Besides Star Wars and Marvel, Disney holds the rights to Jim Henson's Muppets, and Kermit and his gang were set to make a comeback on Disney+ with a series called Muppets Live Another Day. Bad news though, is that Disney has opted to drop the show.
Frozen star Josh Gad was attached to run the series, and he posted about his departure from the project over creative differences on IG:
"It was meant to be a limited event series that picked up a year after Muppets Take Manhattan and was essentially about what happens after you've reached the end of the rainbow. It was going to be Muppets by way of Stranger Things and feel like a movie spread over 6-8 episodes."
The series actually had a lot going for it. Besides Gad being showrunner, the series was also going to be directed by Avenue Q and Pitch Perfect's Jason Moore. The series was also supposed to have new original songs from Frozen and Coco's Bobby and Kristen Lopez.
Though this show was cancelled, that doesn't mean that Disney+ won't have any Muppet material at all. There's still a show called Muppets Now which is kind of a short form reality series that will alternate from game show, to talk show, and cooking show—complete with celebrity guests.
I didn't know about Gad's series until now, but after looking at all the people attached, it seems like a shame that Disney isn't pushing forward with it. If anything, they'll come up with someone to take on the project down the line, but it will have to take some time.
Disney+ launches on Nov. 12.
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