Manhattan Melodies

Manhattan Melodies would be a 2030 musical romantic movie directed by Thea Sharrock, who would also produce the film alongise Lin-Manuel Miranda and Frank Oz. Miranda and Oz would also write the screenplay, which would be inspired by a plot element from Oz' The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984). Current Muppets performers Matt Vogel, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, David Rudman, and Peter Linz would star in the movie. Miranda would also write songs for the film alongside Alan Menken, while songs from The Muppets Take Manhattan written by Jeff Moss would also be used in the film.

Development on a Muppets feature film for Disney+ would begin in early 2028, with all current Muppet performers set to star, and Oz set to write and produce. In mid-2028 Thea Serrock would be announced as director and producer, while Miranda would join as co-writer and co-producer. Miranda and Menken would be announced as the film's songwriters in late 2028. Filming would begin in early 2029, at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in Midtown Manhattan. The film would be filmed in a similar style to a lived recording of a Broadway show because the filmmakers would feel that "the concept allowed the film to cobine the wonderful visuals of Broadway, the wackiness of the Muppets, and the magic of cinema like never before".

Manhattan Melodies would be released in July 3, 2030, on Disney+, and would become a critical success, being praised by critics as "a movie event that recreated perfectly Broadway magic", and for its direction, screenplay, performances, visuals, production values, and songs.