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My name is Jessica Amason.
I am Director of Community & Platform Partnership at Refinery29, Professor at NYU & Columnist. I am also the creator of the site/author of the book This is Why You're Fat & a music writer in New York City.
I have a crush on you.
A big one.
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bradofarrell:ronenreblogs:blondesnotbombs:masshole:passthemike:artaxx77: Jason Segel to write a new Muppet Movie!!! So how exactly did this new Muppet Movie came together? “The Henson Company designed the puppets for Forgetting Sarah Marshall and they offered me a tour of the Muppet Studios on La Brea, which I could not have been more excited about. “So I showed up and there were no Muppets there. I said, ‘Where are the Muppets?’ and they told me, ‘We don’t control the Muppets any more. We’ve sold them to Disney.’ And I just got this weird fire in my belly like ‘Are you f***ing kidding me?’ “So I went to Disney for this general meeting and halfway through I couldn’t contain myself and I said, ‘I’m very flattered to be here, but the only thing I want to do with you guys at the moment is write the new Muppet Movie.’ There was this weird smattering of laughter and confused silence and I said, ‘No, I’m serious.’ I’d already thought of the pitch, so I said ‘Here’s what the movie is about.’ And I gave them literally the entire movie … It’s bringing it back to the early ’80s movies of The Muppets putting on a show. I don’t know, they became like a novelty act over the past few years, but the original ones, the characters were written as though they were actors. And so we’re going to do that and bring back the celebrity cameos. I think it’s going to be really cool. I’m excited!” So now the project is a done deal and Sarah Marshall director Nick Stoller is co-writing the script with Segel. This will be the first theatrical Muppet feature since 1999’s Muppets From Space. So what celebrities might be joining for cameos? “Everyone who has heard about it, the first thing they say is, “You’re writing me a part.” Segel is mum on the plot details, but we did manage to land a few tidbits. “The plot is completely figured out. It’s top secret. I guarantee that it will delight audiences. I can tell you that there is a good section of it in Los Angeles and that the actual Muppet Studios on La Brea are involved.” www.reelzchannel.com Dear Jason Segel, Get out of my dreams and into my pants. Ktnxbai.

bradofarrell:ronenreblogs:blondesnotbombs:masshole:passthemike:artaxx77:

Jason Segel to write a new Muppet Movie!!!

So how exactly did this new Muppet Movie came together?

“The Henson Company designed the puppets for Forgetting Sarah Marshall and they offered me a tour of the Muppet Studios on La Brea, which I could not have been more excited about.

“So I showed up and there were no Muppets there. I said, ‘Where are the Muppets?’ and they told me, ‘We don’t control the Muppets any more. We’ve sold them to Disney.’ And I just got this weird fire in my belly like ‘Are you f***ing kidding me?’

“So I went to Disney for this general meeting and halfway through I couldn’t contain myself and I said, ‘I’m very flattered to be here, but the only thing I want to do with you guys at the moment is write the new Muppet Movie.’ There was this weird smattering of laughter and confused silence and I said, ‘No, I’m serious.’ I’d already thought of the pitch, so I said ‘Here’s what the movie is about.’ And I gave them literally the entire movie … It’s bringing it back to the early ’80s movies of The Muppets putting on a show. I don’t know, they became like a novelty act over the past few years, but the original ones, the characters were written as though they were actors. And so we’re going to do that and bring back the celebrity cameos. I think it’s going to be really cool. I’m excited!”

So now the project is a done deal and Sarah Marshall director Nick Stoller is co-writing the script with Segel. This will be the first theatrical Muppet feature since 1999’s Muppets From Space.

So what celebrities might be joining for cameos?

“Everyone who has heard about it, the first thing they say is, “You’re writing me a part.”

Segel is mum on the plot details, but we did manage to land a few tidbits. “The plot is completely figured out. It’s top secret. I guarantee that it will delight audiences. I can tell you that there is a good section of it in Los Angeles and that the actual Muppet Studios on La Brea are involved.”

www.reelzchannel.com

Dear Jason Segel, Get out of my dreams and into my pants. Ktnxbai.