First Look: Concept Art for the Puppet Film Noir ‘Happytime Murders’

While we’ve been excited for the puppet film noir The Happytime Murders since it was announced in 2008, the casting of Katherine Heigl in one of the lead human roles left a bad taste in my mouth. However, given the premise and adult nature of the film, we’re still willing to see how it turns out, especially with a couple pieces of concept art that Collider has gotten ahold of. There’s a grisly scene of a puppet murder and a glimpse at our detective protagonist Phil Phillips who is looking for a serial killer who murdered his brother and is now targeting cast members of the famous 80’s TV show, “The Happytime Gang.” Look! A look at Brian Henson’s The Happytime Murders via Collider (another look at Phil Phillips here): This art just gets me all sorts of excited to see how this film turns out. All the stuffing thrown everywhere like …