The Cheapest Muppet Movie Ever Made! is an idea for a film that Jim Henson, Jerry Juhl and Frank Oz first developed in 1985. Juhl, the Muppets' head writer from the late 1970s through the the 90s, discussed the film's concept in a 1998 interview with Muppet Central: Frank Oz discussed resurrecting the 15-year old script in a 2000 interview. The script was again mentioned as a next movie for the Muppets in September 2009 as discussed at the D23 Expo. It was later set aside yet again in favor of The Muppets.