Jim Henson Biopic: Michael Mitnick Writing ‘Muppet Man’ For Disney & The Jim Henson Company

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EXCLUSIVE: The Current War and The Giver scribe Michael Mitnick has been set to write Jim Henson biopic Muppet Man for Disney and The Jim Henson Company, we can reveal. Currently in development, th…

The movie will hone in on Henson’s journey to convince broadcasters that The Muppets was a great idea and how he worked to get the characters on air where they became a comedy staple.PinocchioPlaywright and screenwriter Mitnick is rewriting a previous version of a script byThe biopic has long been a possibility for The Henson Company, which naturally owns Henson’s life rights.

Michael Gracey was at one stage eyed to direct . Weekes’ gritty story, which also included puppets as characters, beat out Aaron Sorkin’sDisney has owned the rights to the Muppets characters since 2004 and reportedly had discussions with The Henson Company about a biopic back in 2010 but there’s been no word since then. The studio released Disney+ seriesEntertainment-world giant Henson passed away in 1990 at the age of 53.

 

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Josh Groban

Do you know the muppet man?

Wait. Man or Muppet man?

I need Jason Segal to be involved.

Defunctland should’ve written this.

MrEricLange will crush it if he did it and ill bet the farm he gets the oscar

Wonder how they’re going to handle the muppets themselves. Will probably involve the muppeteers.

Disney did a great job with Saving. Ms Banks! I hope it’s the same quality here!

Disney You should take a look at this then

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