Bret McKenzie is adapting Jim Henson's 1970s TV special Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas as a movie

Posted by Norman Weiss
Monday 10/21/19 at 11:02PM EDT

Variety

The Flight of the Conchords star is adapting 1977 special, based on the Russell Hoban children's book of the same name. The special, which aired on HBO and ABC, made Henson's The Muppets famous and introduced the world to Kermit the Frog.

TOPICS: Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, The Muppets, Bret McKenzie, Jim Henson, Kermit the Frog