Maya Rudolph has joined Melissa McCarthy's Stx puppet comedy-thriller The Happytime Murders.
The story takes place in a world where humans and puppets coexist, with the puppets viewed as second-class citizens. When the puppet castmembers of 1980s children's TV show The Happytime Gang begin turning up dead, an alcoholic and disgraced Lapd detective turned private-eye puppet takes the case with his former human partner.
Brian Henson is on board to direct the project through the Jim Henson Company’s Henson Alternative banner.
McCarthy is producing via her On the Day Productions banner along with husband Ben Falcone. Henson and Jeffrey Hayes are also set...
The story takes place in a world where humans and puppets coexist, with the puppets viewed as second-class citizens. When the puppet castmembers of 1980s children's TV show The Happytime Gang begin turning up dead, an alcoholic and disgraced Lapd detective turned private-eye puppet takes the case with his former human partner.
Brian Henson is on board to direct the project through the Jim Henson Company’s Henson Alternative banner.
McCarthy is producing via her On the Day Productions banner along with husband Ben Falcone. Henson and Jeffrey Hayes are also set...
- 8/23/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome back to our guide for what’s casting! As usual, we’ve scoured the landscape to bring you information on all the best projects in film, theater, and television, sourced with information from the most reliable sources. This is show business we’re talking about, though, and as quickly as a play can bring down its curtain, a project can end before it’s even begun; that said, here’s what you can currently look out for! Depending on your disposition, this project may either be a dream come true or your worst nightmare. Melissa McCarthy has teamed with STXfilms for “The Happytime Murders,” a raunchy comedy set in the depth of Los Angeles, where puppets and humans coexist. McCarthy will play one half of a mismatched detective duo (the other half is a puppet), who team up to solve the mysterious muders of the cast of a beloved television show.
- 7/5/2017
- backstage.com
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