Bill Barretta has produced two of the Muppets television films, including a 2002 NBC television film that was written by Tom Martin and Jim Lewis, and was directed by who?
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie is a 2002 NBC television film, directed by Kirk Thatcher and written by Tom Martin and Jim Lewis and stars Whoopi Goldberg, David Arquette, Joan Cusack, the cast of "Scrubs" and The Muppets. The plot centers on Kermit the Frog who, after losing all hope for saving the Muppet Theatre, is assisted by an angel who shows him a world in which he had never been born. The film is an homage to Frank Capra's 1946 film, "It's a Wonderful Life", which has a similar plot.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 2009 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film loosely based on the 1978 children's book of the same name by Judi and Ron Barrett. It was produced by Sony Pictures Animation, and released by Columbia Pictures on September 18, 2009. The film features the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Bruce Campbell, James Caan, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Andy Samberg, Mr. T, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Al Roker, Lauren Graham, and Will Forte. It was written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. It was a critical and commercial success, earning $243 million worldwide on a budget of $100 million. A sequel, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2", was released on September 27, 2013. A television series based on the film with the same title premiered on February 20, 2017, on Cartoon Network.