New Muppet movie in development for potential 2013 release

Follow that Bird had 2 antagonists... an antagonizing force (Finch), and a duo of villains (The Sleeze Brothers... I count them as one). Each had a connected part to the story... Finch trying to catch Big Bird due to her own self righteousness, The Brothers capturing him for their circus. I could say that would work pretty well in a Muppet film. Either 2 villains or one villain and one pain in the neck antagonist (like I said, a Zenegata character)

The thing is, Follow that Bird was pretty much like that. I think it would work well with the Muppets, only slightly changing it up a bit to not exactly resemble both films.

Of course, we can have them split into teams to solve a mystery or capture a criminal. So they don't have to recycle the plot line of Mad Mad Mad Mad World exactly.

Awesome! I love Muppets! I can't wait for next year for the Newest Muppet Caper!

I don't think they mean literally like TMC I think they just mean the humor will be like a "Caper" the storyline is prob totally different.

I hope, though, that it isn't released next summer. I know it'd be great to have one so soon - but we don't want this thing to be rushed. They only just started writing.

If anything it'll probably be another holiday release.

I heard a rumor that its going to be uploaded for free online tomorrow. I am shocked and worried!

What is?

The completed movie! They are moving too fast!

At this point I'm more curious of what storyline their gonna do. I mean they got me waitin in agony now teasing with only little bits. Lol!

I have a sarcastic sense of humor!

Honestly think we all have to think back to the first few weeks the last movie was out. A lot of us were concerned about the box office numbers. Convinced that another movie would be many years away if it happened at all. Or we would just get more tv movies again. Think of how much has changed since than. At this point we should just be happy Disney is finally so committed to our beloved Muppets.

I am curious too. I would not be checking here multiple times a day if I was not. I bet we will know more by summer or fall at the latest.

It depends on when Stoller and Bobin have interviews for other projects. Thats when stuff comes out. Or Disney makes an official announcement of when shooting begins and/or a release date.

Oh gosh this is so exciting!! I haven't been a fan of many other Disney sequels, but I have a feeling anything involving The Muppets, Stoller and Bobin will be fantastic. At least I hope so.

Im just so grateful ANYTHING is happening I cant wait to see the next films!

I am posting a lot today....

In terms of the pace and time needed to write and development of the script. That matters. But it's clear that with the Muppets a lot of that is fine tuned with the actual performers on set. The Muppeteers have a huge influence on what happens. I am guessing they were the ones who suggested Pepe be the one in the scene with Piggy. So I think a script with the Muppets is probably more of an outline than other films.

What can we say we're devoted Muppets fans! Hopefully they won't have any tough competition against any annoying franchies like *cough and gags* "Twilight" when it comes to the box office. Even though they were only 2nd behind Twilight I still wanted them to be no.1 :/

If the Muppets do do a "Mad Mad World"-style movie, I'll be surprised if it's the next film. It's confirmed that it'll have some sort of "connective tissue" to the last film, so I assume that means they'll all know each other already, and I feel like such a film would require many of the Muppets to once again not know each other yet. That doesn't mean they ALL shouldn't know each other, and I feel Kermit and Piggy should already know each other from the start. But each subgroup of characters should know each other in their respective groups and not anyone else -- Let's say one group would include Kermit and Piggy, another Fozzie and Rowlf (or Fozzie and Bobo), another The Electric Mayhem (with or without Lips... Though I'd prefer Lips), another Bunsen and Beaker, another Gonzo, Rizzo, and Camilla, another Scooter, Walter, and Pepe, and perhaps a group consisting of Sam the Eagle, Lew Zealand, Link Hogthrob, and Beauregard.

I wonder if the next film will have many nods to past Muppet productions. The Muppets is the first theatrical film to really have all sorts of references, even though it feels like the amount of references were smaller than expected (though it seems The Muppets had more references to the past than The Simpsons Movie did). Though the non-theatrical Kermit's Swamp Years and It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie also had their share of references to past productions.

Having a little faith in the production process paid off last time so I'm going with that track record instead of some hypothetical one of what could go wrong. I do believe that some feedback is digested. In fact, I think that's what the Mayhem's Kimmel appearance was all about. But in the end, they've got a creative team that will do what they think is best. I think an exciting sleuthing adventure is very Muppety and it presents endless opportunities for the Muppets to shine.

I also hope Piggy and Kermit are already together as well...we already went through that with this movie. LOL!

This is great news to hear, and I'm thrilled they're at it, but taking their time on it is what made "The Muppets" such a hit in November. Secondly, with Walter being heavily involved and new Muppets being brought in, will characters like Link, Lew Zealand, Janice, Sam Eagle, Bunsen and others get their due spots in the movie? Save for Walter, Clueless Morgan and Ghost of Christmas Present, bringing in new Muppets haven't always been the best idea, and the first 2 movies didn't have any newbies, and Gil, Bill and Jill were pretty cardboard, although funny for what they were meant to do. Any chance they'd be willing to listen to Muppet fans in terms of writing the new script?

I want Janice to have another awkward moment when others get silent