McKenzie, who will pen the script and write the music also has the option to direct the new adaptation. The film will based on both the TV special and the original children’s book by Russell Hoban.
No distributor is currently on board, but the movie will be a co-production between The Jim Henson Company, Pacific Electric Picture Company and Snoot Entertainment.
We shall see what direction this production takes, or if like many Henson feature productions (cough The Fraggle Rock movie cough), it get's made at all. I'd be much more excited though if McKenzie was attached to write the music for the Fraggle Rock movie then to reboot or remake an already perfect production.
We're big fans of McKenzie's work and we know he's a huge Henson fan, but the announcement that he's going "pen the script and write the music" gives us pause. There's a reason why people have bought and watched the special, over and over again over years, and why the recently soundtrack releases have been so popular.. the story and the music.
Paul Williams wrote a timeless selection of songs for the original special and it's going to be interesting to see if McKenzie's movie will expand upon, add to them, or have all new songs.
