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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">The Happytime Murders</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Happytime_Murders.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/40/The_Happytime_Murders.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="326" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="326" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Henson" title="Brian Henson">Brian Henson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Todd_Berger" title="Todd Berger">Todd Berger</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Story by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Todd Berger</li> <li>Dee Austin Robertson</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Brian Henson</li> <li>Jeffrey Hayes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_McCarthy" title="Melissa McCarthy">Melissa McCarthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Falcone" title="Ben Falcone">Ben Falcone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Melissa McCarthy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Barretta" title="Bill Barretta">Bill Barretta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_McHale" title="Joel McHale">Joel McHale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_Rudolph" title="Maya Rudolph">Maya Rudolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_David_Baker" title="Leslie David Baker">Leslie David Baker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Banks" title="Elizabeth Banks">Elizabeth Banks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Amundsen" title="Mitchell Amundsen">Mitchell Amundsen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Brian Olds</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Lennertz" title="Christopher Lennertz">Christopher Lennertz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />companies</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/STX_Entertainment" title="STX Entertainment">STX Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huayi_Brothers" title="Huayi Brothers">H. Brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Bear_Pictures" title="Black Bear Pictures">Black Bear Pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Tang" title="Donald Tang">TMP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Jim_Henson_Company" title="The Jim Henson Company">Henson Alternative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/On_the_Day_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="On the Day Productions">On the Day Productions</a></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/STX_Entertainment" title="STX Entertainment">STX Entertainment</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>August 24, 2018<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2018-08-24</span>)</span> (United States)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">91 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">$40–47 million<sup id="cite_ref-opening_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opening-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$27.5 million<sup id="cite_ref-BOM_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOM-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Happytime Murders</b></i> is a 2018 American <a href="/wiki/Adult_puppeteering" title="Adult puppeteering">adult puppet</a> <a href="/wiki/Buddy_cop" title="Buddy cop">buddy cop</a> <a href="/wiki/Crime_comedy_film" class="mw-redirect" title="Crime comedy film">crime comedy film</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Brian_Henson" title="Brian Henson">Brian Henson</a> and written by <a href="/wiki/Todd_Berger" title="Todd Berger">Todd Berger</a> from a story by Berger and Dee Austin Robertson. The film stars <a href="/wiki/Melissa_McCarthy" title="Melissa McCarthy">Melissa McCarthy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Barretta" title="Bill Barretta">Bill Barretta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joel_McHale" title="Joel McHale">Joel McHale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maya_Rudolph" title="Maya Rudolph">Maya Rudolph</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leslie_David_Baker" title="Leslie David Baker">Leslie David Baker</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Banks" title="Elizabeth Banks">Elizabeth Banks</a>. Set in a world where humans and living <a href="/wiki/Puppet" title="Puppet">puppets</a> co-exist, the film follows a puppet private investigator and a human police detective who must solve a murder spree of retired sitcom stars. </p><p>The film was first announced in 2008 by <a href="/wiki/The_Jim_Henson_Company" title="The Jim Henson Company">The Jim Henson Company</a>, the production studio of <a href="/wiki/The_Muppets" title="The Muppets">Muppets</a> creator <a href="/wiki/Jim_Henson" title="Jim Henson">Jim Henson</a>. Various actors, including <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Diaz" title="Cameron Diaz">Cameron Diaz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Heigl" title="Katherine Heigl">Katherine Heigl</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Foxx" title="Jamie Foxx">Jamie Foxx</a>, were approached to star before McCarthy signed on in May 2017. Filming began in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> that September, and involved the use of over 120 puppets. <i>The Happytime Murders</i> was the first film released by Henson Alternative, a banner of The Jim Henson Company aimed toward adult audiences. </p><p><i>The Happytime Murders</i> was released on August 24, 2018, by <a href="/wiki/STX_Entertainment" title="STX Entertainment">STXfilms</a>. It received mostly negative reviews from critics for its humor, performances and story, though the puppetry received praise. The film was a <a href="/wiki/Box-office_bomb" title="Box-office bomb">box-office bomb</a>, grossing $27.5 