Fraggle Rock: The Movie?!

[Mistershine]

Bring on the Doozers! Source: Variety

Well people, it's time to dance your cares away. Remember, worries for another day. Let the music play, down at Fraggle Rock - because it looks like the Muppets' younger, barmier cousins are set for a trip to the big screen. Yes, the Weinstein Company is planning a live-action film for the Fraggles and their friends, with the Jim Henson company also producing - and, we're guessing, operating the puppets. For those of you born after the series ended in 1988, the Fraggles were a group of colourful, wacky creatures about two feet tall, who regularly caused chaos / got into trouble with the other creatures who share their world - namely the Doozers, six-inch high builders of mysterious glass-like structures that Fraggles enjoy snacking on; the Gorgs, Fraggle-eating giants and a talking garbage heap oracle. In the film, however, it looks like the Fraggles are going to leave their caves to venture into the human world (regular viewers will remember than uncle "Travelling Matt" went there years ago and sent back postcards all about the "silly creatures" he met). The published details about the film say that the Fraggles view humans as aliens, no doubt setting the stage for fresh hilarity. No word yet on a release date, or whether the original cast will return to provide voices for the characters, but we will let you know when we hear more. If you can't wait that long, put this on repeat. Helen O'Hara

 

Fraggles FTW!