After a long few years of 'a million dreams' and 'celebrating you', next year Disneyland's advertising is going to be taking an interesting turn, with the Muppets invading Disneyland! :mrgreen:
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The news has broken this week, with the Muppets starting filming of new promotional footage in the parks today. Information first surfaced a few days ago on MiceAge, with AL Lutz reporting:
Quote from: "Al Lutz"The Muppets will invade Disneyland! On Tuesday several days of filming will begin all over the park with many of your favorites for commercials and publicity for the 2010 marketing blitz. It's shaping up to be a rather clever campaign, and should ease up a bit on the last few years of schmaltz. - Al Lutz
And after a quick search on Twitter, I have been able to find out that Gonzo, Camilla the Chicken (plus other chickens), Sweetums, Miss Piggy, Sam the Eagle and Penguins were all seen in the park, and I dare say that we can expect more to appear as well (Kermit, Fozzie, Statler & Waldorf, etc). Two photos from filming have also surfaced:
Gonzo, Camilla the Chicken and the other chickens on Dumbo
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Sweetums on Main Street
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As a huge Muppets fan, I am really excited about finding out what this promotion has in store for us, whether it's just going to be an advert campaign on TV and the internet, or whether it'll be a theme year like Mickey's Magical Party, I love that they're going to be using the Muppets more, and I can't wait to see where it will take us (please bring the Muppets to Paris!!!) :mrgreen:
Well, I didn't see that coming!
Do you think this could lead to say the characters being temporarily inserted into certain rides, or is it just an advertising campaign and nothing more?
Please let this be 2010's theme for the American parks.
Its going to be my first visit to Disney World in 2010 and the muppets would be a great theme, much better than the last few themes.
Something tells me that it could just be a general marketing campaign though,
Have The Muppets got any movies coming out next year? Or is the year significant in any way?
Quote from: "Adam"Have The Muppets got any movies coming out next year? Or is the year significant in any way?
There are rumours of a new Muppet movie being released in cinemas. Apparently it's currently being scripted by Jason Segel, and was set for release next year (it's meant to take the Muppets back to their original movie roots, with the characters playing themselves, rather than the more recent films with the Muppets playing other characters :) ). But supposedly the script is still in development, so I wouldn't expect it until at least 2011 :)
Moving Right Along (anyone who sees what I did there gets my love for life :P ), more photos has surfaced tonight:
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I'm sooo excited about this! :mrgreen:
More, more, more! :mrgreen:
Video of the Electric Mayhem filming:
[youtube:1debrq7h]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSHAol4eJgE&e[/youtube:1debrq7h]
Photo report:
http://disneylandnewstoday.com/archives/4961#more-4961 (http://disneylandnewstoday.com/archives/4961#more-4961)
Quote from: "Anthony"...Do you think this could lead to say the characters being temporarily inserted into certain rides...
Ant, it appears that you're getting more prophetic than Madame Leota these days! And it's funny I should mention her, because this rumour has appeared on MiceChat:
Quote from: "dlandjimmy"Word is that they're doing a Muppets overlay on Haunted Mansion with Miss Piggy being the bride. Sounds awesome!
-The muppet band will be the heads singing in the graveyard.
-Fozzy Bear will be the man with the lantern.
-Sam the Eagle, Beaker and Dr. Bunsen will be the hitch-hiking ghosts
-Rowlf will be the shadow playing the piano in the attic
-Mr. Waldorf and Statler will be the ghosts shooting at each other in the paintings in the ballroom.
You get the picture.
http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland-r ... ing-2.html (http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland-resort/121536-muppets-promotional-filming-2.html)
This could be fun! :mrgreen:
Quote from: "The Butlin Boy"Quote from: "dlandjimmy"-The muppet band will be the heads singing in the graveyard.
http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland-r ... ing-2.html (http://micechat.com/forums/disneyland-resort/121536-muppets-promotional-filming-2.html)
Wait, why wouldn't the muppet band be the... uhm... BAND!?
I love the muppets!
Quote from: "The Butlin Boy"Moving Right Along (anyone who sees what I did there gets my love for life :P )
Footloose and fancy free.... ;) :-"
Anyway, massively excited about this if I do indeed go to California next year, I love the Muppets!! :D
NO!
