George Clooney and Michelle Williams To Be Honored at the Palm Springs Film Festival

Disney's The Muppets appear to be anything but washed up.our editor recommends'The Muppets': White House Hosting Screening for Military Families (Exclusive)Martin Scorsese Calls Filming 'Hugo' in 3D 'An Enjoyable Headache'The Muppets: Film ReviewHugo: Film ReviewArthur Christmas: Film Review PHOTOS: 'The Muppets' Premiere Red Carpet Arrivals According to box office tracking, the family film holds a safe lead over the other two new Thanksgiving films, Sony and Aardman's Arthur Christmas and Paramount's Hugo, directed by Martin Scorsese. All three films open nationwide on Wednesday, hoping to feast on Thanksgiving holiday traffic. The Muppets, starring Jason Segel and Amy Adams opposite the iconic puppets, is headed for a $40 million or better five day debut. Holdover The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn--Part 1 could win the Thanksgiving box office overall, but Muppets should be able to claim a victorious start for Disney, which made the film for a modest $45 million. VIDEO: Jason Segel, Amy Adams Talk Muppet Purists, Script Tricks and Being 'Too Ambitious' Disney bought the rights to The Muppets in 2004, and returning the puppets to fame has been a priority for Walt Disney Studios chairman Rich Ross, who wants to create a new generation of fans. The studio's marketing division has enlisted the entire Disney empire in plugging the film, as well as arranging a White House screening of the movie for military families on Tuesday that Segel hosted. Arthur Christmas is projected to open in the mid to high teens for the five days. Sony is hopeful that the 3D film will be a slow burn and have strong legs throughout December because of its Christmas theme, and points out it doesn't have the brand recognition that Muppets enjoys since its an original property. Arthur Christmas, which answers the question of how Santa Claus delivers toys all over the world in one night, has already grossed north of $10 in four markets overseas, the bullk of which was earned in the U.K., home of Aardman.This weekend, it continues to roll out overseas, including in Japan, France, Korea and New Zealand. THR COVER STORY: The Dreams of Martin Scorsese It's unclear where Warner Bros. holdover Happy Feet Two will land over the Thanksgiving holiday after opening to a disappointing $21.2 million last weekend. Hugo is Scorsese's first family film, as well as his first 3D title. Produced by Graham King and distributed by Paramount, Hugo--which cost north of $100 million to produce--is expected to open in the low teens for the five days. Paramount has decided to go with a slow roll out, and will only open Hugo in some 1,200 theaters, compared to more than 3,000 locations for Muppets and Arthur Christmas. That's because Hugo is expected to play a bit older than a regular family film, as well as appeal to a more sophisticated audience. By scaling back Hugo's initial footprint, Paramount hopes to ride the wave of good reviews and awards attention as December gets underway, much as it did last year with True Grit, which was released over Christmas, and became a box office success. Hugo isn't alone in sporting rave reviews--in an unusual Thanksgiving twist, The Muppets and Arthur Christmas also are criticial darlings (Muppetsboasted a 100 percent fresh rating on RottenTomatoes.com as of Thursday afternoon). The specialty box office also sees several high-profile debuts. On Wednesday, the Weinstein Co. opens Michelle Williams starrer My Week with Marilyn in 123 theaters in 12 markets before expanding into an additional 61 markets on Friday, bringing the film's total theater count to 224. The smaller roll out on Wednesday is designed to give the film some breathing room from Fox Searchlight's The Descendants, which expands into a total of 400 theaters on Thanksgiving eve. Also on Wednesday, Sony Pictures Classics launches David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method, starring Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Viggo Mortensen, in four theaters in NY and Los Angeles. Friday brings the NY-Los Angeles debut of the critically acclaimed French silent film The Artist, which the Weinstein Co. opens in four theaters in those two cities. Related Topics Box Office The Muppets Hugo

