Jim Henson Biopic On The Way

Jim Henson is one man that I think everyone is familiar with. We have all grown up with Sesame Street and I absolutely fell in love with his dark fantasy film, Dark Crystal. Honestly I have never really gotten into watching too many of the recent biopics but Jim Henson is someone whom I know very little about and it would be interesting to learn a little more about the guy.

According to ComingSoon.net, the Empire Film Group Inc. has acquired the motion picture production and distribution rights to Henson, an original screenplay by Robert D. Slane. Empire plans for the production to begin in late summer with a budget of around $30 million. The studio also hinted that are looking at hiring a big name director like Penny Marshall.

"Jim Henson is one of the best known and most beloved entertainers of all time," said Empire Home Entertainment President Eric Parkinson. "His story is inspiring, tragic, heartwarming and epic, and will make for an important and entertaining motion picture. This is the sort of movie that Empire will be pursuing as we build the company into a leading independent studio."