million worldwide against a $40–47 million budget. The film received six nominations at the <a href="/wiki/39th_Golden_Raspberry_Awards" title="39th Golden Raspberry Awards">39th Golden Raspberry Awards</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Picture" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture">Worst Picture</a>, with McCarthy winning <a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Actress" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress">Worst Actress</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Happytime_Murders&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a world where living puppets coexist with humans but are treated as <a href="/wiki/Second-class_citizen" title="Second-class citizen">second-class citizens</a>, Phil Phillips was the first puppet cop on the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Police_Department" title="Los Angeles Police Department">LAPD</a> before being fired. Now a <a href="/wiki/Private_investigator" title="Private investigator">private investigator</a> with a human secretary named Bubbles, he is hired by puppet client Sandra White to discover the identity of her blackmailer. Phil investigates a lead at a puppet-owned <a href="/wiki/Porn_shop" class="mw-redirect" title="Porn shop">porn shop</a>. While he checks their records in a back room, an attacker kills everyone else present including Mr. Bumblypants, a former cast member of the beloved <a href="/wiki/Sitcom" title="Sitcom">sitcom</a> <i>The Happytime Gang</i>. </p><p>The LAPD arrives and Phil meets with his former partner Detective Connie Edwards. Twelve years prior, Edwards was being held at gunpoint by a puppet perpetrator. Phil tried to shoot him, but missed and hit an innocent puppet, killing him in front of his young daughter. Edwards testified against Phil and a law was enacted preventing puppets from becoming police officers. In the present, Edwards believes it was a robbery gone wrong but Phil believes it was murder since no money was taken. That night, Phil's brother Larry, another former <i>Happytime</i> cast member, is torn apart when someone lets dogs onto his property. Afterwards, Phil reluctantly joins forces with Edwards to find the killer. </p><p>Suspecting someone is killing the <i>Happytime Gang</i> cast to receive a larger share of the royalty money when the show becomes syndicated, the two track down former <i>Happytime</i> cast-member Lyle in a puppet drug-den, where it is revealed that Phil saved Edwards by getting her an emergency puppet liver transplant. Lyle is killed in a drive-by shooting in front of Phil. After having <a href="/wiki/Sexual_intercourse" title="Sexual intercourse">sexual intercourse</a> with Sandra and escaping the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI</a>, Phil goes to see Jenny, the only human <i>Happytime</i> cast-member and his former girlfriend, at a puppet strip club where she works. Phil is unable to protect her when her car explodes. The police see Phil leaving the scene and believe him to be responsible for the murders. </p><p>Phil hides at Edwards's apartment and they discover that former <i>Happytime</i> cast-member Goofer has apparently <a href="/wiki/Drug_overdose" title="Drug overdose">overdosed</a> and drowned. They go to the house of the two remaining <i>Happytime</i> cast-members Ezra and Cara only to find their mangled bodies. The FBI arrives and detains Phil and Edwards. Phil is shown Sandra in an interrogation room. She reveals that <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">she and Jenny are married</a> and claims that Phil killed Jenny and the others to keep Sandra for himself. </p><p>Edwards is suspended from duty and enlists Bubbles for help exonerating Phil. They break into Sandra's home and discover a hidden room containing plans for the deaths of the <i>Happytime Gang</i> stars and a <a href="/wiki/Frameup" title="Frameup">frameup</a> of Phil. Edwards notices a picture of the puppet Phil accidentally shot years ago, and realizes that Sandra is the daughter of the man he accidentally shot and is seeking revenge against Phil. Bubbles triggers a <a href="/wiki/Booby_trap" title="Booby trap">booby trap</a>, which ignites a fire destroying all the evidence. Afterwards, Edwards breaks Phil out of jail so they can stop Sandra. </p><p>Phil and Edwards race to the airport, where Sandra is planning to escape with the sitcom's royalty money. Phil apologizes for killing her father, saying it has haunted him all the years since and asks why the <i>Happytime Gang</i> stars had to die when the blame was his alone. Sandra says she wanted Phil to suffer as payback. It is revealed that Jenny is alive, having faked her death, and is in cahoots with Sandra. After Phil reveals Sandra's true history, Sandra knocks Jenny out to take the money for herself. Sandra holds Edwards at gunpoint, putting Edwards and Phil in the same position as twelve years before. Phil takes a shot, not missing this time, and killing Sandra. </p><p>Edwards's police superior Banning arrives to congratulate Phil and Edwards on solving the case. He restores Edwards to active duty and convinces the mayor to lift the ban on puppet cops, welcoming Phil back on the force. Phil asks Bubbles on a <a href="/wiki/Dating" title="Dating">date</a>, which she accepts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Happytime_Murders&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_McCarthy" title="Melissa McCarthy">Melissa McCarthy</a> as Detective Connie Edwards, Phil's ex-partner.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_Rudolph" title="Maya Rudolph">Maya Rudolph</a> as Bubbles, Phil's optimistic, upbeat and kind secretary.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joel_McHale" title="Joel McHale">Joel McHale</a> as Special Agent Campbell, a stern and arrogant FBI agent.