Xavier Gens Enters House Of Horror

Hand-in-hand with producer James WanSaw and Insidious director James Wan has been hatching a plan to produce a slate of horror films with Icon Entertainment for some time now. It looks like one of the first off the production line will be House Of Horror, with Xavier Gens taking up position behind the cameras.House Of Horror seems as if it will be told in flashback, with a captured suspect in a police cell relating the events that got his five amateur ghost-hunting friends massacred in the titular ruin. The story unfolds via straight cinematography, "found footage", videos from the interrogation room and TV news reports, and it apparently comes to seem increasingly likely that our narrator has brought something with him out of the house, which he says is a gateway to Hell.If you ask us, this sounds like a rather good premise for a horror; we've often wondered why the heroes and heroines of same don't end up in hot water with the authorities after all their friends / family are horribly murdered and the supernatural forces responsible vanish. Gens directed the barking mad French cannibal nazi horror Frontiere(s), and had Hitman taken away from him in the editing suite because Fox deemed his cut too astonishingly violent. His latest, the post-apocalyptic thriller The Divide, has played at a couple of festivals in the UK so far, but hasn't yet scored a general release date here. It's out in the States in January.The House Of Horror screenplay is by Max La Bella, from initial musings by Wan, and Gens is coming in as a replacement for Javier Gutierrez, who has departed for reasons unknown. Gutierrez is possibly joining the remake of The Crow, but we don't know that for sure yet.

Syfy Orders Script According to Electricity Comics' 'Booster Gold' (Exclusive)

Syfy is searching to create Booster Gold to existence around the small screen.our editor recommendsCBS Accumulates Greg Berlanti, Greg Malins Multicamera ComedyGreg Berlanti Sells Cop Drama to CBS (Exclusive)Fox Adds Legal Drama 'Guilty' From Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim The NBCUniversal cable network has purchased an airplane pilot script for that one-hour drama in line with the Electricity Comics franchise. The project, which originates from Greg Berlanti's Berlanti Productions in colaboration with Warner Horizon Television, will count Berlanti (Siblings & Siblings, No Regular Family, Eco-friendly Lantern) being an executive producer. Fringe's Andrew Kreisberg, who worked with with Berlanti on ABC'sEli Stone, is aboard to pen the script and executive produce. The storyline will focus on Booster Gold, a cleaned-up athlete in the future who travels back to the current expecting becoming the finest superhero ever. Rather than chasing after crooks, however, his primary priority is chasing after fame and cash. But Booster Gold finds out that as being a hero takes not only a megawatt smile, which the near future does not happen without first safeguarding the current. The comic character came out within the tenth and final season from the CW's Smallville, where it acquired still more fans. Berlanti and Kreisberg, whose other credits include Warehouse 13 and Red-colored Faction: Roots, are generally repped by WME. Email: Lacey.Rose@thr.com Twitter: @LaceyVRose Related Subjects SyFy TV Development

Tribune to Push for Expedited Approval of New Reorganization Plan

NY - Broadcaster and newspaper publisher Tribune Co. and a group of its senior creditors plan to ask a judge on Tuesday for an expedited approval process for a latest amended plan of reorganization that would allow it to exit bankruptcy, the Chicago Tribune reported. The media firm, home of the LA Times, filed the latest plan late Friday, hoping to overcome problems that kept a Delaware judge from approving a previous version of the plan in October. Tribune Co. chief restructuring officer Don Liebentritt said in a note to employees that the company plans to ask its bankruptcy court judge for an accelerated timetable for approval of the plan, according to the report. It said that Tribune wants the judge hold a hearing to approve voting procedures on Dec. 13, followed by a voting deadline of Jan. 20. If things work out that way, confirmation hearings could happen during the first week of February. Tribune's bankruptcy proceeding has been dragging on for nearly three years. The company ran into debt problems following a buyout led by chairman Sam Zell and had to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com Twitter: @georgszalai Related Topics

'The Vow' Trailer: Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum Play Do-Over (Video)

Based on a true love story,Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum play a young married couple in Screen Gems' upcoming drama-romance, The Vow. In the film, Paige (McAdams) loses five years of her memory as the result of a traumatic car accident. She has no recollection of her husband (Tatum), who embarks on a mission to earn her love all over again. Sam Neill, Scott Speedman and Jessica Lange also star. The Vow is directed by Michael Sucsy, who also wrote the screenplay alongside Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein. Sucsy previously wrote and directed the HBO miniseries Grey Gardens. Watch the trailer below. The Vow is slated to hit theaters on Feb. 10, 2012. Get More: Sam Neill, Scott Speedman, Rachel McAdams, Channing Tatum, Movie Trailers, Movies Blog Related Topics Channing Tatum Rachel McAdams

