Fraggle Rock Movie

The Fraggles are coming to the Big Screen. I guess even the Hensons are out of ideas for original storylines. Is it me or are there no good movies anymore?

From Reuters here:

LOS ANGELES (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 — 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.

“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.