• [NEWS] Movie adpatation of Jim Henson's 'Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christm

    From Your Name@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 22 19:53:39 2019
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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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