Muppets to the City

Muppets on Broadway is an upcoming second sequel to 2011's "The Muppets" and 2014's "Muppets Most Wanted", and the 9th Muppet movie, in cooperation with The Jim Henson Company and co-produced by Jim Henson Pictures, with many similarities of the 1984 Sony/TriStar film, Muppets Take Manhattan. The plot for this movie is that the Muppets are trying to buy a Broadway theater for a Muppet musical as they stay at the Happiness Hotel in New York. Bret MacKenzie and Nick Stroller return to be writing for this movie. The human cast include Hugh Jackman (John Potts), Jennifer Connelly (Linda Potts), and Ariel Winter (Juliet Potts).

Plot


After the events of Muppets Most Wanted, the Muppets decide to do a next sequel about themselves who come to New York City to stay at the Happiness Hotel infested with Muppets while trying to get their musical variety show on Broadway. The theater inside the hotel has acts featuring the Zucchini Brothers, Wayne and Wanda, Bobby Benson's Baby Band, a melodrama with Miss Poogy, Uncle Deadly, and Wayne, Elvises performing "Suspicious Minds", Lubbock Lou's Jug Huggers jug band, etc. More info coming soon.

Human Cast

 * Hugh Jackman as John Potts
 * Jennifer Connelly as Linda Potts
 * Ariel Winter as Julie Potts

