{"id":12284,"date":"2017-09-17T15:36:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T15:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12284"},"modified":"2017-09-17T15:36:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T15:36:25","slug":"even-more-news-of-the-happytime-murders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12284","title":{"rendered":"Even More News of The Happytime Murders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update September 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another cast member has been announced for The Happytime Murders<\/p>\n

Joel McHale, star of\u00a0\u00a0Community,\u00a0has joined the puppet murder mystery.<\/p>\n

The Happytime Murders is\u00a0directed by\u00a0Brian Henson. It\u00a0stars\u00a0Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Leslie David Baker, Bill Barretta,\u00a0and\u00a0Elizabeth Banks. The movie is currently shooting in Los Angeles and is due to be released on August 17th, 2018.<\/p>\n

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Joel McHale at the 2012 Comic-Con in San Diego by Gage Skidmore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Rumours of The Happytime Murders had been going on for years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Devised by Brian Henson\u00a0(son of Jim Henson) back in 2008\u00a0this project was to be an R-rated puppet project. He envisioned The Happytime Murders would \u201ctake puppets to a place where we have never gone before on the big screen\u201d .<\/p>\n

In 2015 the project started\u00a0moving forward with the IMDB listing it as being in development. Various film websites began\u00a0noting its progress and its change of writers.\u00a0The\u00a02012 script\u00a0\u00a0 came\u00a0from\u00a0 Todd Berger. The 2015 script was by Erich Hoeber\u00a0and Jon Hoeber,\u00a0who wrote Red, and Red 2.<\/p>\n

In 2016, Jamie Foxx was rumoured to be involved in the puppet murders, playing the\u00a0human half of the detective duo.\u00a0\u00a0Foxx\u2019s character was described as \u00a0a \u201ctype-A, take-no-prisoners human with a secret\u201d. His muppet partner was described as \u201ca crass, hard-drinking puppet with a connection to one of the victims.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fast forward to 2017 and Jamie Foxx has been replaced by\u00a0Melissa McCarthy . She\u00a0will star and produce The Happytime Murders alongside her husband Ben Falcone.\u00a0Melissa McCarthy is quoted in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter as saying\u00a0\u201cWhen a really good script combines puppet strippers, Los Angeles\u2019 underbelly and comedy, it\u2019s like my fever dream has finally come true.\u201d<\/p>\n

Happytime – A place where humans and puppets coexist –\u00a0Plot<\/strong><\/p>\n

The movie is set in a\u00a0world where humans and puppets coexist, although the puppets are treated as second-class citizens. When the former stars of\u00a0the kids\u2019 show\u00a0The Happytime Gang start being bumped off, it takes a washed-up private eye puppet, and his former human partner at the LAPD, to solve the case.<\/p>\n

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Update September 2017 Another cast member has been announced for The Happytime Murders Joel McHale, star of\u00a0\u00a0Community,\u00a0has joined the puppet murder mystery. The Happytime Murders is\u00a0directed by\u00a0Brian Henson. It\u00a0stars\u00a0Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Leslie David Baker, Bill Barretta,\u00a0and\u00a0Elizabeth Banks. 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