French Muppet Show possibly in the works

[Buck-Beaver]

Has anyone else heard much about this project?

There were rumblings about a pilot being shot for a French channel recently and now Jim Hill Media has mentioned it - which doesn't make it true - but Disney has registered http://www.lemuppetshow.com which right now takes you to a Disney Online splash page.

Anyways, I've posted what I know in my blog - http://puppetvision.blogspot.com/2005/12/le-muppet-show.html

 

[DanDanStrawberry]

Oooh la la!

 

[MrsPepper]

Good and bad:

Good - I speak french. So, yay!

Bad - I'm not european, so it doesnt matter if I can speak french or not, since I won't ever end up seeing it.

 

[ravagefrackle]

from what i heard , its pretty mucha test run, see how it looks and if it works, , i have no idea about puppeteers, or whos involved, wether or not this sees that light of day is anyones guess,

frankly i dont have a hole lot of faith in it , but we sahll see what we shall see

 

[BlueFrackle]

RavageFrackle,
What kind of Muppets are in it? The original gang? And where is it (the pilot) being filmed?

 

[ravagefrackle]

as i said i have no real details, all i know is that something ws happening with it, we will all have to wait for more details

 

[MuppetDanny]

UK Puppeteer Nigel Plaskitt seems to be also taking part :

He is currently assisting the setting up of the London version of AVENUE Q for Cameron Mackintosh and THE MUPPET SHOW in France for Disney.

source : nigelplaskitt.com

 

[beaker]

I can understand Sesame Street, but what's the point of a geo-centric Muppet show? A French Muppet show...hmmm. I could see maybe a Euro Muppet Show with a whole new set of characters, but the Muppet Show should have a broad appeal. At any rate, in America Muppet fans still have'nt seen most of the European Muppet ventures(Mopatop, Hoobs, etc) so it doesn't surprise me
that they could be working on this without anyone knowing.

 

[doctort13]

Perhaps it's cheaper to make a new Muppets show in France, then dub in voices when it's sold to different countries. Keep in mind the original show was made in England because that's were the $$$ came from...maybe a wealthy Frenchman has made Disney an offer?

How knows? We'll have to wait and see where this goes...

 

[ravagefrackle]

folks, keep in mind this is experimental ,what ever it is , that what every inside source has said, i really would not expect to see this anytime soon.