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28 August 2008 12:05 PM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Cult kids classic The Muppet Show is set to return to TV screens after 27 years.

The popular puppet programme - featuring Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy - is being made into a Disney film, due to be written and directed by actor Jason Segel.

And it is rumoured that the movie will pave the way for a new television series of The Muppet Show - the first since 1981.

A source tells British newspaper The Sun, "Jason is a massive Muppets fan and is seen as the man to finally bring The Muppet Show back to TV.

"It will obviously have all its old fans but Jason's comedy is hugely popular with youngsters so it will open it up to a whole new audience."

The source adds: "If the movie script is popular, Jason will write the TV series too."

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8 August 2008 11:16 AM, PDT | From IMDb News

Bernie Brillstein, the prolific talent agent, manager, and producer who was a major force in the Hollywood industry, died Thursday night in Los Angeles of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; he was 77. A man who lived the quintessential Hollywood success story, Brillstein started out in the mail room of the William Morris Agency back in 1956 and worked his way up the ladder, helping package numerous film and television deals and guiding the careers of a number of actors and other creative professionals. Among his early success stories were the launch of Saturday Night Live and the careers of many of its comedians, Jim Henson and The Muppet Show, the hit comedy Ghost Busters, and acclaimed 80s TV shows such as The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd and It's Garry Shandling's Show. With Brad Grey (who later became head of Paramount Pictures), Brillstein formed the powerful management company Brillstein-Grey, which was renamed Brillstein Enetertainment Partners in 2007. In 1999, Brillstein chronicled his adventures in Hollywood with the memoir Where Did I Go Right? -- You're No One in Hollywood Unless Someone Wants You Dead. He is survived by his wife, Carrie, three sons, and two daughters.

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