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."
Ein Vakuum in der Birne ist ein Garant für gute Laune!