Walt Disney Home Entertainment will bring
The Muppets to Blu-ray in March. Director James Bobin's spirited family comedy stars Amy Adams (
Enchanted ) and Jason Segel (
How I Met Your Mother ) as a young couple who take a trip to Hollywood and find themselves helping the Muppets as the famed felt performers confront Tex Richman (Chris Cooper,
Seabiscuit ), an evil oil tycoon seeking control of the Muppets' beloved theater.
Written by Segel & Nicholas Stoller (
Forgetting Sarah Marshall ) and featuring new songs from Bret McKenzie (
Flight of the Conchords ),
The Muppets has a star-studded cast that includes Alan Arkin (
Little Miss Sunshine ), Rashida Jones (
I Love You, Man ), Zach Galifianakis (
Bored to Death ), Ken Jeong (
The Hangover ), Jim Parsons (
The Big Bang Theory ), Kristen Schaal (
Toy Story 3 ), and Sarah Silverman (
There's Something About Mary ) alongside a host of surprise celebrity cameos.
Disney is offering two Blu-ray versions of the film -
the three-disc Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy/Soundtrack Download "Wocka Wocka Value Pack" and
a standard Blu-ray/DVD combo pack .
Both sets present the film in its 1.85:1 original aspect ratio with a 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio track and contain the following bonus supplements.
Commentary with Jason Segel, James Bobin, and Nicholas Stoller
Disney Intermission featureTwo behind-the-scenes featurettes:
- Scratching The Surface: A Hasty Examination Of The Making Of The Muppets A Little Screen Test On The Way To The Read-Through Explaining Evil : The full Tex Richman songBlu-ray-exclusive Longest Blooper Reel Ever Made (In Muppet History) featureUnreleased theatrical spoof trailers
Deleted scenes
The Muppets is expected to street on March 20th.
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