There's a conversation starter that has popped up in a couple of my friend groups that is similar to this, basically "what movies would be improved by all but one actor being replaced by muppets?" My answer has consistently been Face/Off with Nic Cage as the only human actor. I even threw a poster together...

So basically the Muppet Treasure Island and Muppet Christmas Carol treatment for cartoons.

Yes, that would clearly work and Disney is squandering the potential.

This idea makes too much sense and would make way too much money.

Disney board - "Pass"

imagine the merchandizing potential of a muppet Jedi, and Yoda (the only human) is Danny Devito.

Also why are these recent live action remakes so boring? Even my children couldn't get past five minutes in any of them.

This is basically the same strategy that put Lego back on top. And clearly that's working brilliantly.

Aside: Lego was staring into void until they changed leadership and pivoted to this "license everything" strategy. Why? The patent on their bricks was about to expire. Rather than run on brand recognition alone, they embraced something else that nobody else could get. Disney should take note here: any other studio could start cranking out irreverent send-ups of classic fairy tales, but they won't have Muppets.

Hugh Jackman as "hideous non-Muppet Beast", plus he gets to sing and dance. I know he'd jump at the opportunity.

Please don't remind current-state Disney of this, unless you want to see yet another beloved franchise destroyed in an inconceivable way.

That seems to be Disney's only achievable direction right now. Massacring all creativity out of everything they own for sake of...I can't even tell anymore, but apparently it's somehow not even money.

They don't even have to be high budget either I'd watch the lowest budget muppet remake over the highest budget live action remake anyday

They are too chicken shit to put out a new story, 90% of the time anyhow

I don't get why people love Muppets so much. I pretty much grew up without it, and I think one time my mom let us take a Muppet movie home from the library when I was a kid, and it was.... Alright. I guess.

Anyone care to explain what they like about about them?

Micheal Cane was awesome in the Muppet movie he starred in because he treated his fellow muppets like people.

Tim Curry was awesome in the Muppet movie he starred in because he treated himself like a fellow Muppet.

Said it before I'll say it again, full original trilogy star wars with Muppets, all human characters are Muppets, all muppet aliens are humans (Jaba, Yoda, etc). It would print money

Have him played by a Hemsworth lol

I can't say about Europe, but Asia doesn't have the cultural pull for the muppets. I suspect China's indifference to the Muppets makes it less lucrative.

So Beast is Grover?

So … Shrek?

they'll make the transformation certifiable body horror

The Beast's true form should be Sweetums.