Yes yes yes. Do it.

Disney Theatrical Prods. has quietly initiated early explorations of a live stage show featuring the Muppets, commencing late last month with a short but elaborate presentation directed by Alex Timbers.

The brief showcase, staged May 31 at Disney’s New Amsterdam Theater for a group of DTP staffers and a handful of others connected to the potential project, incorporated a handful of sets and more than 85 Muppets in an experiment intended to reveal whether it would even be feasible to present the Muppets in a live theatrical context, juggling puppetry needs with audience sightlines and all the other physical demands of legit theater.

“It was a test of concept,” said Thomas Schumacher, producer and prexy of Disney Theatrical. With the focus on the tech requirements of such an endeavor, a short selection of pre-existing Muppet material was performed. (Yes, Kermit sang “Rainbow Connection.”)

Fun fact: In the 70s, Jim Henson wanted to do a theatrical show called ‘The Muppets at Lincoln Center.’ It was accepted but never produced.

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Mike and Sulley helped make a big announcement at Epcot last night.

Didn’t even know the Epcot globe could do this.

After Fox failed to reboot the character in time, Kevin Feige has confirmed that the rights now belong to Disney and Marvel.

Hope you like ‘Star Wars’.

Is this a ‘Wire’ joke?

(via /Film)

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The dark side of your favorites.

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Cleaning out your childhood bedroom yields gold such as this apparently.

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If you didn’t see it before ‘Wreck-It Ralph,’ do yourself a favor.

Not as interesting as ‘1952’ but understandable for marketing/Disney tie-in purposes.

Update: Lindelof has said the film is not about aliens.

• The Muppets 2, rumored to be called The Muppets…Again, will be released March 21, 2014
• Maleficent has been moved from March 2014 to July 2, 2014.
• Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird’s mystery project, 1952, will be released December 19, 2014
• The Little Mermaid 3D has been removed from the calendar.
• And adding to the already packed 2015 roster, Pirates of the Caribbean 5 will be released July 10, 2015.

Also, George Clooney has been confirmed to be starring in ‘1952’ as well.

‘Poppins’ will close March 3rd, at which point the New Amsterdam theater will undergo renovations ahead of Aladdin’s likely Spring 2014 opening.

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Here’s a nice icebreaker: Concept art from Disney’s Frozen, which arrives in theaters next November. The movie, a musical adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s The Snow Queen, follows kind-hearted Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell) and her cliffhanging friend Kristoff (whose voice hasn’t been revealed yet) as they venture into the mountains to find her older sister Elsa (Idina Menzel) — who has the power to control wind and ice.

Pretty cool, right?