I hate the muppets, didnt realise they were Disney! There is nothing about them that has the "disney feel"
They're not "Disney" as such, but they were bought by the Walt Disney Company around 5 years ago, with the exception of any Muppets from Sesame Street (which belong to Sesame Workshop) or Fraggle Rock, which still belongs to the Jim Henson Company :)
why would disney buy something like the muppets :?
i hope they dont come to dlp would really ruin it
Quote from: "emweaver"why would disney buy something like the muppets :?
i hope they dont come to dlp would really ruin it
Because the muppets are quite popular and well known ?
Quote from: "emweaver"why would disney buy something like the muppets :?
i hope they dont come to dlp would really ruin it
Is there some puppet-related incident we should know about? :wink:
lol no they just dont feel very "disney" and dont fit in with the "magic"
Well the muppets are already in DisneyWorld and DisneyLand in MuppetVision3D, as well as heavily Muppet themed areas within their Studios areas, and merchandise etc. It works!
I hope maybe Muppets4D or something similar comes to DLP perhaps the studios, I think muppets could work well in the studios, not so much the main park.
As for a new muppets happening... I've a friend who is a Disney Animator and designer who told me he is working on something new to do with the muppets, but couldnt tell me anything, not even if its a ride, a show, anything.... but SOMETHING is happening hopefully!
Quote from: "Snow_White_Girl"Quote from: "The Butlin Boy"Moving Right Along (anyone who sees what I did there gets my love for life :P )
Footloose and fancy free.... ;) :-"
Anyway, massively excited about this if I do indeed go to California next year, I love the Muppets!! :D
You're good! :mrgreen:
Quote from: "Snow_White_Girl"They're not "Disney" as such, but they were bought by the Walt Disney Company around 5 years ago, with the exception of any Muppets from Sesame Street (which belong to Sesame Workshop) or Fraggle Rock, which still belongs to the Jim Henson Company :)
You're very good! :P
There will be a 'Special Muppets Presentation' at the D23 Expo in September, in which 'The Muppets Studios takes you inside the Muppet world for an exclusive frog's-eye-view of what Kermit and Company have been up to in 2009 – and all the fun and mayhem they have planned for 2010 and beyond!' Hopefully this will shed some light on this campaign, and will give us an insight as to what other projects we'll see from the Muppets in the future. I still believe that we need some Muppet influences here in Paris :wink: :mrgreen:
I think a new remastered MuppetVision in Disney Digital 3-D has just been announced at D23! :)
http://www.snapmylife.com/pictures/show ... rc=twitter (http://www.snapmylife.com/pictures/show/12631695?msrc=twitter)
I'm not a big fan of the muppets but I could see this working and possibly being good!
Quote from: "Anthony"I think a new remastered MuppetVision in Disney Digital 3-D has just been announced at D23! :)
http://www.snapmylife.com/pictures/show ... rc=twitter (http://www.snapmylife.com/pictures/show/12631695?msrc=twitter)
Just bring it to Paris, Pleeeeeeease! [-o< :wink:
They've also announced a new Muppet Whatnot Workshop's coming to the Diney parks (unsure which though). Info on the existing one can be found at the link below:
http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Muppet ... t_Workshop (http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/The_Muppet_Whatnot_Workshop)
As well as that, a new 'mobile Electric Mayhem Band,' like the Muppet Mobile Labs will be coming to the parks too.
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I LOVE D23! :mrgreen:
Yay!
Does anyone know if any dates have been announced yet? I can't seem to find anything.
I'm going to Florida in 2010 and I love the idea about the Muppet Whatnot shop, would love it if it was open by August.
Wacka wacka!
Quote from: "Anthony"I think a new remastered MuppetVision in Disney Digital 3-D has just been announced at D23! :)
http://www.snapmylife.com/pictures/show ... rc=twitter (http://www.snapmylife.com/pictures/show/12631695?msrc=twitter)
They also showed two of the new spoof posters for the attraction's queue line:
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Apparently there's another one with Beaker called BEAK-E :P