Well, there you go. The Ron Howard helmed documentary we’ve been waiting for since . . . what, 2022? finally arrives on Disney+ on May 31, and it’s got a title: Jim Henson: Idea Man. Vanity Fair has a pretty good sneak preview you can see here, and I’m hoping we’ll get a video trailer sometime here soon.
And for those who have kindly asked: no, I had no involvement in this project, apart from clearing a smidge of audio for their use (it’s not me talking, but the voice of someone I interviewed, so you’ll get to hear their voice in the documentary, which I love. I’m just hoping they can use some of the newfangled Peter Jackson audio wizardry that they used in Get Back to clear it up a bit). Anyway, this will be as shiny and new and exciting to me as it is to you, which, as a fan, is a great feeling. May 31 can’t get here fast enough.
Brian Jay Jones 