It’s no secret that last year’s release of The Muppets was a runaway success. And now a sequel has been confirmed, but there is a bit of bad news.

Jason Segal, who penned The Muppets and is a self-proclaimed huge Muppet fan, will not be involved in the writing process. Reports Vulture:

A deal has been reached with The Muppets director James Bobin and original co-writer Nicholas Stoller to pen a sequel, but insiders also tell us that Stoller’s original collaborator, Jason Segel, won’t be returning to the keyboard. Segel, a star of How I Met Your Mother — now in its eighth season — has a burgeoning film career, and Disney insiders tell Vulture that between his commitment to the CBS sitcom, his other feature-writing efforts, and promotional work for Five Year Engagement (due out this coming April) and Judd Apatow’s This Is Forty (in December), there won’t be time to collaborate on a Muppets sequel.

Being big Muppets fans ourselves, we’re sad Segal won’t be involved but we hope he at least contributes some ideas! According to the article, Segel may still star in the sequel depending on the direction that the script takes. We certainly hope he does since the film won’t feel the same without his presence in it!