Comments on: Jason Segel Will Not Return for The Muppets Sequel

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:30:40 +0000

It was just weird that they kept cutting to Segel smiling as he watched the speech and the guy thanked all these people but said nothing about him. Really felt like some backstage brouhaha was going down!

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:50:20 +0000

Adjusted for inflation, The Muppet Movie made $206,509,960 domestically. So no, The Muppets wouldn’t still be the highest grossing movie in that case.

Frank mentioned the acceptance speech snub on the podcast this week. It was the first I had heard of it but if you ask me, Segel doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who would take that to heart.

By: MovieViewerMan

MovieViewerMan — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:43:43 +0000

Segel’s involvement is the reason I didn’t see the movie even though he’s responsible for bringing the Muppets back to the big screen. Too much Segel, not enough Muppets. I’m glad he won’t be back.

When adjusted for inflation, is it still the highest grossing Muppet movie?

@Scott: I didn’t hear Segel’s name get mentioned in the acceptance speech.

By: Jsin

Jsin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:18:34 +0000

The muppets were not a flop, but it certainly wasn’t a success. 150 million worldwide, not domestically, isn’t great. And highest grossing muppet movie isn’t a compliment when the best ones were thirty years ago. Disney has a property here it can’t turn a profit on.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:59:11 +0000

Was he thanked in the Oscar speech?

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:54:30 +0000

Jason Segel’s involvment (in the writing and casting) was the reason I saw the movie in the first place.

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:50:39 +0000

I loved seeing him with the Muppets, but truth be told the Muppets are bigger than Jason and will hopefully be making good movies for many more years.

“He’s a Muppet of a man”