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Banks" title="Elizabeth Banks">Elizabeth Banks</a> as Jenny Peterson, a burlesque dancer and Phil's ex-girlfriend, who was the sole human member of <i>The Happytime Gang</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_David_Baker" title="Leslie David Baker">Leslie David Baker</a> as Lt. Banning, Edwards's police superior.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_McDonald_(comedian)" title="Michael McDonald (comedian)">Michael McDonald</a> as Ronovan Scargle, the CEO of the Puppet Television Network which produced <i>The Happytime Gang</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cynthy_Wu" title="Cynthy Wu">Cynthy Wu</a> as Brittany Marlowe, Larry Phillips's girlfriend.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Silpa" title="Mitch Silpa">Mitch Silpa</a> as Tommy, a criminal who sells puppet parts on the black market.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemky_Madera" title="Hemky Madera">Hemky Madera</a> as Tito, a criminal who purchases puppet parts on the black market.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_O._Yang" title="Jimmy O. Yang">Jimmy O. Yang</a> as Officer Delancey, a police officer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Gaul" title="Ryan Gaul">Ryan Gaul</a> as Officer Milligan, a police officer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fortune_Feimster" title="Fortune Feimster">Fortune Feimster</a> as Robin, a weed dealer and a longtime fan of <i>The Happytime Gang</i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Falcone" title="Ben Falcone">Ben Falcone</a> as Donny, an LAPD desk worker.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Rothbart" title="Barry Rothbart">Barry Rothbart</a> as Fireman</li> <li>Damon Jones as the voice of the reluctant puppet doctor who operates on Edwards</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Puppeteers">Puppeteers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Happytime_Murders&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Puppeteers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Barretta" title="Bill Barretta">Bill Barretta</a> as: <ul><li>Phil Phillips, a disgraced ex-cop who is now a <a href="/wiki/Private_investigator" title="Private investigator">private investigator</a>. He was the first puppet to become a police officer, but was fired from the force after accidentally killing Sandra's father.</li> <li>Junkyard, a member of Lyle's drug gang.</li> <li>Boar, a <a href="/wiki/Common_warthog" title="Common warthog">common warthog</a> who works on the beach <a href="/wiki/Boardwalk" title="Boardwalk">boardwalk</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>Dorien Davies as Sandra White (née Jacoby), a puppet who hires Phil to investigate a case for her while having a secret vengeful motive against him.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Clash" title="Kevin Clash">Kevin Clash</a> as: <ul><li>Lyle, an actor on <i>The Happytime Gang</i> who played a <a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">sports coach</a> and is now a <a href="/wiki/Drug_lord" title="Drug lord">drug lord</a>.</li> <li>Augustus Bumblypants, a <a href="/wiki/Rabbit" title="Rabbit">rabbit</a> actor who played a mail carrier on <i>The Happytime Gang</i> and now has a <a href="/wiki/Pornography" title="Pornography">pornography</a> addiction.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Massey" title="Drew Massey">Drew Massey</a> as: <ul><li>Goofer, an actor on <i>The Happytime Gang</i> who played a <a href="/wiki/Handyman" title="Handyman">handyman</a> and is now homeless and addicted to sugar, which is like <a href="/wiki/Heroin" title="Heroin">heroin</a> to puppets.</li> <li>Vinny, a <a href="/wiki/Vulture" title="Vulture">vulture</a> who works at the local porn shop.</li></ul></li> <li>Ted Michaels as: <ul><li>Ezra, an actor on <i>The Happytime Gang</i> and Cara's cousin.</li> <li>A sexist thug that works for Lyle.</li></ul></li> <li>Colleen Smith as: <ul><li>Cara, an actress on <i>The Happytime Gang</i> and Ezra's cousin.</li> <li>A <a href="/wiki/Dalmatian_dog" title="Dalmatian dog">Dalmatian dog</a> at Vinny's porn shop.</li> <li>Carol</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Dinnean" title="Alice Dinnean">Alice Dinnean</a> and Donna Kimball as Sheila and Diane (the "Rotten Cotton Girls"), a duo of puppet strippers. <ul><li>Kimball also performs an unnamed <a href="/wiki/Cattle" title="Cattle">cow</a> at Vinny's porn shop.</li> <li>Kimball also performs Roxy.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Henson" title="Brian Henson">Brian Henson</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Crab" title="Crab">crab</a> who lives in a trash can.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allan_Trautman" title="Allan Trautman">Allan Trautman</a> as: <ul><li>An unnamed blue <a href="/wiki/Octopus" title="Octopus">octopus</a> at Vinny's porn shop.</li> <li>The reluctant puppet doctor that operated on Edwards.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Yerrid" title="Victor Yerrid">Victor Yerrid</a> as: <ul><li>Larry "Shenanigans" Phillips, Phil's older brother and an actor on <i>The Happytime Gang</i> who played a <a href="/wiki/Police_officer" title="Police officer">police officer</a>, and who has since had his blue skin bleached and underwent a nose job.</li> <li>An old man outside of Phil's private office, who loves singing and dancing.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>In addition, Henson makes an on-screen cameo in a photograph in Edwards's apartment. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Happytime_Murders&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Happytime_Murders&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HappytimeMurdersConceptArt2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/HappytimeMurdersConceptArt2.jpg/210px-HappytimeMurdersConceptArt2.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="274" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ed/HappytimeMurdersConceptArt2.