Tina Fey is in final negotiations to star alongside Ricky Gervais in the sequel to
The Muppets, which is currently under the working title
The Muppets...Again (
/Film).
Days before she co-hosts the Golden Globes, Tina Fey is in late-stage negotiations to star as the female lead in Disney’s sequel to The Muppets, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
Fey would join Ricky Gervais as the human stars of the movie, which sees the felt-and-fur-lined puppets engaged in a European-set adventure. Modern Family star Ty Burrell also has a leading role.
The script is being kept secret, but the character descriptions point to a caper. Burrell, as first revealed by THR, is playing a lazy Interpol inspector.
If a deal is finalized, sources say Fey would play a Russian gulag prison guard.
Source:
The Hollywood Reporter
