Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery director Rian Johnson has responded to requests from fans for The Muppets to feature in his next Knives Out film.
While Johnson said the idea of Kermit and Miss Piggy crossing paths with Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc may have originated as a joke on social media, he did admit to giving it some actual thought.
"It’s a joke that I thought was pretty brilliant, and I ended up really giving [it] some serious thought," he revealed in a recent interview with Tudum.
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However, some deeper thought led Johnson to the conclusion that a crossover between the two just wouldn't work out.
"As much as I take the murder mystery genre seriously, I take the genre of a Muppet movie seriously," he continued.
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"I think those two things have very different rules. You can either have a Benoit Blanc mystery that has Muppets in it, but they'll feel out of place.
"Or you can have a Muppet movie that Benoit Blanc is in, but it'll feel like a Muppet movie."
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The filmmaker added: "I wouldn't want to compromise either of them. And I feel like in order to make it well and make it work, you'd have to make a choice and compromise one or the other.
"If I ever make a Muppet movie, I just want to make a great Muppet movie."
All hope is not lost, though, as Johnson did go on to tease that there is a slight chance he would actually follow through with it in the future.
When asked which Muppet would be the culprit, he replied: "I can't reveal that. What if I do it someday?"
Knives Out is available to rent or buy on DVD, Blu-ray or as a digital download – and its sequel Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is available to stream on Netflix.
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