Noch ein paar englische News von der offiziellen
Muppet-Seite:
In May 2008, Henson announced that the Weinstein Company would
distribute the
Fraggle Rock film. The announcement also
said that Cory Edwards was attached as the film's director and
writer, with Edwards writing the screenplay based on his original
story. The press release listed Brian Henson, Jason Lust, Lisa
Henson and Eric Robinson as producers, with Ahmet Zappa and Brian
Inerfeld as executive producers. Lisa Henson commented on the
partnership: "Our previous partnership with the Weinstein Company
has proven to be a wonderful collaboration and we are confident
that joining with them on this project will ensure audiences young
and old will enjoy meeting Red, Gobo and the whole Fraggle gang.
With Cory Edwards directing, this new Fraggle adventure will bring
an exciting energy while honoring the heart, joy and hope of the
original series."
In the Henson Company press release, Edwards said:

Jim Henson's work has had a huge influence
on my life, so to get the chance to bring 'Fraggles' to the big
screen is fantastic. Both Lisa and Harvey [Weinstein] have been
very enthusiastic and supportive of my vision of this film. It's my
goal to make Fraggle fans happy, as well as make a great
stand-alone fantasy adventure film.

Screenwriter Cory Edwards has been writing
about his progress on the film on his personal blog, "Cory's
Curiosities".
In March 2009, Edwards discussed the plans for the movie's
soundtrack:

I have been having some really cool
meetings with some of the largest talent agencies about the MUSIC
of the movie. We are talking to some big people about being
involved. MAJOR names. Everyone agrees that this music has to be
more than "kids rock," or sing-songy stuff that is merely tolerable
for adults. The hope is to make the soundtrack the best POP album
it can be, while giving the movie those magical moments.

He also discussed Henson's concerns about
the script:

The other update is that I had a
substantial creative meeting over at Henson on some bigger issues
with the script. As excited as everyone has been about the
screenplay, there were some larger, lingering notes. Notes about
certain themes, about the length of time we spend in certain
locations or on a certain character's story. It's been my
experience that larger notes are the better discussions to have.
Nitpicky debates over a line of dialogue or single action in a
scene are seldom productive. But when you can dig down to a big
ROOT concern, and then shift a major aspect of the script to meet
that concern, that's worth doing.
So I have launched into another rewrite for a few weeks to re-work
the front of the movie and a few big moments in the story. But I'm
excited. Because these are big notes, not little notes. Sure,
redoing your whole kitchen takes a lot more work than replacing the
sink, but it's for a better payoff.

In June 2009, Edwards wrote about the
continuing delays in getting the project greenlighted:

All parties are circling up to keep this
ball moving down the field (although it's always more like pushing
a boulder up a hill). For those of you who are frustrated and
impatient about how long this is taking, Welcome To The Movie
Business! This is nothing new. Each project of this size involves
huge amounts of money and lots of people (and multiple companies)
agreeing on the same creative, financial and strategic plans. And
then some of those plans take a lot of time to execute.
The news that you really want to hear -- the news that the movie is
moving into production -- just hasn't happened yet. There are some
major chess pieces that need to be in place to make sure this film
has the best possible budget, distribution and promotion when it
comes out.

Edwards added that he is currently working
on pitches for other movies.
Brian Henson mentioned the
Fraggle Rock movie during a
panel about Farscape at the San Diego Comic-Con in July 2009,
saying that the movie was "on schedule."
In September 2009, Edwards wrote that he is continuing to have
meetings with studio executives and financing partners. While he
said "I remain optimistic", he acknowledged frustration with the
slow progress of the negotiations. He also clarified that Henson is
not the source of the delay:

I've heard a little chit-chat online about
Henson dragging their feet and holding up the movie. Let me be
clear: Henson is not holding up the movie. They are "all systems
go." The holdup is financing and putting together studio partners
in this economy.
In December 2009,
Entertainment Weekly posted a blurb
about the
Fraggle Rock movie, quoting Edwards:

Director Cory Edwards
(
Hoodwinked) tells EW he is overseeing a big-screen revamp
of the Henson-created
Fraggle Rock, the much-beloved '80s
TV show about tiny Muppet-esque creatures. "We've got a script
we're very excited about, but it's been a very tricky balance,"
reveals Edwards. "We have to appeal to 10-year-olds as well as the
nostalgic 30- and 40-year-olds." The latter camp need not worry
about an excess of CGI jiggery-pokery. "This is old-school Muppet
tricks," reassures Edwards. "I think it's more important to the
fans than it would have been to Jim. He loved any tool of creation.
But yeah, we're going to do puppets."
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