James Bobin has signed on to direct a new Muppets movie for Disney from a script co-written by How I Met Your Mother star Jason Segel, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Bobin is co-creator of the cult HBO comedy series Flight of the Conchords, and previously worked on Sascha Baron Cohen’s Da Ali G Show. He landed the gig after the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs duo of Phil Lord and Chris Miller opted to do a film version of 21 Jump Street as their next film.
Reviving the Muppets has become a top priority for Disney, which bought the characters from Jim Henson Co. in 2004.
The script by Segel and Nicholas Stoller is being kept under wraps, though Segel is a reported huge fan of the Muppets.
