Tina Fey & Ray Liotta Sign on for MUPPETS Sequel

Tina Fey and Ray Liotta have officially signed on for the upcoming MUPPETS sequel, Variety has reported.

Liotta is no stranger to the MUPPETS franchise: he previously starred in 1999's MUPPETS IN SPACE.

As previously reported by BWW Movies World, Tina Fey has been in talks to join Ricky Gervais and Ty Burrell. It appears that she has now officially signed a deal to join the infamous MUPPET clan.

Though the script is being kept heavily under wraps, Fey, Liotta, Gervais, and Burrell would join Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the infamous Muppet clain in a European adventure. James Bobin, who helmed the MUPPETS movie in 2011, has signed on once again to direct. He also co-wrote the sequel alongside Nicholas Stoller.

The 2011 film, which starred Jason Segel (who is not returning for the sequel), followed Walter and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all Gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate. The film was released on Nov. 23, 2011.

The first Muppet outing of the new millenium arose when Segel and Stoller approached Disney in 2008 with the idea of reviving the Muppet characters into a feature length film.

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