How in the world does The Happytime Murders exist? This upcoming raunchy, puppet-filled comedy seems like something that would’ve been hatched from some drug-induced fever dream and yet somehow director Brian Henson was able to secure financing and distribution as well as a marquee name in Melissa McCarthy to star. STX Entertainment will pull the strings and release the raunchiness of The Happytime Murders into theaters on August 17, 2018.
Based upon this (NSFW) red band trailer, The Happytime Murders will quite possibly be the most raunchy movie of the summer, depending on your personal taste this can either be glorious or horrific. If you ever wanted to see muppet-like puppets do drugs, The Happytime Murders delivers. If you ever wanted to see muppet-like puppets murder each other, The Happytime Murders delivers. If you ever wanted to see muppet-like puppets fuck, The Happytime Murders delivers.
I’m not entirely sold on this collision between adult humor and puppets, but I’m intrigued that Maya Rudolph, Joel McHale, and Elizabeth Banks appear to support McCarthy and her puppet co-stars. Hopefully, STX and Melissa McCarthy can get the message out there that The Happytime Murders is not for kids, otherwise there’ll be a ton of angry parents and traumatized kids out there when the film opens in theaters on August 17, 2018.
The official synopsis for The Happytime Murders:
No Sesame. All Street. THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS is a filthy comedy set in the underbelly of Los Angeles where puppets and humans coexist. Two clashing detectives with a shared secret, one human (Melissa McCarthy) and one puppet, are forced to work together again to solve the brutal murders of the former cast of a beloved classic puppet television show.
FUCK I am so down for this movie!