The Muppets have arrived on Disney+! The new “Muppets Now” original series is streaming on Disney+ beginning today (July 31). So, of course, what’s a good launch without Gonzo the Great!
Disney shared on Twitter the following clip of Gonzo launching the brand-new series:
If you’ve missed the Muppets Now trailer, you can check it out below:
Lights! Music! MUPPETS! Disney+ took to Twitter to share a new “Muppets Now” original series will be coming to Disney+ on July 31! Check out the original tweet here. PLUS – the Muppets of course couldn’t just let the announcement be good enough. They started arguing over the key art! Check out their silly tweets below:
The original announcement and the “official” key art:
Lights! Music! Muppets! …Unscripted! Get ready to see your favorite characters like never before in #MuppetsNow, an Original Series, coming July 31 only on #DisneyPlus. #DisneyBundle
Of course, Fozzie Bear tweeted a reply about the key art with a “wocka wocka” joke! Gonzo the Great chimes in as well:
Fozzie Bear:
Oh, we went with THAT #MuppetsNow key art? I’ve got something way funnier! Get it? KEY art? Ahhhhh! #WockaWocka!
Gonzo:
Wait, I thought we were going with this #MuppetsNow key art! Didn’t we all agree it needs more chickens?? And more exploding socks… and, of course, lava spiders.
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Pepe the King even added to the mix on what the key art should have looked like in their opinion:
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew:
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew here. My research shows that using this #MuppetsNow art would yield impressive results. After all, it was created by Muppet Labs, where the future of key art is being made today!
Pepe The King Prawn:
Dios mio, you gotta be kidding me! No Pepé in any of this #MuppetsNow key art?? Unbelievable, okay! Lucky for you, I’ve mastered Photoshop after watching one video on YouTubes. See for yourself…
And finally, Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog have their ideas of what the key art should have been:
Miss Piggy:
Puh-lease! We all know why people will watch #MuppetsNow, so why hide it? Ta-da! Some perfectly chic, simply stunning, positively MOI key art!
Kermit The Frog:
Good grief. Sorry about this, @DisneyPlus. Don’t worry, we love the #MuppetsNow key art! Though, if you’re looking for my suggestion, I was always partial to this one… I cleaned my banjo right before the photo was taken.
Even though the Muppets can’t seem to decide on the right key art for the new “Muppets Now” original series, we hope they’ll pull themselves together before it becomes available on July 31 in the U.S., Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and India.
“Muppets Live Another Day,” a rumored Disney+ project that would’ve seen Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the rest of the Muppet gang team up with Josh Gad, has been canceled, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Gad, along with fellow series co-creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis, have reportedly departed from the series’ production, prompting Disney to abandon the project. The show had never been officially announced, but rumors about the show date back as early as February of this year.
The show had been rumored to take place following the events of 1984’s The Muppets Take Manhattan (hence the project name “Muppets 1984”), as Kermit once again disbands the Muppet troupe, but they reunite to help find a missing Rowlf the Dog.
According to the Reporter‘s Lesley Goldberg, regime changes at Muppets Studios were a major factor in the decision to cancel the project. Gad, Horowitz and Kitsis had been working closely with studio vice president Debbie McClellan on “Muppet Live Another Day,” but McClellan soon departed from the studio. Disney’s CEO, Bob Iger, then named Disney Parks Live Entertainment Senior Vice President David Lightbody to take over the studio. Lightbody apparently wanted to take a different direction on the Muppets, and reportedly offered the trio a chance to work on a new project featuring the characters, but the three felt strongly about their vision for the Muppets, and decided to walk away from the project rather than throw away over a year of work on a project they had faith in. Goldberg reports that the decision to depart from the project was amicable.
Gad took to social media to discuss the news, revealing previously-unrevealed aspects of the abandoned series, including original songs written by Bobby Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez of Frozen fame.
The cancellation of the project does not affect the production of “Muppets Now,” the unscripted variety shorts series coming to Disney+ next year. The show was officially announced at this year’s D23 Expo.