Jim Henson Is Getting a Biopic Called Muppet Man from Disney
The company is currently developing a project called
Muppet Man with writer Michael Mitnick (
The Current War,
The Giver). The film will be produced by Jim s daughter Lisa Henson for the Jim Henson Company.
Details are scarce, but a Jim Henson biopic has been at various stages of development for years. The current Mitnick script will be a rewrite of a previous script from Aaron and Jordan Kandell. In 2009, a biopic script from Christopher Weekes topped the Black List an infamous list of the best unmade screenplays.
Jim Henson passed away in 1990 at the age of 53. Aside from the Muppets, he created