Internet regarding his role in the film.[51] In a March 2009 interview on The Late Late Show, Segel revealed that he had asked host Craig Ferguson to appear in the film, and at the time, he (Ferguson) had been the only person that had agreed.[52] Ferguson was ultimately not given a role, for which he chastised Segel in a November 2011 interview.[53] A cameo was written for the Sesame Street Muppet Elmo, but was rejected by studio attorneys[54] and representatives from Sesame Workshop.[55]
During the summer of 2010, Flight of the Conchords co-star Bret McKenzie flew to Los Angeles to serve as the music supervisor for The Muppets.[21][56]
Filming for The Muppets started in late 2010, with the first set photos emerging in December 2010.[41][57] The November 12, 2010, issue of Entertainment Weekly featured a spread about The Muppets, including a summary of the film's concept, quotes from Segel and Bobin, the first images of Walter, and new photos of the Muppets with Jason Segel.[36][58]
Hollywood Boulevard was closed for two nights in January 2011 to film a reprise of "Life's a Happy Song", the final musical number for the movie.[10][29][59] According to /Film, the shoot involved Amy Adams, Jason Segel, and hundreds of extras performing an elaborate musical number outside the El Capitan Theatre.[59] The Los Angeles Times also noted that other musical numbers would appear in the film, including Kermit singing his signature song, "Rainbow Connection",[9] which he played on the same banjo that he used when he performed the song in The Muppet Movie.[10]
Universal Studios' Soundstage 28, most famous for containing the Paris Opera House set from 1925 Phantom of the Opera film, served as interiors for The Muppet Theater, with the Opera House being used as part of the theater set. Scenes at the fictional "Muppet Studios" were filmed in Hollywood at both the El Capitan Theatre (with a digitally changed marquee) and at the Jim Henson Company Lot.[10]
Other filming locations included Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, the outside of Wheatland, CA, Pink Palace Mansion in Bel Air, and the former ARCO headquarters building in downtown Los Angeles.[10] Scooter's scene in the Muppet reunion montage was filmed at Google's Zurich headquarters in Switzerland.
Although principal photography was completed on February 11, 2011,[60] on April 26, 2011, a second unit film crew traveled to Reno, Nevada to film some exterior shots, including a scene in the Bonanza Casino parking lot with some Muppet characters, and a small shot looking into the casino.[61]
The film required extensive blue-screen shots and matte backgrounds. In the scene where Walter is dancing atop a dresser, the puppeteers performed Walter's choreography while wearing blue costumes against a blue screen.[62] The end result had the puppeteers completely gone from the final shot. Look Effects were responsible for those visual effects shots.[62]
The Muppets premiered at the 2011 Savannah Film Festival.[63] The film was released in the United States on November 23, 2011 and in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2012.[1][25][64][65][66] Originally, the film was set to be released in the United States on Christmas 2011, but it was later moved to Thanksgiving 2011.[1][40]
Jason Segel and Amy Adams appeared at CinemaCon in March 2011 to promote the project, showcasing several clips from the film.[29][67] Clips from the film were also shown at Suffolk University in April 2011 during a Q&A with David Hoberman, Muppeteer Steve Whitmire and Kermit the Frog.[68] Although there had been some speculation that the cast will appear at Comic-Con,[69] no official announcement was made.
The world premiere of The Muppets was on November 12, 2011, at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, California.[70]
In May 2011, Kermit the Frog attended the world premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides at Disneyland to promote the upcoming Muppets release.[71][72][73] A spoof romantic comedy trailer for the movie was attached to Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, and it was later released online under the faux name Green With Envy.[74][75] Additional spoof trailers parodied The Hangover Part II (called The Fuzzy Pack), Green Lantern (called Being Green), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (called The Pig with the Froggy Tattoo), Paranormal Activity (called Abnormal Activity), Happy Feet Two (called Dancing on Happy Feet), Puss in Boots (called Fuss in Boots) and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (called Breaking Prawn).[66][71][76][77][78] In November 2011, Brooks Brothers announced that it had designed a custom wardrobe for Kermit the Frog for the movie.
On August 23, 2011, Walt Disney Records released Muppets: The Green Album, a tribute album of popular Muppet songs performed by multiple contemporary artists, as part of the film's promotion.[79] Walt Disney Records also re-released the 2006 Christmas album on November 1, 2011.[80]
The Muppets also performed "Life's a Happy Song" on the November 15, 2011 episode of the American version of Dancing with the Stars.[81]
In addition, the soundtrack of the film was released on November 21, 2011, two days before the film's release date.[82] The Muppets were guest stars on WWE Monday Night RAW and interacted with several WWE Superstars including Jack Swagger, Hornswoggle and Sheamus.
The Muppets joined Olly Murs on stage during the UK version of The X Factor on November 27, 2011 to perform his new single "Dance With Me Tonight" and promote their new film.