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="276" data-file-height="360" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Concept_art" title="Concept art">Concept art</a> depicting Phil, the grizzled central puppet character</figcaption></figure> <p>Announced in 2008 as being in development at <a href="/wiki/The_Jim_Henson_Company" title="The Jim Henson Company">The Jim Henson Company</a>, serving as the company's first film to receive an R rating from the <a href="/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Motion Picture Association of America">Motion Picture Association of America</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the film was picked up two years later by <a href="/wiki/Lionsgate" class="mw-redirect" title="Lionsgate">Lionsgate</a> with a targeted January 2011 start date.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time, <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Diaz" title="Cameron Diaz">Cameron Diaz</a> had been offered a lead role in the film.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Diaz dropped out and <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Heigl" title="Katherine Heigl">Katherine Heigl</a> entered into talks to replace her.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2015, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/STX_Entertainment" title="STX Entertainment">STX Entertainment</a> had picked up the film rights to <i>The Happytime Murders</i> (Lionsgate having lost them) and put the film in active development, with script revisions by Erich and Jon Hoeber.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2016, <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Foxx" title="Jamie Foxx">Jamie Foxx</a> entered negotiations to star in the film.<sup id="cite_ref-FoxxCast_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FoxxCast-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2017, it was revealed that <a href="/wiki/Melissa_McCarthy" title="Melissa McCarthy">Melissa McCarthy</a> had signed on to star in the film instead, as well as to contribute minor, uncredited rewrites to the film's screenplay.<sup id="cite_ref-McNary_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNary-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed by <a href="/wiki/Maya_Rudolph" title="Maya Rudolph">Maya Rudolph</a> being added in August,<sup id="cite_ref-McNary_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNary-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in September, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Banks" title="Elizabeth Banks">Elizabeth Banks</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BanksCast_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BanksCast-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Puppeteer" title="Puppeteer">puppeteer</a> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Barretta" title="Bill Barretta">Bill Barretta</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Joel_McHale" title="Joel McHale">Joel McHale</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> all officially joined the cast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Filming">Filming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Happytime_Murders&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Filming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Principal_photography" title="Principal photography">Principal photography</a> on the film began in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>, on September 11, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-BanksCast_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BanksCast-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film had a production budget in the range of $40–47 million, with McCarthy paid between $10 and 17.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-opening_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opening-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were a total of 125 puppets in the film with 40 created specifically for it.<sup id="cite_ref-TriviaFacts_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TriviaFacts-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To accommodate the puppeteers, all of the sets were built up so that the puppeteers could stand on the floor, since their optimum way to operate the puppets is if they are standing with straight arms. Because the floor of the sets came up in pieces, the human actors had a two-foot (61 cm) margin to stay on their path.<sup id="cite_ref-TriviaFacts_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TriviaFacts-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Visual effects supervisor Sam Nicholson said the film had many VFX challenges, specifying, "It's some of the most complex work that we've ever done because, in one shot you could have a combination of principal photography done at 8K and then puppets on <a href="/wiki/Chroma_key" title="Chroma key">greenscreen</a> being puppeteered by four puppeteers for each puppet. So if you have, say, six puppets in a scene, you've got 24 puppeteers operating them, 15 voice actors voicing them and these are all people dressed in green suits. And then you have all the <a href="/wiki/Wire_removal" title="Wire removal">rod removal</a> of those puppets, and then you have avatars or CG puppets that are standing right next to the real puppets."<sup id="cite_ref-VFXVoice_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VFXVoice-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Happytime_Murders&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Happytime Murders</i> was released to cinemas by <a href="/wiki/STX_Entertainment" title="STX Entertainment">STX Entertainment</a> on August 24, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film was originally scheduled for August 17, 2018, but was pushed back a week.