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Fraggle Rock Goes Live-Action Musical
Published 5/13/2008 by Just Jared at Just Jared
Fraggle Rock , a children’s television show created by Jim Henson which ran from 1983 to 1987, will reportedly be turned into a live-action-musical by the Weinstein Co. Cory Edwards , who directed the animated “Hoodwinked!” for TWC, will helm the picture and write the screenplay, reports Variety . The Jim Henson Co. will produce and TWC will distribute. Fraggles are tiny humanoid creatures, about 22 inches tall, that come in a wide variety of colors and live in a system of caves called Fraggle Rock . Fraggle Rock is filled with all types of creatures and features, and ...

Get Down at Fraggle Rock!
Published 5/13/2008 by Perez Hilton at Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton
... According to Variety, just like the series, the film will be populated by a mix of human characters and Fraggle Rock puppets. The pic will take the core characters Gogo, Wembley, Mokey, Boober and Red outside of their home in Fraggle Rock, where they interact with humans, which they think are aliens. ...

The Electric Company Returns; Filming in NYC
Published 5/13/2008 by Jen Carlson at Gothamist
... Announcements were nostalgia-filled this week, as reports came in that Fraggle Rock would also be returning. Variety noted that the Weinstein Company will turn the series into a live-action musical feature; Ahmet Zappa is set to executive produce. ...

…OF THE DAY
Published 5/13/2008 by Dan Hopper at Best Week Ever
... FILM YOUR CARES AWAY: The Weinstein Co. is adapting the tv show "Fraggle Rock" into a live-action feature film. I was excited for about as long as it took for my brain to remember "Alvin and the Chipmunks," "Sooby Doo," every other movie based on a cartoon ever... (Variety) ...

Dance Your Cares Away… Down at the Fraggle Rock Movie
Published 5/13/2008 at Cinema Fusion
... Variety is reporting that the Weinstein Co. will turn the Jim Henson series Fraggle Rock into a live-action musical feature. ...

Movie Producers to Ruin Your Memories
Published 5/14/2008 by Cord Jefferson, MollyGood at Mollygood
Slightly scary puppet show Fraggle Rock is being adapted for the big screen by a bunch of Hollywood pigs who are sentimental only for the money they’ve yet to accumulate. The plot will focus on central Fraggles Gobo, Wembley, Mokey, Boober and Red as they venture outside of Fraggle Rock and interact with humans, who they think are aliens. This has the potential to be a bigger disaster than Muppets from Space. Click through for a global buffet of the original Fraggle Rock. ...