I think we can all thank Jason Segel and his Dracula puppet musical for this startling and exciting turn of events from The Jim Henson Co. According to The Hollywood Reporter, they've picked up a spec script that will bring puppets into the mature world of film noir in "The Happytime Murders."

Yes, you read that right. Jim Henson Co. puppets are going noir, and I for one couldn't be happier.

Written by Todd Berger and Dee Austin Robertson, "Happytime" takes place in a world where humans and puppets co-exist. But in this world, being made of felt and possessing a set of googly-eyes makes you a second-class citizen. Things turn ugly when, one by one, the puppet cast of television's "The Happytime Gang" begin turning up dead. It falls to a disgraced LAPD detective-turned-private-eye puppet to take on the case -- and yes, in noir fashion, he has personal demons and a drinking problem to overcome. Read more...