New Muppets Movie Moving Ahead… Without Jason Segel (For Now)

In news that is sure to leave our already sad and confused staff member Matt Kelly even more sad and confused, Disney has reached with The Muppets director James Bobin and original co-writer Nicholas Stoller to write a sequel… but word is that Stoller’s original co-writer and star of the film, Jason Segel, won’t be returning to the writing duties.

Does this mean he won’t star in the film? Who knows. Obviously a lot depends on the script that Bobin and Stoller produce. As Vulture reports, with commitments to How I Met Your Mother, other feature writing work, plus promotion for the upcoming Five Year Engagement and This is Forty, it sounds like Segel needs to be more than both man and Muppet if he’s going to find the time to be involved.

We obviously hope he is, because The Muppets was an alternate ending shy of being a perfect movie experience and we’d love to see what Segel would do with a return. Plus, it is an Oscar-winning film franchise now!