30 Most Anticipated Movies For The Rest Of 2018

By James Hunt / May 12, 2018

21. The Happytime Murders

Brian Henson hasn't directed a feature film since 1996's Muppet Treasure Island and, for a man who brought us the greatest Christmas/Muppet movie ever made, that's much too long.

The Happytime Murders, then, looks like a wonderful and weird return for Henson, with the movie billed as a neo-noir puppet comedy horror film.

The excellent premise is that the movie is set in a world where puppets co-exist with humans, and private eye and disgraced ex-cop Phil Phillips (long-time Muppeteer Bill Barretta) goes on the hunt for a serial killer who has been targeting cast members of 80s TV series The Happytime Gang. The human cast includes the likes of Melissa McCarthy, Elizabeth Banks, Joel McHale, and Maya Rudolph.

Release Date: August 17