New Muppet movie in development for potential 2013 release

[Pinkflower7783]

And then we'd all be sad if they weren't gonna make another one. I say let's just be thankful.

 

[Mo Frackle]

Well, folks, here a poster for what's in mind for the next Muppet Movie:
http://mofrackle.deviantart.com/art/The-Muppets-Sequel-298433022

Poorly PhotoShopped by yours truly. Happy delayed (very delayed) April Fools Day!

 

[Pinkflower7783]

Lol! Yeah I'm sure that's what they have in mind.

 

[Hayley B]

I was going to say that I see the horse. But didn't notice he had a Zorro mask. Or is that the Lone Ranger? Didn't the Lone Ranger have an mask and cowboy hat?

I hope that they don't seriously think diva with magical powers.

 

[Pinkflower7783]

Zorro, Lone Ranger whatever your preference he was in a cowboy mood. LOL! Maybe he was having a nostolgic moment from the first movie. XD

 

[KremlingWhatnot]

Does it have to be called The Muppets 2?

 

[CensoredAlso]

I was going to say that I see the horse. But didn't notice he had a Zorro mask. Or is that the Lone Ranger? Didn't the Lone Ranger have an mask and cowboy hat?

Yeah it's more the Lone Ranger.

 

[Hayley B]

Yeah it's more the Lone Ranger.

Thank you.

 

[Drtooth]

Keep in mind there are both Wednesday and Friday slots for films and we know that no dates are final by the way "The Muppets" was bumped-up the schedule from Christmas to Thanksgiving. They'll figure it out.

And it's a GOOD thing it was. While there was that unfortunate 2 week lull in movie ticket sales, Christmas would have killed them. In 2 weeks, more blockbusters came out than in an entire summer. Muppets was lucky the competition was just 2 CGI movies, some dumb vampire flick that wasn't for the Muppets Target Demo anyway, and a very artistic film that just didn't catch on. They picked the perfect time for that movie to be released.

I'm not saying Summer is such a bad time, but if Disney has 3 other blockbusters planned it just wouldn't make sense for them to run into each other. I kinda think Pooh got shafted by the release date, but I also think it was just destined to be a DVD hit because of the paradigm of Pooh being a baby product. And it's their OWN fault, the way they've been marketing the bear for years. But that's another tant for another time.

I agree with the people who are concerned about what could happen with a summer release. Disney killed the Narnia movies by moving Prince Caspian into the summer where it got overshadowed. I don't want to see the same thing happen to The Muppets.

The first Narnia was a hit because it came out at the right time. That film was released (if I can remember correctly) in between 2 big films (Speed Racer was released around the same time too, and that was one of the factors that hurt that one, other than the terrible word of mouth)... I think they released one more with another company, put it at another terrible time of the year and then that was the end of that franchise.

Now, don't get me wrong... I'm glad to see another Muppet movie... I want to see another Muppet movie... I'd fund one myself if I had the money. But above all, we want to see this movie get a fair shake at the box office. A strategic release date can make all the difference. Like I said, if Disney has a big movie planned every month from May-July, it wouldn't make sense to put 2 movies in a month, as it would be in direct competition with itself. May's the Marvel month, June's always Pixar. July would be great, but they have a movie in July already.

Yes, we're getting another movie... but we want this one to do well as well... that leads to a third movie after all.

 

[zoebell]

i think it will do well, because the movie has already done extremely well on dvd/blu-ray. that insures that people who really loved it will show it to others who didn't see it and feed it to the kids, which is the demo that we REALLY need. i still think the muppets have passionate fans, but too many of them are in their twenties and thirties. for family movies to do well, the kids really need to love it too

i think the next one will probably be much lighter on the nostalgia and wackier with the comedy, so that should take care of that problem. i betcha anything the next one hits 100 million