Org bestows De Niro Prize

Artist Stanley Whitney has been selected to receive the inaugural Robert De Niro Sr. Prize. The $25,000 award is administered by the Tribeca Film Institute and the estate of Robert De Niro Sr. The kudo is designed to recognize an outstanding mid-career American painter and honor the legacy of De Niro Sr., a painter and father of actor Robert De Niro, the co-founder of Tribeca. "Stanley's work and the way he practices his craft both show what this prize is all about -- honoring a person with great passion for and lifelong commitment to art," said Robert De Niro. "I am so proud to pay tribute to my father through this inaugural prize in his name." The jury included Studio Museum curator Thelma Golden; MoMA president emerita Agnes Gund; Yale University School of Art deal Robert Storr; and The Nation art critic Barry Schwabsy. Whitney has had exhibitions at Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, the Studio, and the Magazzino d'Arte in Rome. Contact Sam Thielman at sam.thielman@variety.com

Global Showbiz: Australia, Poland, Thailand

Gena Rowlands Barred From Australian Movie Gena Rowlands has been bumped from the Australian filmLast Dance because of restrictions on casting of foreign talent, the Australianreports. The 81-year-old actress was to have played a Holocaust survivor of German and Jewish origin who is taken hostage in her apartment by a radical Palestinian (Underbelly‘s Firass Dirani). Under Australian union guidelines, a local production must obtain 30% foreign investment if it hires foreign actors although that rule apparently did not apply toLast Dance because of its less than A$2.5million budget.Terence Hammond wrote the screenplay with Rowlands in mind and she rehearsed for months. The decision by the actors union comes weeks after it bowed to pressure and allowed Richard E. Grant to star inThe Kath and Kim Fillum now shooting in Melbourne. The barring of Rowlands has raised the ire of the production industry and placed pressure on the actress who replaced her, Julia Blake, weeks before filming was to begin. Animal Logic Wins Contract For Lego Movie Sydney and Fox Studios-based Animal Logic, which worked on bothHappy Feet movies andLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, will make theLego movie for Warner Bros, according toEncore and theHerald Sun.New South Wales Premier and Minister for Trade and Investment Andrew Stoner said the government helped secure the Lego project against strong competition from the US and Canada. The production is expected to contribute$48 million to the local economy and employ more than 200 people. The movie is to be written and directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who also teamed onCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and21 Jump Street. Dan Lin and Roy Lee are producing. Lego’s Jill Wilfert is exec producer. Endemol, Canal+ Poland Partner On Scripted Series Endemol has closed a deal to produced a scripted local adaptation of the crime thrillerPenoza in Poland. Canal+ Poland has commissioned an eight-episode first run that Endemol Poland will produce.Originally created by Endemol’s NL Film and produced by Alain de Levita,Penoza is currently in production on its second season in the Netherlands on KRO channel NED3. The show launched on NED2 in September 2010 and increased the channels timeslot average by 55%. TheCanal+ Poland deal with Endemol marks their initial partnership in the territory. Endemol will continue to marketPenoza as a scripted format in additional territories. Penoza‘s storyline centers on Carmen, whose husband is murdered while doing business with organized crime. She doesn’t trust the police to deliver justice and protect her children so takes matters into her own hands. Many Thai Film Locations Unaffected By Floods Despite flooding in Bangkok over the last few weeks, many productions are up and running in provincial destinations unaffected by the floods.”We have about 8 or 9 productions filming or getting ready to start production,” said Wanasiri Morakul, director of the Department of Tourism’s Thailand Film Office.Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand’s main gateway remains open and is operating normally. Bangkok’s Don Meaung Airport is closed but the domestic airlines based there have moved to Suvarnabhumi. Additionally the main commercial and financial center of Bangkok remains unobstructed by flooding and is expected to continue to be dry. Filming locations in central provinces such as Kanchanaburi, Pattaya and Hua Hin have also not been affected by floods. Southern provinces unaffected by flooding include Phuket, Krabi, Sarathani, Ko Samui, Hat Yai, Phang-Nga and Ko Chang.Filmmakers are also busy in the northern provinces of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Sukothai. Nocost permits for filming in Thailand’s national parks and on goverment agency land has been extended into 2012. Morakul also said that during reconstructionhotel accommodations will offer great values inn Bangkok and in the provinces.Morakul urged film makers to contact theThailand Film Office directly with concerns.

