The TAG Blog reports that the Henson Company is diving deeper in to animation. Henson is partnering with the Weinstein Brothers to produce three new animated direct-to-video features called “Unstable Fables” – Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Little Pigs and Tortoise and The Hare.

Henson put out a press release about this a few days ago. Here’s a quote:

“As The Jim Henson Company continues to expand further into animation, we are thrilled to have such supportive enthusiasm from The Weinstein Company,” said Lisa Henson, co-CEO of The Jim Henson Company and a producer of the home video series. “Producing this series with gifted creative partners like Prana and Flame allows us to maintain the highest standards of quality expected from a Jim Henson Company production and make it available to a home video audience.”

These don’t appear to be digital puppetry features like Henson’s Skrumps property since the animation is being outsourced to an off-shore firm called Prana Studios in India. It should be interesting to watch this develop and see what comes of it.