Disney has released the first promotional photo of Ricky Gervais in The Muppets …Again!.

Starring Gervais alongside Ty Burrell and Tina Fey, the movie began production in London last week.

The Muppets …Again! is directed by James Bobin (Flight of the Conchords) and arrives in cinemas on 21 March 2014.

Bobin commented: “It’s great to be back working with the Muppets – some of them even remember my name occasionally now. As for the movie, it’s a tip of the hat to the old-school crime capers of the ’60s, but featuring a frog, a pig, a bear and a dog — no panthers, even pink ones — along with the usual Muppet-y mix of mayhem, music and laughs.”

The official synopsis reads: “The Muppets …Again! takes the entire Muppets gang on a global tour, selling out grand theatres in some of Europe’s most exciting destinations, including Berlin, Madrid and London. But mayhem follows the Muppets overseas, as they find themselves unwittingly entangled in an international crime caper headed by Constantine—the World’s Number One Criminal and a dead ringer for Kermit—and his dastardly sidekick Dominic, aka Number Two, portrayed by Ricky Gervais.”

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