'Immortals' Henry Cavill: Whats Next for the THR Next Gen Actor

Up until recently, Henry Cavill has been known around Hollywood for the film roles he didn't get instead of the ones he headlined. But things are about to change for the actor, 28, who now has a box office hit under his belt.our editor recommendsBox Office Report: Immortals Slays With $68 Mil Worldwide DebutNext Gen 2011: Hollywood's Fastest-Rising StarsSuperman's Henry Cavill Talks Eating 5,000 Calories A Day'Superman's' Henry Cavill Is Engaged5 Surprising Facts About New Superman Henry Cavill Cavill -- who was recently featured as one of The Hollywood Reporter's Next Gen Class of 2011 -- appeared on the big screen this weekend in the worldwide debut of Immortals, opposite Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto and Kellan Lutz. The Greek gods action film drew in an impressive $68 million worldwide, far exceeding the $25 million expectations for its opening weekend. PHOTOS: THR's Next Gen Class of 2011 This wasn't his first time in a box office hit; Cavill made his feature debut in 2002 in The Count of Monte Cristo. But he didn't garner an international fan base until 2007, after he scored the role of Charles Brandon in Showtime's period melodrama The Tudors. Cavill's Tudors success (and in part, we assume, his shirtless acting abilities) led him to the role of Immortals' Theseus, a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against King Hyperion. In an ending fit only for Hollywood, the man who had previously been passed over for the leads in Superman Returns and Casino Royale has gotten a second shot at Superman, becoming the first non-American to portray Clark Kent in the upcoming Zack Snyder-directed Man of Steel (now in production). FILM REVIEW: Immortals While his fans will have to wait until the summer of 2013 for Man of Steel, they can catch him again on the big screen opposite Bruce Willis in The Cold Light of Day, set for release by Summit Entertainment next April. Cavill, born on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands, again plays an American, this time attempting to save his family who were kidnapped while on vacation in Spain. PHOTO: Henry Cavill as Superman in 'Man of Steel' Movie roles aside, this is a great year for Cavill on a personal level as well: the actor proposed to his girlfriend of just over a year, horse show jumper Ellen Whitaker, this past May. "I couldn't believe it when he asked me to marry him," Whitaker said on her website afterward. "I thought there we were there [at a Hollywood hotel] to celebrate his birthday. It was such a surprise and I am so happy." Related Topics Henry Cavill Man of Steel Immortals

Karl Rove-Backed Group Prone to Launch Attack Ads Against Senate Hopeful Customer Advocates

The campaign manager for Democratic Senate candidate Customer Advocates, a well known among Hollywood politicos, sent an "urgent update" Wednesday evening warning supporters that Karl Rove's super pac would air a wave of attack ads against Warren the moment tomorrow, according to theHuffington Publish.our editor recommendsElizabeth Warren's Hollywood Backers: Large Names, Large MoneyHollywood Rallies Behind Customer Advocates to think about Massachusetts Tea Party Senate Chair (Exclusive) The site reported the writing from the letter sent by campaign manager Mindy Myers, who told supporters that Rove's group, Crossroads Gps navigation navigation, had "just bought hundred of thousands of dollars cost of TV time" on stations in Massachusetts, where Warren is predicted to handle Republican Sentator Scott Brown in next November's election. PHOTOS: 10 Hollywood Players That Will Really really make a difference inside the 2012 Elections The letter ongoing: "We don't know very well what the attacks are yet, or simply what size they'll be.But all of us can say for certain we're need to your help, beginning tonight, to fight back and hang up the record straight -- by telling your pals the real truth about Elizabeth, by encouraging increasing numbers of people to manage around, by helping us get Elizabeth's message towards the folks of Massachusetts." STORY: Customer Advocates's Hollywood Backers: Large Names, Large Money The Crossroads ad buy will definitely galvanize Warren's ardent Hollywood supporters, incorporated within this Barbra Streisand, Steve Bing and Norman Lear, whohosted a fundraiser event for Warren at his house on November. 1. Between 80 - 90 people attended the large event, which needed a donation different between $1,000 and $5,000. Among people attending were Streisand, James Brolin, Nancy Meyers, Diane Keaton, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Laurie David, Phil Rosenthal, Marge Tabankin and Earl Katz. PHOTOS: Box Office Politics: The Flicks and Stars Dems versus. GOPers Love (and Prefer to Hate) "There's tremendous support on her behalf here," mentioned one entertainment industry insider. "There has been proposes to host other occasions on her behalf La.Inch Dems are actually anticipating this wave of attack ads from Crossroads, with different quantity of Republican billionaires. (Jerry Perenchio gave the crowd $2 million for your 2012 election cycle, in line with the latest campaign filings.) Myers referred to as on supporters use a the least $25 or maybe more for the campaign immediately, in line with the Huffington Publish. "We will not -- and should not -- allow attacks from Scott Brown and also the allies to go to not-clarified," she written. "We would like your help fight.Inch Related Subjects Karl Rove Politics