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first official <a href="/wiki/Trailer_(promotion)#Rating_cards" title="Trailer (promotion)">red-band trailer</a> was released on May 18, 2018, with select screenings of <i><a href="/wiki/Deadpool_2" title="Deadpool 2">Deadpool 2</a>.</i><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Home_media">Home media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Happytime_Murders&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Happytime Murders</i> was released on Digital HD on November 20, 2018, and on DVD and Blu-ray on December 4, 2018,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures_Home_Entertainment" title="Universal Pictures Home Entertainment">Universal Pictures Home Entertainment</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Happytime_Murders&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_office">Box office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Happytime_Murders&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Box office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>The Happytime Murders</i> has grossed $20.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $6.8 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $27.5 million, against a production budget of around $40 million.<sup id="cite_ref-BOM_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BOM-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the United States and Canada, <i>The Happytime Murders</i> was released alongside <i><a href="/wiki/A.X.L." title="A.X.L.">A.X.L.</a></i>, and was projected to gross $13–15 million from 3,225 theaters in its opening weekend.<sup id="cite_ref-preview_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-preview-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film grossed $950,000 from Thursday night previews, better than the $700,000 made by McCarthy's <i><a href="/wiki/Life_of_the_Party_(2018_film)" title="Life of the Party (2018 film)">Life of the Party</a></i> three months prior. It went on to debut to $9.5 million, marking the lowest opening of McCarthy's career as a lead.<sup id="cite_ref-opening_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opening-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It fell 54% in its second weekend to $4.4 million, finishing eighth.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Happytime_Murders&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, the film has an approval rating of 23% based on 248 reviews, with an average rating of 4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "<i>The Happytime Murders</i> wastes its intriguingly transgressive premise on a witless comedy that blindly pushes buttons instead of attempting to tell an entertaining story."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a>, the film has a weighted average score of 27 out of 100, based on 48 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Audiences polled by <a href="/wiki/CinemaScore" title="CinemaScore">CinemaScore</a> gave the film an average grade of "C−" on an A+ to F scale, the lowest of McCarthy's career as a lead, while <a href="/wiki/PostTrak" title="PostTrak">PostTrak</a> reported filmgoers gave it an "awful" 58% overall positive score.<sup id="cite_ref-opening_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opening-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Jess Fenton for <i>Switch</i> wrote: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I adored the concept, I loved the cast, the fact that this was directed by Jim Henson's son made me giddy, and yet... I did not like this movie. Hate is too strong a word, however I was deeply disappointed, underwhelmed, my sides were left unsplit.<sup id="cite_ref-SWITCH._24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWITCH.-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> Andrew Barker of <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety magazine</a></i> wrote: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>It should come as no surprise that <i>Happytime</i> comes up farcically short as a metaphor for racism. But its most fatal miscalculation is the decision to frontload so many of its crassest setpieces into the first 15 or 20 minutes, depriving the rest of the film of the shock value that is its entire raison d'etre.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> The film received a positive review from William Bibbiani at <a href="/wiki/IGN" title="IGN">IGN</a>, who wrote: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>The Happytime Murders</i> may not be a timeless classic on par with <a href="/wiki/Who_Framed_Roger_Rabbit" title="Who Framed Roger Rabbit"><i>Roger Rabbit</i></a>, but it's more interesting and nuanced than its raunchy, violent humor suggests. The puppeteering is fantastic, the characters are interesting, and although the story isn't ingenious the jokes are usually funny.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'s</span> Chris Nashawaty gave the film a C+, stating that "the <a href="/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance" title="Cognitive dissonance">cognitive dissonance</a> of kiddie characters dropped into extremely adult situations should set off taboo sparks like they did in <i><a href="/wiki/Team_America:_World_Police" title="Team America: World Police">Team America: World Police</a></i> ... but mostly it feels like a promising idea poorly executed."<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s reviewer said "A few critics are calling it the worst movie of the year. Unfair! <i>The Happytime Murders</i>, the R-rated look at a serial killer running wild in a puppet-populated L.A., has what it takes to be a contender for worst of the decade."