Wednesday, April 25, 2012 12:18PM - By Travis Woods
It seems that Germany is taking a page out of the Fox News playbook—the country legendary for its loose sense of humor and love of felt puppetry (OK, I’m making a lot of this up as I go) has paradoxically taken a stand against the Muppets. Specifically, one Kermit the Frog. And just why has Germany decided to grind the gears of governmental progress to a halt in order to bring justice to the rogue international criminal known for leading a cabal fuzzy fiends?
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:00AM - By Damon Houx
With this Tuesday’s Blu-ray and DVD releases, there’s a number of the most anticipated films of fall 2011′s slate available for home video consumption. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Muppets are coming out in multiple disc special editions. But for those who’ve followed it’s Japanese release, the big prize this week is an official domestic release of Battle Royale, which was too controversial to be released in America.
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Friday, March 9, 2012 5:40PM - By Laura Aguirre
It’s time to catch up on this week’s news. First off, we’ve got another sequel in the works. Even though the Project X just hit theaters last week, there’s already someone busy writing a script for a Part II. Also, we’ve got some cool photos of some of your favorite heroes as tiny people. We’ve also got a neat clip of the cast from Superbad, and a spoof trailer from The Muppets. All that and more below.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:05PM - By Damon Houx
2011′s The Muppets wasn’t a flop, but it wasn’t exactly a hit either. Grossing a little less than $90 Million at the box office, it was done for relatively cheap but was also seen as a brand relaunch. In situations like that good word of mouth and a renewed interest in the characters trumps the end results (and may also lead to higher sales when it hits home video). but though the film seemed willed into existence by Jason Segel, he won’t be writing on the sequel, according to Vulture.
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Friday, February 17, 2012 5:35PM - By Laura Aguirre
This week the Academy added The Muppets and Cirque du Soleil to its Oscars telecast. We’ll have the chance to see acrobatic dancers perform, and best of all, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy. Jon Hamm also revealed some new “Mad Men” details, all during an interview at the BAFTAs. We’ve also got some stills from the upcoming movie Deep Throat, starring Amanda Seyfried as Linda Lovelace. Catch up below.
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Monday, December 5, 2011 1:34PM - By Damon Houx
In the latest round of nonsense to emerge from the Fox News branch, it seems that Eric Boiling is annoyed that The Muppets uses Chris Cooper‘s Tex Richman – an oil tycoon who wants to destroy the Muppet’s studio – as a figure that is supposedly anti-capitalism. The discussion he had on Fox Business Network doesn’t seem to be particularly well sourced and the Conservatives represented on the show are basically anti-Muppet. Perhaps Boiling is gunning to be the villain in the sequel.
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Thursday, December 1, 2011 1:18PM - By Damon Houx
Between limited releases and big studio launches, there are very few weekends where there isn’t something new out. But the weekend after Thanksgiving – much like the first weekend of a new year – is considered a dead spot. There’s already a vacuum created by the holiday weekend being over, people are likely recuperating from their families, and the only studio film being released (on nine screens) is Shame. The only possible benefit is to The Muppets, which may have enough goodwill to take the top spot from Breaking Dawn. Let’s get to it, shall we?
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Monday, November 28, 2011 10:12AM - By Laura Aguirre
The Muppets were unable to take down the vampires and wolves of Twilight during the Thanksgiving holiday. The race to be No. 1 at the box office wasn’t even close: once again Breaking Dawn Part I dominated the box office, pulling in $42 million. The fourth film of the Warner Brothers franchise has already grossed $221.3 million domestically and is nearing $500 million worldwide. As for the group of puppets from The Muppets, well they aren’t doing too bad. The kids’ film pulled in $29.5 million over the weekend, and $42 million in total over the holiday. Despite Twilight’s big win, the box office Top 5 were all about the family. Happy Feet Two followed The Muppets with $13. 4 million; Arthur Christmas kept up with $12.7 million; and Martin Scorsese‘s first family film Hugo rounded off the Top 5 with $11.3 million.
Check out the numbers…
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 11:15AM - By Damon Houx
Last weekend Breaking Dawn made a ton of cash, which was a surprise to no one. But not everyone who wants to see the latest blockbuster sequel goes opening weekend, and so though the fall off should be heavy (over 50%, possibly over 60%, and just as likely near 70%) it may be able to fend off the newcomers, which will probably hurt each other and let Twilight win. What must have happened is that no one blinked about this weekend, as there’s three films aimed at parents and children hitting theaters: The Muppets, Arthur Christmas and Hugo. On top of a week-old Happy Feet Two. It’s a Children’s film blood bath is what it is.
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