SorcererMickey
November 21st, 2004, 15:30
It's a very cool website, check it out. When you gt to the main page, just wait a while to see some characters pop-up and to make jokes and wise cracks...
Muppets.Go.com (http://muppets.go.com)
Disney debuts new Muppets Web site
By Gary Gentile
Associated Press
Published November 21, 2004
The frog is back.
Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo and their pals are starring in their own Web site (www.muppets. com) - the first in a series of new creative efforts launched by the Walt Disney Co. since buying the Muppets in April.
The site, which debuted Wednesday, features games, biographies of the Muppet characters, screensavers and news about current projects, including the new film "The Muppets Wonderful Wizard of Oz," slated to air on ABC in May.
The movie is the first since "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie," which aired on NBC in 2002. It features Ashanti as Dorothy, Queen Latifah as Auntie Em and Quentin Tarantino in a cameo role as himself.
The film had been proposed some time back to ABC executives, but was not approved until Disney bought the characters.
The sale to Disney also includes a four-year consulting arrangement with the Jim Henson Co. to provide advice on the use of the characters and a three-year production deal to develop movies, television shows and other projects using the characters.
The deal does not include the Sesame Street characters, which were sold earlier by EM.TV to the Sesame Workshop.
Source: http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041121/THINGS0206/411210302/1055/news
Muppets.Go.com (http://muppets.go.com)
Disney debuts new Muppets Web site
By Gary Gentile
Associated Press
Published November 21, 2004
The frog is back.
Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo and their pals are starring in their own Web site (www.muppets. com) - the first in a series of new creative efforts launched by the Walt Disney Co. since buying the Muppets in April.
The site, which debuted Wednesday, features games, biographies of the Muppet characters, screensavers and news about current projects, including the new film "The Muppets Wonderful Wizard of Oz," slated to air on ABC in May.
The movie is the first since "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie," which aired on NBC in 2002. It features Ashanti as Dorothy, Queen Latifah as Auntie Em and Quentin Tarantino in a cameo role as himself.
The film had been proposed some time back to ABC executives, but was not approved until Disney bought the characters.
The sale to Disney also includes a four-year consulting arrangement with the Jim Henson Co. to provide advice on the use of the characters and a three-year production deal to develop movies, television shows and other projects using the characters.
The deal does not include the Sesame Street characters, which were sold earlier by EM.TV to the Sesame Workshop.
Source: http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041121/THINGS0206/411210302/1055/news