The Muppets Reboot Dropped by Disney+

Disney+ will not be moving forward with Muppets Live Another Day, a scripted comedy series that was to "pick up right where 1984’s The Muppets Take Manhattan left off and focus on Kermit as he must bring the Muppets back together (after being disbanded) to help locate the missing Rowlf."

Reported by Deadline, Muppets Live Another Day was to be "written/executive produced by Frozen star Josh Gad and Once Upon a Time creators Adam Horowitz and Eddy Kitsis."

It had a pilot order and had been in the works for some time, but it will not go forward "over discrepancy between the writing team’s creative vision and that of the top brass at Disney-owned Muppet Studio."

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