An iPhone app called Tap Tap Muppets was released for iPhone the day prior to the film's release. The app features six new musical numbers and three classic Muppet songs which are "The Muppet Show Theme", "Rainbow Connection", and "Mah Nà Mah Nà."
The Muppets was a box office success, grossing $6.5 million on its opening day and came in at #2 behind The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1.[83] The following day, Thanksgiving Day, the film grossed $5.8 million for a two day total of $12.5 million.[84] From Friday to Sunday, The Muppets grossed $29.2 million, while holding onto the #2 spot. Overall, the film grossed $41.5 million in five days, during which, it out-grossed every previous film in the Muppets series, excluding The Muppet Movie.[85][86] The film grossed $88,631,237 in North America, along with $69,800,000 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $158,431,237, becoming the highest-grossing film in the Muppets series and the first film in the series to gross over $100 million (unadjusted for inflation).[5][7]
The Muppets has received positive reviews and became one of the best-reviewed films of 2011.[87][88][89][90][91] Most have hailed it as the best Muppet film since The Muppets Take Manhattan. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 96% of 197 critics have given the film a positive review, with a rating average of 7.9 out of 10,[8] and is the highest rated film in the Muppets series. Metacritic gave the film a score of 75/100 based on 37 "generally favorable reviews."[92] CinemaScore audiences gave The Muppets a grade A rating on an A+ to F scale.[93]
Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three stars out of four, praising the revitalized Muppets and their distinctive personalities.[94] Justin Chang of Variety called it "an unexpected treat," noting that the film effortlessly blends "wised-up, self-reflective humor with old-fashioned let's-put-on-a-show pizzazz." Todd McCarthy of Hollywood Reporter said it was "A mostly winning return for childhood favorites from a prior century [that] looks to accomplish its goal of pleasing old fans and winning new ones." Joshua Tyler of CinimaBlend.com called it "One of the best movies you'll see this year." The Boston Globe gave it three out of four stars and said, "The result is refreshing on every level, a piece of nostalgia so old it’s new again, and a breather from Hollywood’s 3-D digital onslaught in favor of fur and fuzz."[95] Christopher Kelly of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram stated that the film was "much more than just an affectionate reimagining of familiar Muppets routines, [but it] is rooted in real emotions and characters," and that "they remain as committed as ever to doing what Muppets do best: putting on a grand show."[96]
Before seeing the actual film, and basing their opinions solely on the trailer, it was rumored that some Muppet performers were anxious about the film. Semi-retired Muppet performer Frank Oz has spoken critically of the film, citing his disapproval of the script and thought that the early version disrespected the characters.[97] Another veteran Muppet performer stated, "We wouldn't do [a flatulence joke]; it's too cheap. It may not seem like much in this world of (Judd) Apatow humor, but the characters don't go to that place."[98]
This is the third Muppet film co-produced and released by Walt Disney Pictures, following The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island.
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released The Muppets on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download on March 20, 2012, the same day The Muppets received a collective star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The release was produced in four different physical packages: a 3-disc combo pack (Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital copy) with soundtrack download ("The Wocka Wocka Value Pack); a 2-disc combo pack (Blu-ray and DVD); a 1-disc DVD with soundtrack download; and a 1-disc DVD without soundtrack download. The film was released digitally in high definition and standard definition. The 2-disc edition's supplementary features include bloopers, deleted and extended scenes, "Muppet Intermission", "Scratching the Surface: A Hasty Examination of the Making of Disney's The Muppets", the fully intact version of "Let's Talk About Me", "A Little Screen Test on the Way to the Read Through," and an audio commentary with Jason Segel, James Bobin, and Nicholas Stoller. The 3-disc combo pack also includes the theatrical spoof trailers (including exclusive, unreleased parody trailers of Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Fast Five) and a digital download of the soundtrack, while still including the same features as the 2-disc combo pack.[27][41]
The Muppets debuted at #1 in Blu-ray and DVD sales in the United States according to Nielsen's sales chart.[99]
Bret McKenzie won an Academy Award for the song "Man or Muppet" he wrote for The Muppets. Although it was the fourth Muppet film to receive an Academy Award nomination, this was the first time a Muppet film had won an Academy Award and the first Muppet film nominated for Best Original Song since 1981's The Great Muppet Caper and the first time a Muppet film in general had been nominated for any kind of Academy Award since 1984's The Muppets Take Manhattan.
The original soundtrack was released on November 22, 2011. A Spanish version of the soundtrack was released as Los Muppets: Banda Sonora Original de Walt Disney Records on December 6, 2011.[117]
In March 2012, after the critical and commercial success of the film, Walt Disney Pictures secured a deal with James Bobin and Nicholas Stoller to direct and write, respectively, a new installment.[118][119]
On March 4, Jason Segel stated that he would have no involvement in the sequel.[120]
On April 24, the Walt Disney Studios officially announced that the sequel, tentatively titled, The Muppets 2, is in development.[121]
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