Guest Star Cameos

 * Jason Alexander,


 * Cedric the Entertainer,


 * Steve Martin,


 * George Clooney


 * Mindy Kaling,


 * Bill Hader


 * Madison Pettis


 * Glenn Close


 * Jane Krakowski


 * Idina Menzel,


 * Santino Fontana


 * Kristin Chenoweth


 * Mayor Michael Bloomberg


 * Whoopi Goldberg


 * Lilla Crawford


 * Jon Hamm,

Muppet Characters

 * Muppet Characters (speaking)
 * 80's Robot, Afghan Hound, Alynda, Andy and Randy Pig, Angel Marie, Angelo, Animal, Annie Sue, Babies, Baskerville, Beaker, Bean Bunny, Beard, Beauregard, Bertha, Behemoth, Beautiful Day Monster, Bill (frog), Bill the Bubble Guy, Big Mean Carl, Blind Pew, Bobby Benson, Bobo the Bear, Bubba the Rat, Camilla, Carter, Catgut, Chickens, Chip, Clifford, Constantine, Crazy Harry, Cue Card Monster, Cynthia Rose, David Hoggselhoff, Debbie, Denise, Digit, Doglion, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Dr. Phil Van Neuter, Dr. Teeth, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Dragon, Droop, Elephant, Elvises, Emily Bear, Flash, Flaubert, Floyd Pepper, the Flying Zucchini Brothers, Foo-Foo, Forcryingoutloud Bird,  Fozzie Bear, Frackles, Gaffer, George the Janitor, Giraffe, Gloria Estefan (penguin), Goat, Gonzo, Gorgon Heap, Harold (woodpecker), Hilda, Hobos, Howard Tubman, Janice, Johnny Fiama, J.P. Grosse, Kermit, Leon, Lew Zealand, Lindbergh, Link Hogthrob, Lion, Lips, Luncheon Counter Monster, Mahna Mahna, Marvin Suggs, Mildred Huxtetter, Miss Kitty, Miss Mousey, Miss Piggy, Miss Poogy, Mo Frackle, Mulch, the Mutations, Muppy, The Newsman, Nigel the Conductor, Nigel the Director, Ohboy Bird, Ohreally Bird, Old Joe, Old Tom, Penguins, Pepe the King Prawn, Pigeons, Pokey, Pops, Rats, Righton Bird, Rizzo, Robin, Rowlf, Sal Minella, Sam Eagle, Scooter, Seymour, Singing Food, Skeeter, Statler and Waldorf, Snowths, the Swedish Chef, Sweetums, Thog, Thingy-Thing, Uncle Deadly, Vicki, Walter, Wayne and Wanda, Whaddayasay Bird, Whatnots, Yolanda Rat, Youknow Bird, Zebra, Zoot
 * Background Muppets (non-speaking)
 * Ace Yu, Alligators, Alien Gonzos, Angus McGonagle, Aretha, Artie Springer, Audio Murphy, Baby Koozebanians, Baby Tree Creature, Badger, Bananas, Bears, Beastie, Beaver, Beggar, Begoony, Beth Bear, Betsy Bird, Big Head, The Birdman, Bison, Black Dog, Blotch, Bluebirds (including the Early Bird), Blustering Bellowpane Monster, Bossy Boots, the Bossmen, Brool the Minstrel, Brewster, Bubba, Bugsy Them, Bulls, Butane, Cactuses, Calico, Camel, Candle, Captain Pighead, Cats, Cecil Bear, Cinders, Chester Rat, Chopped Liver, Clams, Clarissa, Clodhoppers, Cockatoo, Colleen Barker, Cosmic Fish, Cows, Crab, Croaker, Crocodile, Dead Tom, Deer, Dodo Bird, Dogs, Dolphins, Donkey, Ducks, Earl, Edgar Bear, The Early Bird, Eugene the Tuba Player, Fazoobs, Fast Eddie, Fish, Fish Singer, Fleet Scribbler, Fletcher Bird, Flower-Eating Monster, Flowers, Fox, Frogs, Frank the Dog, Gawky Birds, Geri and the Atrics, Gertha, Gil (frog), Gimley, Gimley's Boss, Gladys the Cafeteria Lady, Gnu, Goggles, Gorillas, Gramps, Grizzly Bear, Grump, Hippopotamus, Horses, Iguana, Inkspots, J.G., Jacques Roach, James Bobin Muppet, Jill (frog), Jim the Dog, Jones, Jowls, Kangaroo, Koala, Koozebanian Phoob, Laughing Boy, Laundress, Large Marvin Fraggle, Lemur, Lenny the Lizard, Llama, Lobsters, Louis Kazagger, Lubbock Lou, Mad Dog, Male Koozebanian, Masterson Rat, Mean Mama, Merdlidops, Mice, Mickey Moose, Miss Belle, Mr. Bitte, Mr. Curly Twirly, Mr. Poodlepants, Mr. Moosehead, Mrs. Applebee, Mrs. Dilber, Mudge, Mudwell Mudbunny, Murray the Minstrel, Muppets Tonight band accordion-player, Muppets Tonight band bass-player, Muppets Tonight band drummer, Muppets Tonight band violinist, Norman (ram), Octopus, One-Eyed Jack, Ostrich, Owl, Parrots, Pervical Bear, Pelican, Pigs, Platypus, Poison Cackler, Polar Bear, Porcupine, Prairie Dogs, Quongo the Gorilla, Rabbits, Raccoons, Real Old Tom, Red monster pirate, Rhinoceros, Scruffy, Sea Lion, Shaky Sanchez, Shark, Sheep, Shakes, Shirley, Skunk, Slim Wilson, Snakes, Sopwith the Camel, Sprocket, Squirrels, Tatooey Rat, Talking Busts, Terri Springer, Thompson's Gazelle, Thor, Troy, Tiger, Timmy Monster, Trumpet Girl, Turtle, Turkey, Undertaker, Unicorn, Vulture, Walleye Pike, Walrus, Wander McMooch, Water Buffalo, Weather Guy, Wesley, Whaddyasay Bird, Whale, Winny, Wolf, Wolfhound, Yellow monster pirate, Yak, Zeke, Zelda Rose, Zippity Zap, Zondra
 * Sesame Street Muppets (speaking): 
 * Bert, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Ernie, Grover, Oscar the Grouch

