Popular puppet series Fraggle Rock to appear on big screen

Joseph Gordon-Levitt has finally kick-started the decade old project of the cinematic adaptation of Jim Henson’s Fraggle Rock. The Inception actor is set to produce and star in the big-screen version of the dancing and singing puppet series.

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The popular Canadian television show, which ran from 1883 to 1887, was about a society of Muppet creatures called Fraggles. The Dark Knight Rises star expressed his love for the show to Variety saying, “The first screen personas I ever loved were Henson creations, first on Sesame Street, and then on Fraggle Rock”. “Jim Henson’s characters make you laugh and sing, but they’re also layered, surprising, and wise. From Oscar the Grouch, to Yoda, to the Fraggles. I’ve never stopped loving his work, even as a young frisky man, and on into adulthood," said the 34-year-old producer of the project, which is a joint venture between New Regency, The Henson Co. and Lisa Henson.