Disney+ desiste de lançar série sobre Os Muppets

Se você estava animado para ver novamente os queridos Muppets em ação, temos uma notícia boa e uma ruim. Vamos começar com o pior e terminar em alto astral (como o próprio Kermit ensinou!). De acordo com o Deadline, o Disney+ resolveu cancelar Muppets Live Another Day, nova série da franquia, após encontrar diferenças criativas com o trio de diretores.

Josh Gad (A Bela e a Fera), Adam Horowitz (Once Upon a Time) e Edward Kitsis (Tron: O Legado) saíram da produção do projeto episódico após encontrarem alguns obstáculos criativos. De um acordo com um post de Josh, no Instagram, foram os três que decidiram, em conjunto, deixar a produção, por sentirem que não teriam o espaço desejado para aplicarem suas ideias.

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Misinformation is my least favorite kind of information so I thought I’d take a minute to clarify some news that broke today. After a little over a year and a half of working on a project called “Muppets Live Another Day,” @adamhorowitzla #eddykitsis and I have decided, with a heavy heart, to walk away. Some times creative differences are just that. The project, with original songs by Bobby Lopez and Kristen Lopez was to be directed by the great Jason Moore, (director of “Avenue Q” and “Pitch Perfect”). It was meant to be a limited event series that picked up a year after “Muppets Take Manhattan” and was essentially about what happens after you’ve reached the end of the rainbow. It was going to be Muppets by way of Stranger Things and feel like a movie spread over 6-8 episodes. Part of the joy for us, by placing the Muppets in the middle of the 1980’s, was to subvert and comment on our current love for all things nostalgia while at the same time allowing the characters to tell a story that would ultimately lead to and end in present day, revealing some secrets along the way. It has been one of the great joys of all of our lives to write words for these iconic characters. We wish this franchise all the best and thank our partners at Disney+ and ABC Studios for the opportunity to develop something so fun and outside the box. They have been nothing but supportive and terrific and we can’t wait to play again in other sandboxes. While it is sad, I have no doubt this franchise, under its new leadership will find new and wonderful stories to tell. My only hope is that one day you can all hear the BRILLIANT music by Bobby and @kristenlopez5681 wrote for Kermit and company. The music is next level good. In the meantime, Adam, Eddy and I are already cooking up new fun ideas that we cannot wait to share. Until then, long live “The Muppets.” They have given us joy for over 40 years and I have no doubt they will continue to bring us joy for the next 40 years.

Uma publicação compartilhada por Josh Gad (@joshgad) em 9 de Set, 2019 às 10:42 PDT

Gad explica também a trama seria uma continuação do clássico Os Muppets Conquistam Nova York, de 1984. "Deveria ter sido um Muppets no estilo Stranger Things, como se fosse um filme de seis ou oito episódios", explicou ele. Apesar de alguns fãs terem mantido a esperança de que outra equipe pudesse assumir a direção, o Disney+ optou por descontinuar a produção.

A notícia boa, no entanto, é que Os Muppets voltarão à TV de uma forma ou outra. Na última D23, a Disney anunciou o desenvolvimento do programa Muppets Now, feito para ser uma espécie de talk-show com os personagens da franquia. Nem tudo está perdido!