Muppet Performers

 * Steve Whitmire as Kermit the Frog, Foo-Foo, Statler, Beaker, Lips, Flash, Rizzo the Rat, Link Hogthrob, The Newsman, Bean Bunny, Andy Pig, Green Frackle, Goat
 * Eric Jacobson as Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam Eagle, Marvin Suggs, George the Janitor, Mulch, Baby, Bert, Grover, Oscar the Grouch, Forcryingoutloud Bird, Blue Frackle
 * Dave Goelz as Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot, Beauregard, Waldorf, Baby, Chip, Randy Pig, Muppy, Digit
 * Bill Barretta as Bobo the Bear, Big Mean Carl, one of the Elvises, Johnny Fiamma, Pepe the King Prawn, The Swedish Chef, Rowlf the Dog, Dr. Teeth, Behemoth, Bill the Bubble Guy, Doglion, Baby, Lead Hobo Muppet, Mahna Mahna, Howard Tubman, David Hoggselhoff, Flaubert, Righton Bird, Angel Marie
 * Peter Linz as Walter, Skeeter, Baby, Droop, Snowth, Gloria Estefan (penguin), Purple Frackle, Baskerville, Thingy-Thing, Whatnot, Luncheon Counter Monster, Catgut
 * David Rudman as Scooter, Janice, Wayne, Bobby Benson, Miss Poogy, Sal Minella, Seymour the Elephant, Dr. Phil Van Neuter, Mildred Huxtetter, Gorgon Heap, Ohboy Bird, Old Joe, Lion, Nigel the Director, Cookie Monster
 * Matt Vogel as Floyd Pepper, Lew Zealand, Crazy Harry, Robin the Frog, Camilla, Sweetums, Uncle Deadly, Pops, '80s Robot, Beard, Emily Bear, Constantine, Snowth, Whaddayasay Bird, Miss Mousey, Harold the Woodpecker, J.P. Grosse, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Giraffe, Big Bird (voice)
 * Alice Dinnean as Hilda, Wanda, Baby, Alynda, Ohreally Bird, Pink Frackle, Gaffer, Cynthia Rose, Whatnot, Bertha
 * Ryan Dillon as Clifford, Leon
 * Rebecca Wilson (dancer) - Kermit (alternate puppeteer)
 * Tyler Bunch as Thog, Blind Pew, Angelo, Baby, Hobo, Old Tom, Bill (frog)
 * Jennifer Barnhart as Big Bird #1 (body performer)
 * Carey Stinson as Big Bird #2 (body performer)
 * NY Muppet Performers : Martin P. Robinson (Zucchini Brother), Carmen Osbahr (Baby), Joey Mazzarino (Zuchinni Brother), Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Vicki), John Tartaglia (Zucchini Brother), Pam Arciero (Afghan Hound), Julianne Buescher (Yolanda Rat, Denise, Debbie, Youknow Bird), Louise Gold (Annie Sue)
 * Additional  NY Muppet Performers : Anthony Asbury, Heather Asch, Billy Barkhurst (Ernie, Nigel the Conductor), Carol Farabee (Ernie's right hand), Lisa Buckley, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Melissa Creighton, Frankie Cordero, James Godwin, BJ Guyer, Andy Hayward, Patrick Holmes, Haley Jenkins, John Kennedy (Baby), Jim Kroupa (Miss Kitty), Michael Latin, Michael Lisa, Amanda Maddock, David Matthew Feldman, Ed May (Mutation), Tracie Mick, Paul McGinnis (Baby), Lara MacLean, Noel MacNeal (Baby), Marc Petrosino, Andy Stone, Ian Sweetman, Chris Thomas Hayes
 * LA Muppet Performers : David Barclay, Tim Blaney, Kevin Carlson (Cue Card Monster and Pokey), Nathan Danforth (Beautiful Day Monster), Tanya Haden, Patrick Johnson, Sean Johnson, Brian Jones, Donna Kimball, James Murray, Tim Lagasse, Bruce Lanoil (Hobo, Zebra), Drew Massey, Ted Michaels, Michael Oosterom (Mo Frackle), Karen Prell, Michael Quinn, Brett O'Quinn, Michelan Sisti, David Skelly, Allan Trautman, Victor Yerrid, Art Vega (Carter), Alex Villa, Chase Woolner, Doreen Davis (Whatnot)

Trivia

 * The Happiness Hotel of New York (formerly the Muppet Hotel), a free hotel but not always dissipating as the one in London, has 4000 deluxe rooms, four restaurants including a buffet, a swimming pool and waterpark, a petting farm, a 5,000,000 gallon aquarium, a concert, an IMAX movie theater, a nightclub, a comedy club, eight ballrooms, a convention center, a conference room, a video arcade, a live stage theater, a spa, a business center, a fitness center, a transit station with a bus, taxi, and shuttle, a pet resort, and even a monster resort.
 * Skeeter makes her official non-animated debut in the Muppets franchise. Her puppet is recycled from a Zoot puppet from 2011-2015 and she resembles what she really looks like in The Muppets (TV series) issues.
 * This movie will be filmed at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York City, New York (that is where Sesame Street is taped since 1992).
 * The obscure characters from Fraggle Rock (including Sprocket) and "Dog City" make their first appearance on a Muppet film since Muppet Treasure Island when The Jim Henson Company, who owns Fraggle Rock and "Dog City", gives Disney permission to use them for this movie as background characters.
 * Working titles for this movie include "The Muppets 3" and "The Muppets...Once Again".
 * The Muppet Babies will return for their puppet appearance during their flashback as babies.
 * A new full-body Muppet debuts in this movie: this time a full-body Muppet elephant that is manipulated by two Muppeteers, one performing in the front using his arm to manipulate its trunk (like Marty Robinson and (the late) Jerry Nelson performing Snuffleupagus on "Sesame Street") and an additional one performing in the back.
 * A very large Muppet dragon takes about five Muppeteers to operate it.
 * Big Bird will have two duplicates: one for Jennifer Barnhart for most of the film, and the other for Carey Stinson for quick entrances and exits.