The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time!!!

The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time!!! is the working title of a proposed film that has been in development since 2008. The film revolves around The Muppets reuniting toput on a show in the Muppet Theater and get 10-million viewers in order to save Muppet Studios in Hollywood from an evil Texas oil tycoon.

The screenplay for the film is being written by Jason Segel and Nick Stoller.

Development
Segel and Stoller were inspired to work on a Muppet film, while working with The Jim Henson Company for the puppets in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Segel and Stoller approached the Walt Disney Company and pitched the concept for a Muppet movie to Disney Vice President Kristin Burr. Segel's pitch was so well received by the executives that he was immediately offered a deal to develop the project and in March 2008 Variety announced that Disney had signed a deal with Segel and Stoller to pen the next Muppet movie.

While early reports said Stoller would also direct the film, he has since stated that he would rather see someone with more experiance directing puppets helm the picture.

In June 2008, Segel said: "I just turned in my first draft of the Muppets and I'm really excited about it. I think we're bringing them back. Hopefully it will fall right in the pantheon of The Great Muppet Caper, Muppets Take Manhattan, Muppet Movie, you know, we're trying to make one of those."

In a March 2009 interview, Segel said, "[Co-writer Nick Stoller and I] have written four or five drafts; now we're just waiting patiently on Disney to see what they want to do. It's such a big commitment for them because it's relaunching the franchise, so it's a bit slower going than a regular movie because there are decisions about rights and toys and timing they need to make."

Segel and Stoller hope to include many celebrity cameos in the film. In one interview Segel stated "every time I bring it up with somebody - Mila Kunis, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen - they say, 'Oh my god, you're writing me a part'...So I don't think there'll be trouble casting." . In a March 11, 2009 appearance on The Late Late Show, Segel said he would love to have Craig Ferguson appear in the film; Ferfuson jested that he should try to get some real celebrities instead. According to one draft of the screenplay, the film would include appearances by such stars as Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Christian Bale, Ben Stiller, Steve Carrell, George Clooney, Jack Black, Mel Brooks, Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Rachel Ray, Bob Saget, Lisa Lampenelli, Jeff Ross, and Charles Grodin.

The film is scripted to close with a montage of the Muppets and celebrities who have appeared in the film singing "Mahna Mahna".