'Sesame Street' Sues Melissa McCarthy
by EG
The makers of children's show Sesame Street are not at all happy that Melissa McCarthy is evoking their brand to promote a raunchy new movie featuring Muppet-like puppets. McCarthy's The Happytime Murders will revolve around a series of violent puppet murders that McCarthy's detective character must solve. A new trailer for the movie includes profanity, explicit sexual language, violence and direct references to Sesame Street and The Muppets. It's questionable whether anyone will find the movie funny, but the Sesame Street producers definitely don't.
Via USAToday.
NEW YORK (AP) — The makers of Sesame Street are suing the creators of a new Melissa McCarthy movie, saying they're abusing the famed puppets' sterling reputation to promote the film.
A judge Friday scheduled a hearing next week to consider a request for immediate relief by Sesame Workshop, which sued Thursday in federal court for unspecified damages.
The film, The Happytime Murders, is scheduled for release Aug. 17. McCarthy plays a human detective who teams with a puppet partner to investigate grisly puppet murders.
The lawsuit said the Sesame Street brand will be harmed by a just-released movie trailer featuring "explicit, profane, drug-using, misogynistic, violent, copulating and even ejaculating puppets" along with the tagline "NO SESAME. ALL STREET."
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