I’m an independent filmmaker and puppeteer in Toronto, Canada who blogs about puppetry and film.
Videos of test runs for Disney’s Muppet Mobile Labs have surfaced on the web. Following up on yesterday’s post about the new Muppet Mobile Labs at Disney’s California Adventure theme park, three different videos of Bunsen and Beaker in action have surfaced. You can find one each at The Disney Blog, The Muppet Newsflash and...
New “living characters” Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker greet guests at Disneyland. Walt Disney Imagineering is using new technology to take the Muppets to whole new level. They’ve created free-roaming, interactive animatronic versions of Muppet characters Beaker and Bunsen Honeydew (link via Pidgeonblog). What makes these new versions of Beaker and Bunsen unique is that...
Kermit the Frog may be in for a busy year…one report claims Disney is likely to greenlight a brand new Muppet mini-series. More information rumours are surfacing about the proposed new Muppet show that Disney is reportedly considering. TVSeriesFinale.com says that the recently-shot 2007 Muppet Presentation Pilot might be developed in to a new mini-series....
Mickey and Minnie Mouse with their new animatronic heads at the Dream Along with Mickey show at the Magic Kingdom. With all the animatronics technology at Disney’s disposal, this is something I am surprised they didn’t do years ago…turn their costume characters in to full body animatronic puppets with fully articulated faces. Well, the lip...
A scene from the new Finding Nemo musical Disney is staging in Florida.Disney previewed their new Finding Nemo musical (see previous post) that’s coming to the company’s Animal Kingdom theme park in Florida. Some video clips can be found at LaughingPlace.com. I’m not quite sure this will be the Lion King-esque master piece some people...
The trailer for ABC’s Muppet Wizard of Oz that aired Christmas Day has made it online (Tough Pigs has a shot-by-shot summary of the trailer available as well). I have to admit that I was not very enthusiastic about this when I first heard about it, but if the trailer is any indication this is...
Jim Hill shared some insightful thoughts on the current and future prospects of the Muppet franchise at Disney yesterday. Included in the article are a few spiffy conceptual drawings Disney Imagineering created for the long-abandoned Muppet Movie Ride at Disney...
The always insightful Jim Hill has weighed in with some thoughts at AICN about why the recent Disney/Muppet deal really went down. Jim also posted this piece on his site today by Shawn Cleaves that discusses the timing of the Muppet deal and whether it will help or hurt Michael Eisner as he prepares to...