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« on: October 24, 2006, 03:36:02 pm »
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/20/film.fraggle.reut/index.html

LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) -- Jim Henson\'s "Fraggle Rock" is coming to the big screen.

The 1980s cult hit TV show is being developed by Ahmet Zappa -- younger son of Frank Zappa -- into a full-length live-action musical fantasy starring the classic characters.

"(Zappa) recently created his own fantasy property (\'Mighty McFearless\'), and we had him in to talk about books and movies," said Lisa Henson, who serves as co-CEO of the Jim Henson Co. with her brother, Brian.

"During that conversation, I had an intuition that he might be a \'Fraggle Rock\' fan. He jumped out of his seat when he heard our idea of making \'Fraggle Rock\' into a feature-length movie."

Zappa -- a musician and TV personality who will serve as the project\'s executive producer -- is developing a treatment in which puppet stars Gobo, Wembley, Mokey, Boober and Red will travel from beneath the Rock and venture into the human world for the first time.

"The Fraggles didn\'t really get into the human world on the series, so we plan to make the movie more about the intersection between the Fraggles and the humans," Lisa Henson said.

Zappa is informally talking to musician friends about writing original songs for the movie. The original Henson puppets will be refurbished and updated for the film, with little expectation of computer-generated enhancements.

A release date has yet to be determined. Lisa Henson plans to hire a screenwriter and director once an initial treatment is completed.

"We\'re taking the movie as far as we can independently because the company has a big personal investment in how the movie turns out," she said.

"Fraggle Rock" premiered on HBO in 1983 and over five seasons garnered multiple awards and a global fan following. The show was created by Jim Henson as an international co-production and was adapted for each territory to meet the needs of its audience.

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« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2006, 04:08:48 pm »
this should be interesting
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« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2006, 04:40:15 pm »

:wtf2: damn French


Here is something else to watch for
Quote from: muppet.com
On the front burner for Henson is a sequel to the cult classic The Dark Crystal. “We are trying to pull the business pieces together on a Dark Crystal sequel. That one’s pretty far along. It’s got a good, strong script, a great vision for how to do it and we’re just trying to [put it together].”
Much of the talent involved with the original Dark Crystal has left the Henson Company, so recreating that world will take more than just rebuilding the puppets. “For Dark Crystal, almost none of the voices were actually the puppeteers, so they were mostly voice artists. Where characters need to have the same voice we would likely try to find those voice artists or look for other voice artists.”

If Dark Crystal 2 happens, the obvious follow-up to Labyrinth would not be far behind. But Henson’s not thinking of an outright sequel for that world. “Actually, we’re talking about doing something different with Labyrinth but I can’t really talk about it. So we’re not really working on a sequel for Labyrinth right now, but Dark Crystal we are.”
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« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2006, 04:52:42 pm »
sounds like Henson and company have a lot of things they are trying to get done.
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« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2006, 04:54:03 pm »
I love Fraggle Rock!!
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« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2006, 05:31:09 pm »
The Fraggles rule!!! Can\'t wait to see this :)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8871174103289691108


Hopefully, this movie won\'t be another knock-off sequel ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQrotZDDsTE&eurl=
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« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2006, 05:56:13 pm »
mmmmm.... soy ser skeptik mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
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« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2006, 09:13:50 pm »
my favorite show as a child.. GREAT news!!
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« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2006, 05:34:09 am »
<- never had HBO. Only saw a few times.
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« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2006, 08:29:56 am »
throw your cares away, save them for a rainy day
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« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2006, 08:36:12 am »
sorry gabe its actually:

dance your cares away
worries for another day
let the music play
down at fraggle rock!

what a great theme song!:awwyeah:
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« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2006, 10:05:35 am »
Quote from: estahwhaddup;123673
sorry gabe its actually:

dance your cares away
worries for another day
let the music play
down at fraggle rock!

what a great theme song!:awwyeah:



i have a big smile on my face from just reading it!  It used to be the ring tone on my cell.  :)   Can we say I loooooove the fraggles...Gobo, Red, and the gang.....and i think the dozers are kinda cute.
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