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Publishing date: Jan 22, 2021 • January 22, 2021 • 3 minute read • Scenes from the series Fraggle Rock: Rock On, which ran in the spring on AppleTV+. A new series featuring the Fraggle Rock characters is being shot in Calgary. jpg
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After months of building elaborate sets and puppets, cameras are finally ready to roll at the Calgary Film Centre on a Fraggle Rock reboot.
While specific details about plot and characters are being kept tightly under wraps, filming is set to begin on Monday for the new series, a co-production between The Jim Henson Company, AppleTV+ and New Regency Productions. It will bring back the cave-dwelling characters created by Jim Henson for the popular children’s program that ran for five seasons in the 1980s and
All five seasons of The Muppet Show are heading to Disney Plus
Bringing every Muppets title to Disney Plus except two Jan 19, 2021, 11:22am EST
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All five seasons of
The Muppet Show will stream on Disney Plus beginning February 19th, Disney announced today. With the addition, Disney Plus is now home to nearly every Muppets title except two.
While Disney owns the rights to
The Muppet Show, The Muppets,
all of which are streaming on Disney Plus,
The Muppets Take Manhattan and
Setting the stage
Kim s Convenience was originally a theatre production. The show s playwright and creator, Ins Choi, spent five years working on the script for
Kim s Convenience, according to
The Canadian Encyclopedia. At one point when he was low on funds, he received financial assistance from his Korean church, which raised $3,000 to help Choi complete the play and fund a performance of his show.
1. The show is based on the real life experience of Ins Choi.
When Korean-Canadian actor and writer Ins Choi created the series, he used his own family living in Toronto for inspiration. The Kim s convenience store is inspired by a combination of things; Bob s Convenience in
The Muppets Tease Big Announcement Coming
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Less than two weeks after their most recent video, The Muppets are apparently cooking up something special. The official Twitter account for the world s most famous puppets today told fans to be on the lookout for a a major and important Muppet announcement coming soon, with no further details as to what that might be. Fans are already speculating in the comments as to whether it might be another movie, another TV show, or something a little more unexpected. Recently, Muppet performer Dave Goelz expressed enthusiasm for the direction the Muppets are taking in the future, setting expectations high for some good news on the horizon.