The Muppets
The sixth theatrical film to feature The Muppets was released in 2011 and is a musical comedy directed by James Bobin and written by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller. Along with Muppets actors Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, and Peter Linz, the movie stars Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, and Rashida Jones. Four of the film's five original songs were written by Bret McKenzie, who also served as the music supervisor, and Christophe Beck created the score. In the movie, Walter, a dedicated Muppet fan, his human brother Gary, and Gary's fiancée Mary assist Kermit the Frog in bringing the dispersed Muppets back together. They need to raise $10 million to prevent Tex Richman, a businessman, from demolishing the Muppet Theater to drill for oil.
The movie's producers, Mandeville Films and Segel and Stoller, as well as its screenwriters, were originally revealed by Walt Disney Pictures in March 2008. Adams, Cooper, and Jones were cast as the movie's supporting players in October of the same year that Bobin was given the directing gig. Beginning in September 2010, all of the filming was done in Los Angeles. It was Jerry Nelson's final appearance in a Muppet movie before his passing the following year, but it was the first theatrical Muppets production to not have Frank Oz and Jerry Nelson in their respective roles. Nelson would, however, make a vocal cameo in the movie. Jacobson and Vogel each make their theatrical feature picture debuts as those characters, playing them instead.
Directed by: James Bobin
Starring: Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones
Rating: 7,1/10, 92.250 reviews (IMDb rating)
Link to watch: https://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/The-Muppets/70178625
