At this rate, if the Muppets marketing team release teaser videos every week until Thanksgiving, I will be a happy clam.

Here’s the official plot description.

“On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from
Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil
recently discovered beneath the Muppets’ former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called the Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate. With secret, signature, celebrity cameos, “The Muppets” hits the big screen Nov. 23, 2011.”

The fact that they have cast Oscar-winning actor (and frequent John Sayles collaborator) Chris Cooper in this film both astounds and delights me. Segel is clearly a longtime fan of the Muppets mythology, given some of the aspects he’s worked into the film (wanting to save the old Muppet theater, for example).