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Kids of the 80’s rejoice, ?Fraggle Rock is being turned into a live-action musical movie!? The show premiered on HBO in 1983, ran five seasons and was broadcast in more than 80 countries.? And now according to Variety, the Weinstein Co. has hired Cory Edwards to direct and write the? feature film. The Jim Henson Company (Muppet’s) will produce the movie, and Ahmet Zappa will be one of the film’s executive producers. The producers will also ask popular bands to write songs for the movie. And just like the series, the film will be populated by a mix of human characters and Fraggle Rock puppets. The movie adaption will take the core characters Gogo, Wembley, Mokey, Boober and Red outside of their home in Fraggle Rock, where they interact with humans, which they think are aliens.

So let the music play and let a new generation dance their cares away and worry another day, down at Fraggle Rock!