Duggars Defend Decision To Have 20th Child

First Published: November 9, 2011 5:34 PM EST Credit: TLC Caption Michelle and Jim Bob DuggarLOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Some have criticized Michelle and Jim Bob Duggars decision to have their 20th child, but the 19 Kids and Counting stars are defending their choice to continue to grow their family. Every child deserves to be excited they are a part of life, Michelle told People, following the announcement that she was expecting again. Even when we were having our fifth and sixth [kid] we would celebrate each pregnancy. The premature birth of their most recent daughter, Josie, and being diagnosed with preeclampsia was not enough to deter the reality TV mom from getting pregnant. If we felt that way, we would have stopped back with our second birth, the 45-year-old mother explained. There are many women who have experienced preeclampsia and have gone on to have more children. That whole mindset that you stop after a problem pregnancy isnt realistic, she continued. You may encounter struggles along the way. You may not have a perfect pregnancy, but each child is a precious gift. Jim Bob, 46, stressed that despite the size of their massive brood, they are able to devote time to each child. We homeschool, so we are around our children day in and day out, he told the mag. Because I am in real estate, I am home and can be with the children a lot. When we go to the store or run errands, we take the kids one on one and we get to spend more time individually than a lot of parents do. As for their critics, Michelle welcomes peoples concerns. There are a lot of good things we can learn from our critics, she told the mag. We really believe we are following our faith and there are sometimes going to be people who dont agree and we arent going to worry about the negative things stated. Adding, We are thankful for those out there who are happy and we are grateful for each and every gift of a child. In addition to their youngest daughter Josie, the couple is also parents to Joshua, 23 (who has two children, Mackynzie, 2, and Michael, 4 months, with wife Anna, 23), twins Jana and John-David, 21; Jill, 20; Jessa, 19; Jinger, 17; Joseph, 16; Josiah, 15; Joy-Anna, 14; twins Jedidiah and Jeremiah, 12; Jason, 11; James, 10; Justin, 8; Jackson, 7; Johanna, 6; Jennifer, 4; and Jordyn, 3. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

