Little Shop of Horrors (2020 film)

LIttle Shop of Horrors is a 2020 American horror comedy musical film produced by Warner Bros. Pictures and directed by Greg Berlanti. It is a film adaptation of the musical comedy of the same name by Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken, which was based on the 1960 film The LIttle Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman. Like other adaptations before it, the film tells the story of Seymour Krelborn, a down-and-out florist shop employee who becomes a national celebrity after discovering a mysterious plant during a solar eclipse. Unfortunately, he also discovers that his new plant, whom he names "Audrey II" after Audrey, Seymour's secret crush who is dating a sadistic dentist, feeds on human blood to stay alive...and that it can talk.

The film stars Josh Gad as Seymour; Celine Dion as Audrey; Christopher Lloyd as Mr. Mushnik; Jim Carrey as Orin Scrivello, D.D.S.; Destiny's Child (Beyonce Knowles-Carter, Michelle Williams, and Kelly Rowland) as Ronette, Crystal, and Chiffon; and Mark Hamill as the voice of Audrey II, with cameos from Julie Andrews, Jack Black, William Fichtner, Ellen Greene (who originally played Audrey off-Broadway and in the 1986 film directed by Frank Oz), Bill Hader, Jet Li, and Lee Wilkof (who originally played Seymour off-Broadway). Morgan Freeman provided the opening narration. It was released in theatres on October 28, 2020, in time for Halloween.

The Audrey II puppets in this film were built by Jim Henson's Creature Shop (combining the efforts of the New York and Los Angeles workshops) under the supervision of veteran Muppeteer Martin P. Robinson. Robinson, who designed, built, and performed Audrey II for the off-Broadway and Broadway productions of the musical, also served as principal Audrey II puppeteer in this film, along with fellow Muppeteer Anthony Asbury, who had frequently understudied for Robinson in both productions, and performed the plant in the 1986 film. Both Robinson and Asbury were assisted in performing Audrey II by many of their friends and co-workers from Sesame Workshop and The Jim Henson Company, including Brian Henson, who puppeteered Audrey II in the 1986 film.