It's time to play the music. It's time to light the lights. According to fast-rising funnyman Jason Segel, it's time once again for the Muppets, in a brand new movie that hopes to make things right.
"I've just grown a little disappointed with 'Muppets in the Old West,' 'Muppets Under Water,' and all these weird concept movies," sighed the 28-year-old "How I Met Your Mother" star, speaking for the first time on his recently-revealed plans to resurrect Rowlf and the gang. "I just want to go take it back to the early 80's, when it was about the Muppets trying to put on a show. That's what I'm trying to bring back."
In next month's buzz-heavy "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," Segel plays a broken-hearted musician with a hilarious desire to make a puppet musical out of Dracula's life. Segel wrote the scene based on a real-life idea he once had, and was thrilled when it came time to live out his lifelong fantasy of becoming Jim Henson. Read More...
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