Jane Lynch has joined the cast of the upcoming Disney "The Muppets" movie. The "Glee" star, who plays the scheming cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester in the musical comedy, will portray a prison guard in the highly anticipated film.
Jane joins Jason Segal, who will play the human lead in the puppet story, "Machete" star Danny Trejo and Donald Glover from TV show "Community" in the ensemble cast, The Wrap reports.
Jason is co-writing the script alongside Nicholas Stoller and will co-produce with David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. Other stars rumored to be in talks for roles include Amy Adams and Chris Cooper.
"The Muppets" will be directed by James Bobin, who has previously worked on the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 and "The Flight of the Conchords" and is scheduled for release in December 2011. The last feature film was 1999's "Muppets from Space" but there have been a number of straight-to-tv movies made since.
Jane joins Jason Segal, who will play the human lead in the puppet story, "Machete" star Danny Trejo and Donald Glover from TV show "Community" in the ensemble cast, The Wrap reports.
Jason is co-writing the script alongside Nicholas Stoller and will co-produce with David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. Other stars rumored to be in talks for roles include Amy Adams and Chris Cooper.
"The Muppets" will be directed by James Bobin, who has previously worked on the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 and "The Flight of the Conchords" and is scheduled for release in December 2011. The last feature film was 1999's "Muppets from Space" but there have been a number of straight-to-tv movies made since.
- 11/12/2010
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
Jason Segal has signed up to the next 'Muppets' movie. The 30-year-old actor will play the human lead in the puppet story, which is to be directed by James Bobin - who has previously worked on the MTV Europe Music Awards 2005 and 'The Flight of the Conchords', the Hollywood Reporter claims. Jason is also co-writing the script alongside Nicholas Stoller and will co-produce with David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman. No details about the storyline have yet been released, but it has a preliminary release date of 2012. 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' star Jason has a number of projects coming up in ..
- 3/16/2010
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