<sup id="cite_ref-Rolling_Stone_2018_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rolling_Stone_2018-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accolades">Accolades</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Happytime_Murders&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Accolades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Award </th> <th scope="col">Category </th> <th scope="col">Recipient(s) </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable"><abbr title="References">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Film_Critics_Association" title="St. Louis Film Critics Association">St. Louis Film Critics Association</a> </th> <td>Worst Film of the Year </td> <td rowspan="3"><i>The Happytime Murders</i> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Houston_Film_Critics_Society" title="Houston Film Critics Society">Houston Film Critics Society</a> </th> <td>Best Worst Film </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Women_Film_Journalists" title="Alliance of Women Film Journalists">Alliance of Women Film Journalists</a> </th> <td>Hall of Shame </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Actress Most in Need of a New Agent </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melissa_McCarthy" title="Melissa McCarthy">Melissa McCarthy</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/39th_Golden_Raspberry_Awards" title="39th Golden Raspberry Awards">Golden Raspberry Awards</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Picture" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture">Worst Picture</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Henson" title="Brian Henson">Brian Henson</a>, Jeffrey Hayes, <a href="/wiki/Melissa_McCarthy" title="Melissa McCarthy">Melissa McCarthy</a> & <a href="/wiki/Ben_Falcone" title="Ben Falcone">Ben Falcone</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Director" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director">Worst Director</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Henson" title="Brian Henson">Brian Henson</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Actress" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress">Worst Actress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melissa_McCarthy" title="Melissa McCarthy">Melissa McCarthy</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Supporting_Actor" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor">Worst Supporting Actor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joel_McHale" title="Joel McHale">Joel McHale</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Screen_Combo" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Combo">Worst Screen Combo</a> </td> <td>Any two actors or puppets </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Raspberry_Award_for_Worst_Screenplay" title="Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay">Worst Screenplay</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Berger" title="Todd Berger">Todd Berger</a> & Dee Austin Robertson </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lawsuit">Lawsuit</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Happytime_Murders&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Lawsuit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2018, <a href="/wiki/Sesame_Workshop" title="Sesame Workshop">Sesame Workshop</a>, the organization behind the production of the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i>, filed a lawsuit against STX Productions for using their trademark in a film they have no involvement with, including the tagline "No Sesame. All Street". They alleged that associating a children's program with an adult comedy would smear the former's reputation as well as confuse individuals. In response, STX issued a statement indicating their persistence to keep the marketing for the film unchanged.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 30, 2018, the lawsuit was rejected by the presiding judge for the case, with STX issuing a brief statement soon thereafter: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>We fluffing love <i>Sesame Street</i> and we're obviously very pleased that the ruling reinforced what STX's intention was from the very beginning – to honor the heritage of <a href="/wiki/The_Jim_Henson_Company" title="The Jim Henson Company">The Jim Henson Company</a>'s previous award-winning creations while drawing a clear distinction between any <a href="/wiki/The_Muppets" title="The Muppets">Muppets</a> or <i>Sesame Street</i> characters and the new world Brian Henson and team created. We believe we accomplished that with the very straightforward NO SESAME, ALL STREET tagline. We look forward to continued happytimes as we prepare to release <i>Happytime Murders</i> this summer.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Some subsequent television spots for the film made references to the lawsuit by starting the ads with "From the studio that was sued by <i>Sesame Street</i>..."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Happytime_Murders&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Who_Framed_Roger_Rabbit" title="Who Framed Roger Rabbit">Who Framed Roger Rabbit</a></i> – 1988 live-action/animated film with a similar plot</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meet_the_Feebles" title="Meet the Feebles">Meet the Feebles</a> –</i> a 1989 puppet <a href="/wiki/Musical_film" title="Musical film">musical</a> <a href="/wiki/Black_comedy" title="Black comedy">black comedy</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Let_My_Puppets_Come" title="Let My Puppets Come">Let My Puppets Come</a></i> – a 1976 <a href="/wiki/Softcore_pornography" title="Softcore pornography">softcore pornographic</a> <a href="/wiki/Comedy_film" title="Comedy film">comedy film</a> using both human and puppet actors</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Happytime_Murders&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Armstrong">Ryan Kiera Armstrong</a>, 2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Megan_Fox" title="Megan Fox">Megan Fox</a> (2023)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakota_Johnson" title="Dakota Johnson">Dakota Johnson</a> (2024)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="The_Jim_Henson_Company321" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li 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Witches</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Buddy_(1997_film)" title="Buddy (1997 film)">Buddy</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rat_(film)" title="Rat (film)">Rat</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Boy!" title="Good Boy!">Good Boy!