Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with news on everybody's favorite muppet-fister, Frank Oz. His next directorial outting is going to be a comedy called DEATH AT A FUNERAL starring Peter "The Dink" Dinklage and Ewen Bremner, a Bert and Ernie Odd Couple pairing if I've ever heard of one. PRIDE & PREJUDICE's Matthew Macfadyen fits in there somewhere, too.

The flick centers on the patriarch of a dysfunctional British family kicking the bucket and a man who threatens to expose the dead father's terrible secret (whatever the hell that is) if he isn't given a pile of money. Of course this sets the stage for a crazy funeral where the family is aiming to keep whatever this secret is hidden from all the guests.

Oz's recent stuff has been pretty bad (I couldn't even get through THE STEPFORD WIVES remake on a 12 hour flight where the screen was in the headrest in front of me). However, when he hits, he hits it out of the park. THE DARK CRYSTAL, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, WHAT ABOUT BOB? just to name a few. I like the talent he has lined up so far. I hope this is one of the good ones... It certainly has to be better than STEPFORD WIVES, right? "There... hrm... there is... a-noth-er... good... motion pic-ture... eeehhhh..."