The Muppets

Short Answer: Either Alice in Wonderland or Robin Hood

A recent article in Cracked.com suggested sticking a fork in the Muppets. But it forgets something. The Muppets don't only make movies about themselves.

The Muppets, while characters, have also been actors. So maybe, yeah, no more original content-- shows or movies-- for a bit... and instead, a pivot back toward familiar favorites.

As actors, they have performed famous stories including Christmas Carol. The Wizard of Oz, and Treasure Island-- stories that have been made into movies many (many) times already. There is even a video of Muppets telling several traditional fairytales.  

Well, there are two other stories that fill the bill (and are kid-friendly) that they have not performed yet, at least as feature-length movies. And so... they should make those.

One is Alice in Wonderland. They could use Miss Piggy as Alice, but I think she'd make an excellent Red Queen. And then we could have someone like Margot Robbie as Alice. There has been a Muppet Babies version, and some illustrated books, but not a full-length, theatrically released feature.

I see Sam the Eagle as the unimpressed Caterpillar, Kermit as the flustered White Rabbit... and Gonzo has already played the Mad Hatter twice. 

The other option solves two problems at once. One is what to do with the Muppets next, yes, but another is how to fit Disney's Robin Hood into a live-action format, to fit in with their insistence of re-releasing all their movies as live productions. 

In their remakes of Jungle Book and Lion King, stories with talking animals, they CGI'd realistic animals and had actors do the voices. But in Disney's version of Robin Hood, the animals don't just talk... they wear clothes and walk on their hind legs. They are all animals (no humans appear), but basically people.

So how to live-n a movie like that up, without just making another Robin Hood movie (and they already made a live-action Robin Hood movie back in 1952). 

Well, puppets are live-action. So make the Robin Hood live remake a Muppet production. They have already cast it, in an illustrated book. Kermit is Robin Hood, Piggy is Maid Marian. And Fozzie is a ready-made Little John, Rowlf could be Friar Tuck, Scooter should be Will Scarlet, and the book already has Floyd the guitar player as Alan-a-Dale. Gonzo could be either the Sheriff of Nottingham or Prince John, with a human being the other part. And then Sam could come in at the end as the stately King Richard. 

Two problems solved!