Ummm…. cool:
“The Happytime Murders” is a comedic film noir murder mystery that will fall under the company’s Henson Alternative banner, a division that develops projects not intended for children. Brian Henson is on board to direct.
Written by Todd Berger from a story by Dee Austin Robertson and Berger, the story takes place in a world where humans and puppets co-exist, with the puppets viewed as second-class citizens. When the puppet cast of an ’80s children’s TV show called “The Happytime Gang” begins to get murdered one by one, a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private eye puppet — with a drinking problem, no less — takes on the case.
Muppets Take Manhattan is basically the reason why I ended up moving to New York City, but even so, I probably haven’t thought about The Muppets in years now, aside from the occasional morning when “Mahna Mahna” is stuck in my head (approx. 4-5 times a week). Rest assured, I will be in the theater for Happytime Murders.
The Muppets and Van Damme both re-inventing themselves in the same week??? What a time to be alive.
