A new international poster for Disney’s new Muppet movie, aptly titled, The Muppets, has just dropped. Unlike all of the trailers that have been released, the poster does not feature any of the human actors, like Jason Segal and Amy Adams, that are appearing in the film.

Written by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller and directed by James Bobin  (“The Flight of the Conchords”, “Da Ali G Show”), the first theatrical Muppet movie since 1999 stars Segel, Adams, Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones, Alan Arkin, Jack Black, Billy Crystal, Zach Galifianakis, Neil Patrick Harris, Ricky Gervais and Emily Blunt among many others.  This is the first Muppet movie without Frank Oz, who retired from his “Muppet career” after Muppets in Space, choosing to focus instead on his directorial efforts, although he still occasionally performs on Sesame Street. His characters have officially been taken over by Eric Jacobson.

‘The Muppets’ – Official Movie Trailer

The plot involves Gary (Jason Segel), his Muppet roommate Walter,  and his friend from Smalltown, USA, Mary (Adams) who must help Kermit and company get back together, since they’ve all gone their separate ways (Fozzie now performs with a tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at French Vogue, Animal is in a clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a wealthy plumbing magnate), in order to put on a show, actually The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever, to save their old studio, Muppet Theater, when it is scheduled to be destroyed by greedy oil tycoon, Tex Richman. (Chris Cooper).

Who doesn’t love the Muppets? I can’t wait!

Walt Disney Pictures is doing a rolling release for The Muppets. In the US and Canada, we’ll get it on 23 November, the UK not until 17 February 2012 with the rest of the world falling in between.