"Muppets Live Another Day" officially cancelled for Disney+ streaming service

[D'Snowth]

Okay, I'm confused now:

The Muppets Comedy Series Reboot Not Going Forward At Disney+

UPDATED with Josh Gad’s reaction: Disney+ will not be proceeding with Muppets Live Another Day, its scripted comedy series project written/executive produced by Frozen star Josh Gad and Once Upon a Time creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis. Primetime-Panic Your Complete Guide to Pilots and...

deadline.com

So Disney was developing a scripted and an unscripted Muppet series for Disney+?

 

[JustAMuppetFan]

Okay, I'm confused now:

The Muppets Comedy Series Reboot Not Going Forward At Disney+

UPDATED with Josh Gad’s reaction: Disney+ will not be proceeding with Muppets Live Another Day, its scripted comedy series project written/executive produced by Frozen star Josh Gad and Once Upon a Time creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis. Primetime-Panic Your Complete Guide to Pilots and...

deadline.com

So Disney was developing a scripted and an unscripted Muppet series for Disney+?

Yes. There were two separate series being developed concurrently. Muppets Now remains but Muppets Live Another Day is canned (for now).

 

[Oscarfan]

I dunno. It was a strange concept, but it had a little more of a leg to stand on than "Kermit thinks Fozzie's girlfriend cheats at trivia night."

 

[BlakeConor14]

The Disney + show which was rumoured to be in development back in February has now been officially shelved after the creators included Josh Gad walked away from the project

This is because there was a change in leadership at the muppet studios. Studio Head Debbie Mckellen stepped down with former parks live entertainment former Senior Vice President David Lightbody taking charge.

Lightbody decided to go into a different direction however it is stated that both ABC Studios and Disney + supported the project

Here is a statement from Josh Gad and the toughpigs article

http://instagr.am/p/B2OCcZeHhmI/

“Muppets Live Another Day” Will Not Live Another Day - ToughPigs

"Muppets Live Another Day" is dead right now. But "Muppets Now" is still coming another day!

www.toughpigs.com

 

[GuySmileyfan]

Well, at least Muppets Now is better than nothing.

 

[MWoO]

Well, at least Muppets Now is better than nothing.

That should be in the marketing. "Muppets Now, it's better than nothing." With a picture of Kermit shrugging his shoulders.

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

That should be in the marketing. "Muppets Now, it's better than nothing." With a picture of Kermit shrugging his shoulders.

That would honestly feel like an old fashioned Muppety campaign. I kind of like it

 

[Grumpo]

Interesing fact, the Muppet Studio management has completely changed in 2019.

Kyle Laughlin, the former head of Disney Consumer Products Interactive Labs (DCPI Labs), and thus of Muppets Studio (2014-2019), executive producer of ABC muppets (2015), and the only General manager to fire Kermit, went to Amazon to make Alexa gadgets in January 2019.

Then Muppet Studio along with the whole Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media became part of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products division in a March 2018 company reorganization.

Debbie McClellan, who was well respected in muppet world for her work on every Muppets project from Muppets from Space (1999) up to the Muppets Live Another Day (2019,rip), former VP of Muppets Studio (2004-2019), left in May 2019, and was replaced by David Lightbody of Disney Parks Live Entertainment.

David has made quite a career in Park management and live performances, which may be why he requested the Muppets series to move in a different direction, which made the creative team to abandon the project.

Well, Muppets Now is still better than nothing. =) Let's see where life takes the Muppets next.

 

[MuppetSpot]

I just hope they still do things because Dave Goelz is the last original performer and we don’t know how much longer he has until retirement.