The crew of the Swinetrek can play the main crew of the C-57D. Sundry muppets could play sundry crew members. Dr. Honeydew could be Mobius, Beaker could be his daughter (why not?), Animal could be the Id monster and Robbie would play himself, of course.
I can’t decide whether The Wicker Muppet would work. Kermit as Sgt Howie is fine (or Beaker to switch things up), and Miss Piggy’s scenes as Willow pretty much film themselves. It’s less obvious why Lord Summerisle would be Rowlf, but my third eye tells me this is correct. I just dunno if it could come together as a whole, because muppets are sort of already the costumed villagers from the finale. The extra layers would make it either profound or a train wreck.
Muppets Hunt for Red October is an automatic hit, though bad news for Miss Piggy as it’s a sausage fest (who even remembers that the only woman in the original is Gates McFadden?)
Oooh, I love this. In my head right now, I’m working on the details of a Muppet Harold and Maude.
The romantic leads are the usual Muppet romantic leads, obvs. I think Harold’s mother Mrs Chasen would have to be the live role? Sam the Eagle as Harold’s General uncle films itself. Fozzie as the befuddled priest with the stolen VW, Gonzo as the motorcycle cop seem like good fits.
The one tiny issue I have with this: every other amazing Muppets version, real or hypothetical, has that reality-jumping leap of faith that makes me go “Oh wow, that’s a brilliant move, and they pulled it off!”. A Muppet EEAAO would be awesome, but it’s almost already a Muppet movie (in the best possible way).
The problem with the list is that Muppets are innocent and meant to be fun. Putting them in a movie that’s meant to be serious - Schindler’s List??? not only diminishes a serious movie, it undermines what makes the Muppets such an incredible creation.
Having said all that Muppets Three Musketeers seems almost too obvious. Sword fighting, Kermit as D’Artagnan; Piggy as M’Lady and - I don’t know - Jonathan Pryce or Vincent Cassel as the Cardinal.