Current:Home > MyHere's an Update on the Polly Pocket Movie Starring Lily Collins -Infinite Profit Zone
Here's an Update on the Polly Pocket Movie Starring Lily Collins
View
Date:2025-04-19 21:08:24
Life in plastic really is fantastic.
Case in point: A movie based on Polly Pocket starring Lily Collins is in the works amid Barbie's box office dominance. And according to Robbie Brenner, the head of Mattel Films and a producer on Barbie and all developing Mattel movie projects, there's already a "great" script written by Lena Dunham for the live-action adaptation of the beloved miniture toy.
"First of all, they are two of my favorite ladies ever," Brenner told Variety of Collins and Dunham in a July 26 interview. "It's been an amazing collaboration."
She continued, "Lena is so collaborative and rolls up her sleeves and really likes to roll around in notes and listen. She's incredible. Lily is so smart and so specific and so productorial. It's just been an incredible collaboration, so we are thrilled about it."
Brenner added that she hopes the company will move forward with the project "at some point in the future."
News of a Polly Pocket movie first broke in 2021, when Collins was named as its lead star. "As a child who was obsessed with Polly Pockets, it's a real dream come true to announce this project!" the Emily in Paris actress wrote on Instagram at the time. "Truly so excited to be coming on as both a producer and Polly herself! Can't wait to dive into this pastel world."
In a statement of her own in 2021, Dunham credited Polly Pocket for "countless hours of childhood escapism" and giving her "a tiny world of magic and autonomy to narrate."
The Girls alum added to Deadline, "I'm so thrilled to bring to bear both my love of this historic property and also my deep-seated belief that young women need smart playful films that speak to them without condescension."
The movie will center around a young girl and a pocket-sized woman who form a friendship, per the outlet. Other Mattel properties in development include a Barney movie starring Get Out actor Daniel Kaluuya and a flick based on Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots with Fast & Furious' Vin Diesel attached.
As for a possible Barbie sequel? Nothing at the moment, according to director Greta Gerwig.
"At this moment, it's all I've got,"Gerwig recently told The New York Times of Barbie, which stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. "I wouldn't want to squash anybody else's dream but for me, at this moment, I'm at totally zero."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (217)
Related
- Intel's stock did something it hasn't done since 2022
- Endgame's Omid Scobie Denies Naming Anyone Who Allegedly Speculated on Archie's Skin Color
- College Football Player Reed Ryan Dead At 22
- Taylor Swift celebrates Spotify top artist 'gift' with release of 'From the Vault' track
- Romantasy reigns on spicy BookTok: Recommendations from the internet’s favorite genre
- Vivek Ramaswamy's political director leaving to join Trump campaign
- Ukraine spy chief's wife undergoes treatment for suspected poisoning
- Maine residents, who pay some of the nation’s highest energy costs, to get some relief next year
- Why Sean "Diddy" Combs Is Being Given a Laptop in Jail Amid Witness Intimidation Fears
- National Christmas Tree toppled by strong winds near White House
Ranking
- $73.5M beach replenishment project starts in January at Jersey Shore
- 3 dead, 1 injured after Ohio auto shop explosion; cause is under investigation
- What to know about Joe West, who is on Baseball Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Era ballot
- Jonathan Majors' domestic violence trial to begin: What to know about actor's charges
- Who's hosting 'Saturday Night Live' tonight? Musical guest, how to watch Dec. 14 episode
- Paul Whelan attacked by fellow prisoner at Russian labor camp, family says
- Truce in Gaza extended at last minute as talks over dwindling number of Hamas captives get tougher
- What to know about Joe West, who is on Baseball Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Era ballot
Recommendation
New Mexico governor seeks funding to recycle fracking water, expand preschool, treat mental health
Eiffel Tower came to LA to hype 2024 Paris Olympics. Here's how
Jason Kelce's Wife Kylie Reveals What It's Really Like Marrying into His and Travis Kelce's Family
Fast-track legislative maneuvers hinder public participation, nonpartisan Kentucky group says
San Francisco names street for Associated Press photographer who captured the iconic Iwo Jima photo
Fifth group of hostages released after Israel and Hamas agree to extend cease-fire
Why Jamie Lynn Spears Abruptly Quit I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
Young activists who won Montana climate case want to stop power plant on Yellowstone River