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It's not clear if this will be a cinema movie or a TV movie. It's
listed under Variety.com's "Film News" section, so presumably it's a
cinema movie "adaptation" of the original TV special.


From Variety.com ...


'Flight of the Conchords" Bret McKenzie
to Adapt Jim Henson's 'Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas'
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Flight of the Conchords' own Rhymenoceros, Bret McKenzie, has
signed on to pen the script and write the music for "Emmet
Otter's Jug-Band Christmas," based on the 1970s ABC special
from the Jim Henson Company.

Henson's 1977 TV special was based on the children's book of
the same name by Russell Hoban. McKenzie also has the option
to direct the new adaptation, which follows a poor otter
family who risks everything for the chance to win the cash
prize of a talent contest for Christmas, but a decision has
not yet been made. The ABC special used the classic Henson
puppet technology that made Henson's "The Muppets" famous and
even included an introduction by Kermit the Frog.

With McKenzie's attachment, the package will be shopped to
buyers, as no distributor is currently on board. The family
movie will be a co-production between the Jim Henson Company,
Pacific Electric Picture Company and Snoot Entertainment.

McKenzie is no stranger to the world of Jim Henson projects:
He was the music supervisor for 2011's "The Muppets" - which
won an Academy Award for best original song for "Man or
Muppet" - and 2014's "Muppets Most Wanted."

McKenzie is also currently developing "Bob the Musical!" for
Disney as well as the Warner Bros. comedy "Moonland." He's
best known as half (along with Jemaine Clement) of the musical
comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, who starred in the HBO
series "Flight of the Conchords." He also appeared in the first
and third "Lord of the Rings" movies as Lindir, a role he
reprised for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." McKenzie is
repped by UTA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.


<https://variety.com/2019/film/news/bret-mckenzie-jim-henson-emmet-otters-jug-band-christmas-flight-of-the-conchords-1203377846/>

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