Do We Really Need a Miss Piggy Movie?

Don't get me wrong - I love Miss Piggy. Always have. She's dramatic, confident, iconic, and unapologetically high-maintenance. She's the original influencer, really, before TikTok, before reality TV, before we even had words like "main character energy." So when I heard she's getting her own movie, produced by Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone, I wanted to be excited. I did. But then I thought: do we really need a Miss Piggy movie?

The idea sounds amazing on paper: a new generation discovering one of pop culture's most fabulous characters, a feminist twist written by Cole Escola, and presumably dripping in pink sequins and self-love. But somewhere between nostalgia and reinvention, I can't help but ask if the Muppets still have a place in today's cultural landscape.

Can you remember the last time you actually saw the Muppets do something that mattered? Their last Disney+ special came and went without much noise. Their Disney World attraction, Muppet Vision 3D, was shut down earlier this year and quietly replaced by something flashier. And yet here comes Miss Piggy, strutting her way back into the spotlight as if to say, "Excusez-moi, I never left."

Could this be the point? Do we just need Piggy the diva, the chaos agent, the glamour in a world that's allergic to sincerity? She's timeless in a way Kermit never was. 

Still, it's hard not to wonder what Disney's plan really is. A single Miss Piggy movie feels like a glittery band-aid over a fading legacy. We live in an age where every studio is desperate to revive old IP, but nostalgia only works if you evolve it.

Miss Piggy can handle the pressure, no doubt. She's survived four decades, two studios, countless reboots, and still manages to look flawless while karate-chopping anyone who doubts her. But if this new movie doesn't capture her charm, it risks turning one of pop culture's most beloved icons into a marketing exercise.

So, do we need a Miss Piggy movie? Maybe not. But if anyone can make us believe we do, it's her.