Being a fan of The Muppets is nothing short of a roller coaster. One minute, you’re legitimately mourning the loss of decades-old and lovingly-made theme park attractions starring the crew. The next, you’re being treated to the news of a new Disney+ special from Seth Rogen and Sabrina Carpenter, which could lead to a full-blown revival of The Muppet Show. And apparently, that’s not even the best new Muppet project to be in the works this year.
A solo movie centered around Miss Piggy is in development. Not only that, but she has some pretty beloved names working behind the scenes to bring her story to life. Oscar-winning actresses Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone are producing the project, with Tony-winning actor and playwright Cole Escola writing the script. The Internet-breaking news was announced by Lawrence during a recent appearance on Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ Las Culturistas podcast.
“I don’t know if I can announce this, but I’m just going to,” Lawrence revealed. “Emma Stone and I are producing a Miss Piggy movie and Cole is writing it.”
While a lot of details still remain under wraps, Lawrence did tease that the project is “fucked up” and “really dark.” She was also asked on the podcast if she and Stone would appear in the movie, and answered with an enthusiastic, “I think so, we have to.”
This will be Miss Piggy’s first solo outing, outside of the one-off variety television special The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show in 1982. It’s unclear, at this point, if the movie will end up in theaters or on Disney+ (although with these names attached, the former feels more than possible). Either way, in a week of movie news that already included the delightful reveal of Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz returning for a new The Mummy movie, this Miss Piggy bombshell somehow managed to break the Internet even further.
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There’s so much to process here. The idea of any combination of Lawrence, Stone, and Escola working together already sounds like a dream. Both Lawrence and Stone have evolved their careers in beautiful ways in recent years, taking on projects either in front of or behind the camera that manage to surprise us. And over the past year, with the smash success of their Broadway play Oh, Mary!, Escola has quickly established themselves as a creative force to watch. They made history earlier this year as the first non-binary performer to win the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, and their writing on the play was also among the finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
But when you fold in the reveal that their collaboration is going to be on a Miss Piggy movie, it is nothing short of magical. What glamorous and bizarre journey could the movie take us on? What guest stars could we expect? What is the over-under for how many karate chops we’ll see onscreen? The possibilities are endless.
As some tweets celebrating the news have already joked, this is one of those headlines where every sentence is better than the last, and reads like “when people say their dogs favorite words to get them riled up.” Even if the Miss Piggy movie still remains in development, I know I’m definitely not alone in already being riled up for it.
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