Hollywood Reporter: Ty Burrell is Slated for 'Muppets' Sequel

Ty Burrell best known as on the ABC hit comedy Modern Family will star in the upcoming sequel to Disney's The Muppets.  The Hollywood Reporter broke the story earlier today.

"Ty Burrell, one of the stars of ABC's Modern Family, is set to join the cast of Disney's sequel to The Muppets as one of the movie’s human stars.  The adventure moves from Hollywood to Europe, and while the film is expected to have a slew of cameos -- as is the Muppets' movie tradition -- one of the key roles is an Interpol inspector, whom Burrell will portray."  READ MORE

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Dark Knight Rises and Muppets Mashup

This afternoon, I was a little bored while watching some Scooby Doo, and decided to make a Muppet and Dark Knight Rises Mashup.  Below is a little Photoshop work, that pits Fozzie Bane (Bane) against The Frog Knight (Batman aka The Dark Knight).

Fozzie Bane vs The Frog Knight by @JimmyinGA of @WockaWockaNet

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The Bear Has Returned to Raw

Fozzie Bear was featured Monday night in the 1000th episode of WWE Monday Night Raw.  A few months ago, the Muppets hosted an episode the weekly wrestling program which was been airing since 1993.

Hulu has the segment available that featured Fozzie Bear as he talked about memorable catch phrases on Raw.

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Jim Henson Company Ends Partnership with Chick-fil-A

The Jim Henson Company has ended their partnership with the privately owned fast food company, Chick-fil-A.  A statement from the Jim Henson Company was released via their Facebook page.

"The Jim Henson Company has celebrated and embraced diversity and inclusiveness for over fifty years and we have notified Chick-Fil-A that we do not wish to partner with them on any future endeavors.  Lisa Henson, our CEO is personally a strong supporter of gay marriage and has directed us to donate the payment we received from Chick-Fil-A to GLAAD."

When mainstream entertainment sites have reported on this news, almost all of the headlines have read something similar to EW's "Kermit's no longer a fan of Chick-Fil-A."  Kermit or The Muppets have been mentioned in most of the articles that I've seen, even though the Muppets were sold to Disney in a 2004 deal.  Since then, the rights to Kermit along with the other Muppets belong to the Muppet Studio and The Walt Disney Company.


Controversy arose a few days ago, when media outlets started reporting about an article that was released via the Baptist Press on July 16.  Dan Cathy, President and COO of Chick-fila-A, in the article made the following statements.

Some have opposed the company's support of the traditional family. "Well, guilty as charged," said Cathy when asked about the company's position. "We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that. "We operate as a family business ... our restaurants are typically led by families; some are single. We want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families. We are very much committed to that," Cathy emphasized. "We intend to stay the course," he said. "We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles."

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New Episode of Muppets Podcast Available Now

In the fifth episode of The Muppets Podcast.  We take a look at several of the latest news stories in The Muppets Podcast News Flash including the upcoming Fraggle Rock movie, the new BBC show No Strings Attached, the Frog and Toad animated film, and much more.  We talk about another trip to Downtown Disney.  We also share some of your feedback.. You can subscribe in iTunes.

Muppets & X-Men Mash-up by Cartoonist Ken Haesner

Cartoonist Ken Haeser (https://www.facebook.com/haeser) has created some awesome mash-up of X-Men and The Muppets.  His works include Piggy as The Phoenix, Beaker as Magneto with Bunson Honeydew (Prof. X), Fozzie as The Beast, Kermit as Cyclops, Gonzo as Night Crawler, and Animal as Wolverine.


See more at on his facebook page listed above or at http://xombiedirge.tumblr.com/post/24773932927/x-men-muppets-by-ken-haeser#


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Frog and Toad Coming from Jim Henson Company

Variety reported a few days ago that The Jim Henson Company has acquired the film rights and is currently developing an animated feature based on the "Frog and Toad" children's books.  Craig Bartlett ("Dinosaur Train") is writing the screenplay and Cory Edwards ("Hoodwinked!" and "Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs Evil") is slated to direct.


You can also read more about the project in a recent article from the The Guardian.


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