The Muppets...Again! Begins Production

The Muppets are back in front of the cameras this month as The Muppets...Again! begins production with an eye toward a March 21, 2014 release date. James Bobin (no relation to Jimmy Bobo, the character played by Sylvester Stallone in Bullet to the Head) is set to direct, as well as co-writing the script with Nicholas Stoller. "It's great to be back working with the Muppets," said Bobin, "some of them even remember my name occasionally now. As for the movie, it's a tip of the hat to the old-school crime capers of the '60s, but featuring a frog, a pig, a bear and a dog—no panthers, even pink ones—along with the usual Muppet-y mix of mayhem, music and laughs." Disney's The Muppets …Again! 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, portrayed by Ricky Gervais, creator of the Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning series The Office and Extras. The film stars Golden Globe-, Emmy- and SAG Award-winning actress and writer Tina Fey as Nadya, a feisty prison guard, and Emmy Award winner Ty Burrell as Interpol agent Jean Pierre Napoleon. Said Kermit the Frog, "This movie takes us places we've never been before. And trust me—this frog has never seen so much international flavor. I think audiences will eat it up—the entertainment, that is."