Make A Muppet Movie

Simple enough, name a movie to remake with a Muppet cast.
Any genre you like, but you can keep just ONE human actor.

For example:
Escape From New York

Keep Lee Van Cleef

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The Empire Strikes Back

Morgan Freeman as Yoda.

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Dune.

Keep Patrick Stewart as Gurney

  • Miss Piggey as Reverend Mother
  • Gonzo as Paul Atreides
  • Fozzie as Baron Harkonen
  • Rolf as Duncan Idaho
  • Kermit as Yueh
  • Cookie Monster as Duke Leto
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The Princess Bride.
Keep Peter Falk to tell the tale (to Robin).

Kermit as Wesley, Piggy as Buttercup, Gonzo as Inigo, Sweetums as Fezzig, Fozzie as Vizzini.

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The Dark Knight

Kermit as Bruce Wayne/Batfrog
Fozzie Bear as the Joker
Sam Eagle as Commissioner Gordon
Miss Piggy as Rachel Dawes
Professor Honeydew as Lucius Fox
Gonzo as Harvey Dent/Blue-Face

Keep: Michael Caine as Alfred

ETA: Looks like some internet denizens have already been thinking along similar lines based on the fan art out there.

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That’d put Michael Caine in TWO muppet movies!

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Wait until you hear my idea for a Muppet-based remake of Get Carter.

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Cider House Muppets
The Ipcress Muppet
Billion Dollar Muppet
The Italian Muppet

I think I’ve found a problem with the rules.

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Funeral in Berlin Muppets.

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Alien
Keep Ian Holm as Ash

Miss Piggy as Ripley
Kermit as Dallas
Janice as Lambert
Fozzie as Parker
Gonzo as Kane

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Pepe the Prawn as the Chestburster.

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Someone beat us to it.

Full sketch:

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Aliens then.

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Statler and Waldorf: “Hey Piggy! Do you ever get mistaken for a man?”

Piggy: “No, do you?”

Statler and Waldorf: “OOOHHHH She got us!”

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I was gonna say; if you cast Piggy in that movie it would be a tough call whether to let her play the lead (Ripley), the ass-kicking badass (Vasquez), or the literal alien Queen.

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Piggy as the Alien Queen, Camilla as Vasquez, and Red Fraggle as Ripley?

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I think this casting problem underscores the need for more female muppets. Most of the recognizable ones other than Miss Piggy are still under contract with Sesame Street.

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The OG Muppets had Piggy, Janice, Annie Sue (the other pig), Camilla, and not much else. The lack of good female Muppet characters led to Skeeter in Muppet Babies.

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Yeah, and while I’ve always been a fan of Janice I’m under no illusions about her ability to carry a leading role. At least we have The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance now.

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