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'Happytime Murders' at Henson Alternative

The Jim Henson Company has picked up the spec script The Happytime Murders, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The story takes place in a world where humans and puppets co-exist, with the puppets viewed as second-class citizens. When the puppet cast of an '80s children's TV show called "The Happytime Gang" begins to get murdered one by one, a disgraced puppet LAPD detective turned private eye—with a drinking problem, no less—takes on the case.

Silberling Gets 'Lost' at Universal

Director Brad Silberling (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) will next helm Will Ferrell in Land of the Lost, a big-screen adaptation of the cult children's TV series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Silberling's boarding finally makes a go of Lost, which had been in development at Disney, Sony and Warner Bros. before Universal resurrected the project in spring 2005.

Milton's 'Paradise Lost' Goes to Hollywood

John Milton's epic biblical poem, Paradise Lost, is being turned into a live-action film.

'Office' Worker Fischer Laces Up for 'Blades'

"The Office" star Jenna Fischer will lace up for the ice-skating comedy Blades of Glory.