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Melissa McCarthy experiences pure ecstasy in The Happytime Murders clip

August 17, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

STX Entertainment has released a new clip from the upcoming R-rated comedy The Happytime Murders which sees Melissa McCarthy’s Detective Edwards visiting a puppet dealer and trying out their drug of choice, rock sugar – which the dealer claims “will put a human in a diabetic coma for a month, but to a puppet… pure […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: melissa mccarthy, The Happytime Murders

R-rated puppet comedy The Happytime Murders gets a new trailer

August 13, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

We can’t imagine it will have much of a shot come awards season but STX Entertainment has released a brand new ‘For Your Consideration’ trailer for the upcoming R-rated puppet comedy The Happytime Murders. Maybe they’re eyeing that new Achievement in Popular Film Oscar?! Check it out here, along with a new TV spot… SEE […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: The Happytime Murders

The Happytime Murders promos warn “It’s Not a Kid’s Movie”

August 7, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

With The Happytime Murders set to arrive in cinemas later this month, STX Entertainment has released two Public Service Announcement-style promo videos for the R-rated puppet comedy which you can watch here… SEE ALSO: R-rated puppet comedy The Happytime Murders gets a batch of official images https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCoLJbSsqQQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIhkYOY_VzE SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for The Happytime Murders […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: The Happytime Murders

R-rated puppet comedy The Happytime Murders gets a batch of official images

August 1, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

The past week we’ve brought you a poster and four TV spots for The Happytime Murders, and now with a little over three weeks to go until its US release, a new batch of images have arrived online for Brian Henson’s R-rated puppet comedy; check them out here… SEE ALSO: The Happytime Murders gag that was […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: The Happytime Murders

R-rated puppet comedy The Happytime Murders gets four new TV spots

July 31, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

Following last week’s poster for The Happytime Murders [take a look here], four new TV spots have arrived online for Brian Henson’s upcoming puppet noir comedy which you can check out below… SEE ALSO: The Happytime Murders gag that was deemed too vulgar for the movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4B8VNXuy00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rjaf5jpSpfE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLHe4DhYpBg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5_Rdfjvst0 SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for The Happytime […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: The Happytime Murders

The Happytime Murders poster promises sex, murder and puppets

July 26, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its release next month, a new poster has arrived online for director Brian Henson’s upcoming puppet noir comedy The Happytime Murders featuring Melissa McCarthy’s Detective Connie Edwards and Bill Barretta’s disgraced puppet P.I. Phil Philips; take a look here… SEE ALSO: The Happytime Murders gag that was deemed too vulgar for the movie SEE […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: melissa mccarthy, The Happytime Murders

The Happytime Murders gag that was deemed too vulgar for the movie

July 18, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

As we saw from the first trailer, The Henson Company’s upcoming puppet noir comedy The Happytime Murders certainly looks to be making full use of its R-rating with a healthy dose of sex, violence, swearing and drug use. However, as director Brian Henson has revealed to Cinema Blend, there was one joke which they felt […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Brian Henson, The Happytime Murders

Sesame Street loses lawsuit over The Happytime Murders

May 31, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Last week it was reported that Sesame Workshop, the company behind the classic children’s show Sesame Street, had filed a lawsuit against STX Entertainment regarding the upcoming Melissa McCarthy puppet noir comedy The Happytime Murders. The suit alleged that the Brian Henson-directed R-rated comedy could cause “devastating and irreparable injury” to Sesame Street, particularly through the […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: sesame street, The Happytime Murders

Sesame Street launches files against The Happytime Murders

May 26, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Last week we got our first red band trailer for The Happytime Murders, the upcoming raunchy, violent R-rated comedy from director Brian Henson and The Jim Henson Company, which sees Melissa McCarthy teaming up with a disgraced ex-cop and puppet private detective in order to solve a series of killings. The red band trailer seemed to […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: sesame street, The Happytime Murders

Puppet noir The Happytime Murders gets a NSFW first trailer

May 18, 2018 by Amie Cranswick

STX Entertainment has debuted the first red band trailer and poster for the upcoming puppet noir The Happytime Murders. Directed by Brian Henson, the film is set in a world where both humans and puppets co-exist and features a cast that includes Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Joel McHale, and Elizabeth Banks; take a look at the […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Brian Henson, Elizabeth Banks, Joel McHale, Maya Rudolph, melissa mccarthy, The Happytime Murders

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