Katherine Heigl in talks for 'Happytime Murders'

Heigl Katherine Heigl is at final discussions to star inside the Jim Henson Co.'s "The Happytime Killings," which Stuart Ford's IM Global will launch to customers within the European Film Market inside a couple of days.Picture, that's directed by John Henson ("A Muppets Christmas Carol") and composed by Todd Berger ("Kung Fu Panda 2") in the story he written with Dee Austin Robertson, happens in the world where puppets and humans live together, nevertheless the puppets are noticed as second-class people.When the puppet cast from the eighties kids Tv program can get wiped out one at a time, a disgraced detective-switched-detective agency puppet assumes the problem.The film noir puppet comedy has existed rise in the Henson Co. since 2008.IM Global is selling the pic through its Opus label at Berlinale inside a couple of days. Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com