The Muppets & Molly McGee Movie

The Muppets & Molly McGee Movie is a live-action/animation hybrid musical comedy movie on Disney+ directed by Brian Henson on the live-action/Muppet elements and Eric Goldberg on the animation elements, and an original screenplay written by Bill Motz, Frank Oz, and Brian Henson with the music and lyric of Rob Cantor and score of Hans Zimmer with the voices of Steve Whitmire, Ashly Burch, Dave Goelz, Eric Jacobson, Matt Vogel, Peter Linz, and David Rudman. The film is about how The Muppets and Molly McGee first meet, and through various adventures, both learn to depend on each other as friends.

A co-production between The Walt Disney Company and The Jim Henson Company, the movie was released on to Disney+ in May 31st, 2022 to widespread critical acclaim, with some critics calling it the best Muppets project that Disney has put out since the 2011 movie. Coincidentally, the release date was the 43rd anniversary of the release of The Muppet Movie in the United Kingdom. This movie also marks the first Muppets project that Steve Whitmire took part in since his firing from Disney in 2016.

Plot
Retiring from Hollywood due to the box office and critical failure of Muppets from Space, Kermit and the gang settle down in a small Illinois town called Brighton, which they stay for about 20 or so years. Life seemed to be mudane and boring for The Muppets until a spunky and optimistic teenage girl named Molly McGee moves into the town with her family, jet set on making the sleepy little town of Brighton into a happy town people will be proud to call home. As she moves into her quote un quote "bedroom", which just so happened to be the center of activity for The Muppet gang, Molly discovers The Muppets going on with their lives and immediately takes a liking to the lovable cast of characters. Not having any of it, Gonzo places a curse on Molly which turns back to The Muppets being bound to Molly McGee. Many misadventures ensue with The Muppets, especially Gonzo, trying to get the McGee family to leave, only to be unsuccessful, though they couldn't care less. After getting familiarized with the McGee family, The Muppets then get the worst news of their lives: The Muppets were to be bought out by a businessman by the name of Maxwell Davenport. The rest of the movie chronicles the many misadventures that the Muppets, with the help of Molly McGee and her friend Libby Stein-Torres, do to try to get Mr. Davenport to not buy out The Muppets name.

Cast
Steve Whitmire as Kermit The Frog, Rizzo the Rat, Statler, Beaker, The Muppet Newsman, Link Hogthrob, Ernie, Wilkins

Dave Goelz as Gonzo the Great, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot, Waldorf, Beauregard

Eric Jacobson as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Bert, Oscar the Grouch, Grover, Animal, Sam the Eagle

Matt Vogel as Big Bird, Floyd Pepper, Camilla the Chicken, Lew Zealand, Sweetums, Crazy Harry, Uncle Deadly

Peter Linz as Robin the Frog, Mayor Walter,

Bill Baretta as Rowlf the Dog, Dr. Teeth, Swedish Chef, Bobo the Bear

David Rudman as Scooter, Janice, Cookie Monster

Ryan Dillon as Elmo

Ashly Burch as Molly McGee

Lara Jill Miller as Libby Stein-Torres

Jules Medcraft as Andrea Davenport

Michaela Dietz as Darryl McGee

Jordan Klepper as Pete McGee

Sumalee Montano as Sharon McGee and Grandma Nin

Additional Voices: Jim Henson, Tom Kenny, Dana Snyder, Grey Griffin, Ashly Burch, Frank Oz