With nearly 50 Million dollars in tickets sold in it's opening weekend, The Muppets is a bona fide hit. But that success was never certain as Disney took a huge risk in rebooting a forty year old franchise. In fact, Disney's concern for the project extended through every facet of the film's production. This resulted in several major changes to the script... Most notably, a couple celebrity cameo's were removed because a sub-plot involving the film's villain, Tex Richman was removed. Which may have also lead to a major change in the way the film ended.
According to movie blog BadAssDigest, There are still many elements of the original ending that are still intact in the theatrical version. Still, the film was originally supposed to end on a MUCH more upbeat note instead of the unexpected but still awesome 'we failed, but everything turns out alright' ending that made it's way into theaters.
According to BadAssDigest: The endings diverge when the big tote board comes up one dollar short. In the released film Fozzie bumps it and we see they're actually millions short. In the original film they're always one dollar short, and when it looks like all hope is lost Waldorf and Statler pipe up from the balcony. "That wasn't so bad after all," they say, and toss down a dollar. The Muppets are victorious.
Make sure you check out the full article at BadAssDigest.com
-Admiral Duke
1 comment:
I still don't know how I felt about the ending of the movie but I kind of like how it was supposed to be. There was just not enough W & S for me. - Stelle
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