REVIEW: Big, Clumsy Tower Heist Still Hits Moments of Comic Grace

Brett Ratner has long been the whipping boy for everything that’s wrong with big, dumb Hollywood entertainments. There’s just one problem: He’s actually good at making dumb stuff, and now that Hollywood entertainments have gotten even bigger without showing any signs of getting smarter, with a Ratner movie, at least you can be confident you’re in the hands of a master. Tower Heist is more of the same, a comedy that allows its ensemble of actors some interpersonal latitude with the gags — the movie’s best scenes are one-on-one exchanges — but then clamps down on any potential breeziness by forcing a bigger, badder, not-necessarily-better finale. After watching Gabourey Sidibe flirt coquettishly with Eddie Murphy — and getting one hell of a rise out of him — do we really need to see a rare, zillion-dollar sportscar being lowered down the side of a skyscraper? Ratner and writers Ted Griffin and Jeff Nathanson (working from a story by Adam Cooper, Bill Collage and Griffin) apparently think we do, and by the time those shenanigans kick in, Tower Heist has already gotten a lot of the fun out of the way. But much of the picture is fun, and even though it’s rather big and clumsy in its attempts to kick the collective asses of fat-cat finance guys — and there’s something nakedly opportunistic about its efforts to grab a piece of the Zeitgeist pie — it’s harmless and silly at worst. Ben Stiller stars as Josh Kovacs, the manager of a Manhattan luxury high-rise that looks a lot like Trump Tower because it is Trump Tower, though it’s never mentioned by name. In addition to keeping the building’s staff on its toes, Josh serves as toady to the building’s richest resident, big-time financier Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda, who brings that great trademark benign sliminess to the role). Despite the fact that he owns a rooftop pool that’s all about the Benjamin — its bottom is lined with a jumbo replica of that most coveted denomination — Shaw works hard at pretending he’s just an average guy. He and Josh even attended the same Queens high school, years apart; the difference is, Josh still lives in Queens. Then FBI Special Agent Claire Denham (Ta Leoni) shows up to arrest Shaw for securities fraud. Unfortunately, it turns out that Josh has entrusted Shaw to invest the retirement savings of all the building’s employees. That means everyone from the saucy housekeeper Odessa (Sidibe) to the seemingly half-awake concierge (Casey Affleck), whose wife is eight months pregnant, has fallen victim to Shaw’s schemes. Feeling angry and betrayed, Josh enlists a bumbling troupe — including a recently hired elevator operator played by Michael Pea and a former building resident (Matthew Broderick) who’s fallen on hard times himself — to stage an internal heist that will recoup the money Shaw has stolen from them. But being a nerdy white guy from Queens, he needs the help of one of his neighbors, career hood Slide (Eddie Murphy), to do it. Tower Heist is overstuffed with actors, and yet Ratner manages to give each of them one or two (or more) good moments. Stiller is, for a change, remarkably unloathsome here, partly because the always-wonderful Leoni — one of the great modern screwball actresses, if filmmakers only knew what to do with screwball actresses these days — somehow drains some of the poison off him. Leoni can be tough and loopy at the same time, an extraordinary combination. When she discovers that Shaw has a pedigreed Ferrari stashed in his living room, she shoots him with a glorious ray from her ice gun: “You have Steve McQueen’s car parked in your living room? And here I thought you were an asshole.” Broderick makes a great deadpan sadsack — he actually makes you feel sorry for deposed Wall Street hotshots. Murphy is Murphy: He’s not branching into any new territory, but he sure knows his way around a wisecrack (and I continue to be charmed by his resolutely unfixed front teeth). But Sidibe — whose character isn’t just a domestic but also an ace safecracker — is the greatest surprise here: She’s breezy and casual and winning, particularly in the moment where she shocks Murphy’s Slide with her seductive potty-mouth. The look on Murphy’s face — a slow-burning WTF — is lovely in its own right, but its Sidibe’s flirty demureness that steals the moment. Ratner loves to go for the big, excessive finish, and Tower Heist is most fatiguing in the last stretch. But his movie is also dotted, here and there, with comic gracefulness. You’d never accuse Ratner of having a light touch, but every once in a while, he lets a breeze blow through even this most gargantuan of skyscrapers.

'The Muppets': Jason Segel, Can Be Look for Kermit, Miss Piggy Includes a Showdown in New Clips (Video)

Disney launched three new clips from the approaching The Muppets movie on Wednesday.our editor recommends'The Muppets' at D23: Jason Segel Discusses Their Comedy Influence (Video)'The Muppets' Miss Piggy Disses Lady Gaga's 'Faux Frog' Kermit Coat The Muppets Parody R-Ranked 'Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo' in New Trailer (Video) The film, which stars Jason Segel and Can Be, features Jim Henson's beloved figures and introduces a brand new Muppet named Walter. Chris Cooper and Rashida Johnson co-star. VIDEO: 'The Muppets' Trailer Showcases Hollywood Cameos The film focuses on the efforts of Gary (Segel), his girlfriend Mary (Adams) and brother Walter in order to save the Muppet Theater from being razed with a dubious oilman (Cooper) who would like to make use of the property to drill oil lately discovered there. To do this, they have to reunite the Muppets, who've all gone their separate ways. In a single clip, Gary, Mary and Walter are trying to find Kermit in La -- where they create an unscheduled pit visit famous waitress or eatery Pink's. STORY: Kermit as Mogul, Farting Fozzie Bear: How Disney's Muppets Movie Has Purists Rattled and shook Another provides a little of nostalgia for Muppets when Miss Piggy takes lower another pig together with her signature "hey-ya!" karate chop. Segel also co-authored the film with Nicholas Stoller and can serve as executive producer. The film, which marks the very first Muppets feature film since 1999's Muppets From Space, opens November. 23. Related Subjects Can Be Chris Cooper Jason Segel Rashida Johnson The Muppets