Deadline is reporting that the long in development bio pic of Jim Henson is back in the works as joint venture between Disney and The Jim Henson Company.
Michael Mitnick, writer of the The Current War, The Giver, and HBO’s Vinyl, has been tapped to write Muppet Man.
The live-action film will chart the life and times of Jim Henson and his journey to convince broadcasters that The Muppet Show was a great idea and his impact on television with Sesame Street and movies like The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.Henson’s daughter Lisa will produce the film for The Jim Henson Company with distribution handled by Disney.
Mitnick is rewriting a previous version of a script by Aaron and Jordan Kandell.
More than a decade ago, the Henson Company bought Australian scribe Christopher Weekes’ Hollywood Black List-topping script about the puppeteer which also included The Muppets lamenting Henson's loss as a framing device. At one point Michael Gracey was eyed to direct, but is no longer involved.
Disney has owned the rights to the Muppets characters since 2004 and has reportedly had discussions with The Henson Company about a Henson biopic since 2010.
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