Muppet Man (film)

On April 21, 2021, Deadline reported that a Jim Henson biopic called Muppet Man was in development with the Disney and Henson companies co-producing.
Michael Mitnick (The Current War and The Giver) was signed to script, rewriting a previous script by Aaron and Jordan Kandell (who referred to it in their Academy for Creative Media bios as The Muppet Man),Academy for Creative Media - Aaron & Jordan Kandell with Lisa Henson producing. The movie was to focus on Henson's journey to convince broadcasters that the Muppets were a viable idea for television.
While promoting the release of Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio in 2022, Lisa Henson commented on the project:People "Jim Henson's Daughter Lisa Teases Potential 'Dream-Like' Biopic About Her Muppets Creator Dad" by Scott Huver, November 8, 2022
Lisa Henson commented again on the project when asked if a scripted feature was in the works while promoting the release of the 2024 documentary Jim Henson: Idea Man, stating: "The Muppet Man is in development with Disney. It's currently without a director and not on the slate, but everybody sees a lot of potential in it, so perhaps someday."The Hollywood Reporter: Lisa Henson Says the Family Turned Down a Number of Filmmakers for a Jim Henson Documentary Until Ron Howard Came Along. August 22, 2024.
==See also==
* The project followed a previous attempt by the Henson Company from 2009 called The Muppet Man by Christopher Weekes, which made that year's Blacklist of unproduced scripts. (see Talk: The Muppet Man)
* Another biopic, simply titled Henson, also went unproduced.
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