</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Five_Children_and_It_(film)" title="Five Children and It (film)">Five Children and It</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/MirrorMask" title="MirrorMask">MirrorMask</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alexander_and_the_Terrible,_Horrible,_No_Good,_Very_Bad_Day_(film)" title="Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (film)">Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Star_(2017_film)" title="The Star (2017 film)">The Star</a></i> (2017)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV series</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Muppet_Show" title="The Muppet Show">The Muppet Show</a></i> (1976–1981) <small>†</small></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fraggle_Rock" title="Fraggle Rock">Fraggle Rock</a></i> (1983–1987)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fraggle_Rock:_The_Animated_Series" title="Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series">Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series</a></i> (1987–1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_StoryTeller_(TV_series)" title="The StoryTeller (TV series)">The StoryTeller</a></i> (1988–1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jim_Henson_Hour" title="The Jim Henson Hour">The Jim Henson Hour</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_of_Faffner_Hall" title="The Ghost of Faffner Hall">The Ghost of Faffner Hall</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jim_Henson%27s_Mother_Goose_Stories" title="Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories">Jim Henson's Mother Goose Stories</a></i> (1990–1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dinosaurs_(TV_series)" title="Dinosaurs (TV series)">Dinosaurs</a></i> (1991–1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dog_City" title="Dog City">Dog City</a></i> (1992–1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/CityKids" title="CityKids">CityKids</a></i> (1993–1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Secret_Life_of_Toys" title="Secret Life of Toys">Secret Life of Toys</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jim_Henson%27s_Animal_Show" title="Jim Henson's Animal Show">Jim Henson's Animal Show</a></i> (1994–1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aliens_in_the_Family" title="Aliens in the Family">Aliens in the Family</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wubbulous_World_of_Dr._Seuss" title="The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss">The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss</a></i> (1996–1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bear_in_the_Big_Blue_House" title="Bear in the Big Blue House">Bear in the Big Blue House</a></i> <small>†</small> (1997–2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brats_of_the_Lost_Nebula" title="Brats of the Lost Nebula">Brats of the Lost Nebula</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Farscape" title="Farscape">Farscape</a></i> (1998–2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Construction_Site_(TV_series)" title="Construction Site (TV series)">Construction Site</a></i> (1999–2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Family_Rules_(American_TV_series)" title="Family Rules (American TV series)">Family Rules</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mopatop%27s_Shop" title="Mopatop's Shop">Mopatop's Shop</a></i> (1999–2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fearing_Mind" title="The Fearing Mind">The Fearing Mind</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hoobs" title="The Hoobs">The Hoobs</a></i> (2001–2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Telling_Stories_with_Tomie_dePaola" title="Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola">Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i>Animal Jam</i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bambaloo" title="Bambaloo">Bambaloo</a></i> (2003–2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pajanimals" title="Pajanimals">Pajanimals</a></i> (2008, 2011–2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sid_the_Science_Kid" title="Sid the Science Kid">Sid the Science Kid</a></i> (2008–2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dinosaur_Train" title="Dinosaur Train">Dinosaur Train</a></i> (2009–2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Me_and_My_Monsters" title="Me and My Monsters">Me and My Monsters</a></i> (2010–2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/That_Puppet_Game_Show" title="That Puppet Game Show">That Puppet Game Show</a></i> (2013–2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jim_Henson%27s_Creature_Shop_Challenge" title="Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge">Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Doozers" title="The Doozers">The Doozers</a></i> (2014–2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hi_Opie!" title="Hi Opie!">Hi Opie!</a></i> (2014–2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Word_Party" title="Word Party">Word Party</a></i> (2016–2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Splash_and_Bubbles" title="Splash and Bubbles">Splash and Bubbles</a></i> (2016–2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dot." title="Dot.">Dot.