Muppet creator's life screen bound

Muppet creator's life screen bound

A fresh biopic about the life and put to work of 'The Muppets' divine Jim Henson is to be made.
Empire Film Radical, INC has acquired the motion image production and distribution rights to Robert D Slane's screenplay 'Henson'.
The flick is due to begin production in the late summertime with a budget of $30m.
Commenting, Empire Place Entertainment Chairwoman Eric Parkinson said: "Jim Henson is one of the best known and nearly dear entertainers of completely time. His storey is inspiring, tragic, heartwarming and epos, and will arrive at for an important and entertaining question picture."