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Just when the children of the '80s think they're safe, Hollywood throws another banana peel on the trash heap. The one and only, all-knowing, talking trash heap! As unbelievable as it may sound, Variety reported on Monday that the Weinstein Co. is turning Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock into a live-action flick—and a musical, to boot.
The film's earned the blessing of Lisa and Brian Henson, two of Jim's five children who are co-CEOs of the Jim Henson Company, and will be written and directed by Cory Edwards, director of Hoodwinked! (2005's deconstructed-fairy-tale Rashomon for the sandbox set). Ahmet Zappa, formerly rumored to be working on a script for the movie, has shifted into an executive-producer role.
"I'm also really looking forward to using music to tell the story," Zappa told E! News. "It played such a central role in the original series and truly helped create the Fraggle Rock that we know and love today."
While there's no title or release date set for the movie, Weinstein and JHC revealed that the five core Fraggles (Gobo, Wembley, Mokey, Boober and Red) will head into "outer space" (with Uncle Traveling Matt, maybe?) and interact with humans. Hey, if it turns out anything at all like The Muppets Take Manhattan, we'll be as happy as Wembley after a Doozer stick binge.
THE TRASH HEAP HAS SPOKEN.
Related links:
Henson.com
YouTube: Fraggle Rock Intro Theme (C'mon, like you weren't already humming it...)
Amazon: The Fraggle Rockin' Collection
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Doozer sticks are made from fraggles!!! FRAGGLES!!!