</a></i> (2016–2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Julie%27s_Greenroom" title="Julie's Greenroom">Julie's Greenroom</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dark_Crystal:_Age_of_Resistance" title="The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance">The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Earth_to_Ned" title="Earth to Ned">Earth to Ned</a></i> (2020–2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Duff%27s_Happy_Fun_Bake_Time" title="Duff's Happy Fun Bake Time">Duff's Happy Fun Bake Time</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Harriet_the_Spy_(TV_series)" title="Harriet the Spy (TV series)">Harriet the Spy</a></i> (2021–2023)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Fraggle_Rock:_Back_to_the_Rock" title="Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock">Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock</a></i> (2022–2024)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Slumberkins" title="Slumberkins">Slumberkins</a></i> (2022)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV specials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Santa_Claus_Switch" title="The Great Santa Claus Switch">The Great Santa Claus Switch</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Emmet_Otter%27s_Jug-Band_Christmas" title="Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas">Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bunny_Picnic" title="The Tale of the Bunny Picnic">The Tale of the Bunny Picnic</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Christmas_Toy" title="The Christmas Toy">The Christmas Toy</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Monster_Maker" title="Monster Maker">Monster Maker</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Willowby%27s_Christmas_Tree" title="Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree">Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree</a></i> (1995)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br />projects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Time_Piece" title="Time Piece">Time Piece</a></i> (1965, short film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cube_(film)" title="The Cube (film)">The Cube</a></i> (1969, teleplay)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gulliver%27s_Travels_(miniseries)" title="Gulliver's Travels (miniseries)">Gulliver's Travels</a></i> (1996, miniseries)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jack_and_the_Beanstalk:_The_Real_Story" title="Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story">Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story</a></i> (2001, miniseries)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Farscape:_The_Peacekeeper_Wars" title="Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars">Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars</a></i> (2004, miniseries)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sam_Plenty_Cavalcade_of_Action_Show_Plus_Singing!" title="The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing!">The Sam Plenty Cavalcade of Action Show Plus Singing!</a></i> (2008, web series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unstable_Fables" title="Unstable Fables">Unstable Fables</a></i> (2008, <a href="/wiki/Direct-to-video" title="Direct-to-video">DTV</a> film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tale_of_Sand" title="Tale of Sand">Tale of Sand</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oscar%27s_Hotel_for_Fantastical_Creatures" title="Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures">Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures</a></i> (2015, web series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Turkey_Hollow" title="Turkey Hollow">Turkey Hollow</a></i> (2015, TV film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro%27s_Pinocchio" title="Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio">Pinocchio</a></i> (2022, <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Portable_Door" title="The Portable Door">The Portable Door</a></i> (2023, <a href="/wiki/Stan_(service)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stan (service)">Stan</a> film)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jim_Henson_Idea_Man" title="Jim Henson Idea Man">Jim Henson Idea Man</a></i> (2024, <a href="/wiki/Disney%2B" title="Disney+">Disney+</a> documentary)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alexander_and_the_Terrible,_Horrible,_No_Good,_Very_Bad_Road_Trip" title="Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip">Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip</a></i> (2025, <a href="/wiki/Disney%2B" title="Disney+">Disney+</a> film)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Henson<br />Alternative</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Puppet_Up!" title="Puppet Up!">Puppet Up!</a></i> (2006–present)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Late_Night_Liars" title="Late Night Liars">Late Night Liars</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Simian_Undercover_Detective_Squad" title="Simian Undercover Detective Squad">Simian Undercover Detective Squad</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Neil%27s_Puppet_Dreams" title="Neil's Puppet Dreams">Neil's Puppet Dreams</a></i> (2012–2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No,_You_Shut_Up!" title="No, You Shut Up!">No, You Shut Up!</a></i> (2013–2016)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Good_Morning_Today" title="Good Morning Today">Good Morning Today</a></i> (2013–2014)</li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">The Happytime Murders</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Curious_Creations_of_Christine_McConnell" title="The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell">The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell</a></i> (2018)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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