The Jim Henson Company has picked up the spec script The Happytime Murders, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The project, which is a film noir murder mystery, will fall under the company's Henson Alternative banner, a division that develops projects not intended for children.
Brian Henson, co-CEO of the Jim Henson Co. and one of the late puppeteer's sons, is on board to direct.
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.
The script was written by Todd Berger from a story he worked on with Dee Austin Robertson.
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