Elizabeth Banks has joined the cast of The Happytime Murders!
The Hunger Games and star posted this photo to her facebook page yesterday ahead of the official announcement:
Banks joins the above pictured Melissa McCarthy and the recently announced Maya Rudolph on the puppet-noir comedy.
The Hollywood Reporter revealed new details about the characters they would be portraying as well as which longertime Muppet performer will be leading the nonhuman cast:
In the pic, McCarthy portrays lead detective Connie Edwards opposite longtime Henson puppeteer Bill Barretta, who performs as Phil Phillips, the puppet detective. Banks plays Jenny, a burlesque dancer, and Rudolph plays Bubbles, Phil’s secretary.Banks is no stranger to working with the Muppets. She appeared both in the pilot presentation and the 1st episode of ABC's short lived the muppets, and will be seen in an upcoming segment on Sesame Street.
I got to briefly talk to Happy Time's director, Brian Henson at The Muppets Hollywood Bowl show who said after the first week of filming that the film was "Hilarious."
We'll see if that's the case when The Happytime Murders is released August 17, 2018.
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