Whitmire writes that he was fired unexpectedly by Disney over two reasons that were never brought to his attention prior to his firing:
"As I am sure you can imagine, I have experienced every possible emotion since October 2016, when I received a phone call from The Muppets Studio's executives to say they were recasting Through[...]
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If the next time you hear Kermit the Frog he sounds a little different, you're not imaging things: long-time puppeteer Steve Whitmire, whose been working with The Muppets since the The Muppet Show in the late '70's, is reportedly no longer working with Muppets Studio Muppet fan site Tough Pigs reached out to the company[...]
This makes sense as Hollywood Studios is getting an expanded Toy Story area, so I don't think Pizza Planet will be gone for long.
The pizzeria is in the Muppets section of Hollywood Studios, which isn't nearly big enough for these long time pop icons The section is made to look like Manhattan, and Disney does[...]
ABC has been doing a big marketing push for the last week, combining some of their current stars with characters from the Muppets The ads include Kerry Washington (Scandal), Nathan Fillon (Castle) and Patricia Heaton (The Middle).
The Muppets premiere September 22nd.
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To think I used to believe it was easy being green.
Kermit the Frog has been charged with illegally plugging The Muppets last year during his appearance on German commercial network Pro7 Our small amphibian friend took part in the channel's "Disney Day" of programming as a presenter, and happened to mention the forthcoming release of[...]
Director James Bobin and co-writer Nicholas Stoller of The Muppets have signed a deal to pen a sequel, unsurprising perhaps considering that the movie has already grossed over $150 million worldwide and received widespread critical acclaim.
However, if you're a fan of Jason Segel's writing then we're sorry to report that according to Vulture, the writer/actor[...]
So who should fill that spot?
The internet concludes: The Muppets!
What started out as a group on Facebook and subsequently became a Twitter page has now snowballed into a world-wide-web-wide clamouring for this to become a reality, probably because it's a really good idea.
With their next big movie on the way, The Muppets are making a comeback[...]