Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced that it will launch 'Muppet Radio,' a five-day limited run Thanksgiving week channel hosted by Kermit the Frog featuring new and classic Muppet music and an array of Muppets interacting with hosts from SiriusXM's talk/entertainment, music and sports channels.
Disney has released a video from the opening dance number of the upcoming film THE MUPPETS. The stars of the film dance and sing to the song 'I've Got Everything That I Need'. In the video, star Jason Segal and a new muppet character named 'Walter', strut their way down the streets of 'Smalltown, USA.'
Walt Disney Pictures will be releasing THE MUPPETS on November 23, 2011. Starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper, Alan Arken and Zach Galifianakis, the film is directed by James Bobin and produced by David Hoberman, Nicholas Stoller and Todd Lieberman.
Actor Jason Segel will play the human lead in the upcoming Disney film 'The Greatest Muppet Movie of All Time', reports THR's Heat Vision blog. Segel will co-write the film with Nicholas Stoller and has also signed on as co-producer along with David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman of Mandeville Films/TV. James Bobin will direct.
Universal Pictures recorded its biggest year ever for the second year in a row with global theatrical grosses totaling $2.834 billion for 2008. Universal's domestic box-office tally of $1.12 billion outpaced the record it previously set in 2007, which was $1.099 billion.