Katherine Heigl Joining Jim Henson Co’s R-Rated Puppet Film ‘Happytime Murders’

For some time now Brian Henson and The Jim Henson Co. has been the target of a film called The Happy Time Murders, an R-rated detective film noir in a world that allows the development of puppets and humans coexist. The route will be a wave of murders of stars a puppet television show called The Happy Time Gang. The killings provoked a scandal detective puppet of retirement to solve the case and avoid further losses. Little progress has been made to develop the picture so far: Paul Bettany is in talks to star.Heigl gets angry his niche as a light rom-com actress in a multi-faceted. Just yesterday we were told they would be in the drama-thriller with a blind face detection. And now, if this project.This with very off-beat is not the first attempt of a film of puppets for adults on the theme. In 1989, Peter Jackson directed the black comedy Meet the Feebles, who presented a series of vicious, corrupt puppet characters and shady, with the other criminals in the different scenarios and dark behind the scenes of his new performance. The murders Happy Time seems more in line with the front with another film of the year, however: Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a tour de force in the premise animation.The tape unhappy detectives on his boots and more in the game to protect? Members of the film industry is for both films. Furthermore, as in Roger Rabbit? (And its literary source material), the non-human characters in the murders Happy Time are considered second class citizens. Hopefully the murders will be Happy Time as masterfully as Who Framed Roger Rabbit? This is a dangerous game. But it will at least probably better than Meet the Feebles.No whatever the intrigues of the project. Puppets, people and unite Heigl Source: Deadline