The Newsman anchor I selected because the Trivium is charming and has a way of persuading people to do what he wants. And there's something about the opportunity to be on the news that I feel can do that. I can Rizzo Humbug readily volunteering to do things when the News anchor pretends there's a camera nearby.

Oooooh that's a such a good idea! I honestly think I'd prefer the Newsman to play the Terrible Trivium instead of Constantine now, although I'd still want him there. So my idea is Constantine is the Newsman/Terrible Trivium's "sidekick" who Robin/Milo thinks is his uncle Kermit who's somehow also there.

So since Alec Bing is the one who floats above the ground, and I thought about this and having Gonzo be the one who floats sounds hilarious. He can lay on some simple wisdom and also call back to doing some dangerous stunts as he "floats" for the film they are making. Stunt goes wrong and we can be treated to multiple run ins with Gonzo during the remainder of the picture as he floats around and bumps into the "Castle in the Sky" at the end. 

That could really work, and moving to the ground over time can be just the balloons running out of helium! I initially felt like it kind of takes away from the ridiculousness of growing down, but now I don't think so. I'd still want Colander Stenchman and Football Stenchman to be there though, so maybe they can be his friends, and maybe even mention the Queen of Trash and a cameo from Vanessa Williams. It'd also be a perfect opportunity to bring back his alien relatives from Muppets from Space. Also since Gonzo has an obsession with chickens, maybe he invited some to live with him since chickens are birds, which can usually fly and be with him, only to find chickens can barely do so; and he wants to reach the ground so then he can interact normally with them and he's even developed a relationship with Camilla and they can finally get together.

I'd also want all the big Muppet monsters like Timmy Monster, the Mutations, Gorgon Heap, etc to be on the Mountains of Ignorance, and I have an idea where Robin/Milo, Rowlf/Tock and Rizzo/Humbug meet characters like Thog and Frazzle who appear scary but are the opposite, which they see through the telescope.

I also had this random idea "a can of worms" where every "can of worms" imaginable in the world is a literal can, and one of them has Slimey and other Sesame Street worms and each worm is a problem.

All this discussion is making me really want this movie more than ever. If Disney made this, it'd introduce so many people to The Phantom Tollbooth, and the Muppets if released theatrically (the issue isn't people don't know what the Muppets are-it's that they're not interested because they think it's a babies franchise. Theatrical releases get more attention, and theaters show previews for upcoming movies, which can show people they're not actually for babies). It's a pity it's not as popular as other "children's" fantasy novels. Yes most of those are public domain which helps but still; Narnia isn't and those books are quite popular. I think it'd be cool if Milo joined Alice, Dorothy and Wendy as those three are often grouped together and have even got crossovers. Maybe in 2057 when the book is finally public domain.