“Barbie” may soon be joined by one other Mattel doll on the large screen. The toy company is developing a live-action film based on its American Girl doll line, Mattel announced Wednesday.
“American Girl” shall be produced by Mattel Movies, Paramount Pictures and Temple Hill Entertainment, the production company of “Twilight” and “The Fault in Our Stars.” Attached to write down the script and produce is Lindsey Anderson Beer, the author of this yr’s “Pet Cemetery: Bloodlines.”
The project adds to the already teeming pipeline of flicks in development for Mattel Movies. Following its blockbuster first release, “Barbie,” Mattel Movies is prepping some 14 live-action movies, including movies based on Hot Wheels, Magic 8 Ball, Polly Pocket, Rock ‘Em Sock ’Em Robots and UNO.
“Saturday Night Live” has already spoofed the thought of an American Girl doll movie. In April, the NBC sketch comedy show aired a parody trailer with Ana de Armas by which a handful of American Girl dolls from disparate eras of history are brought into modern-day but keep dying of cholera.
The “American Girl” project adds to the already teeming pipeline of flicks in development for Mattel Movies. AP
“Come for the fun,” the trailer pronounces. “Stay for the overburdened preteens wearing 4 layers of petticoats and pantaloons.”
Mattel in 2019 partnered with MGM on an “American Girl” movie but those plans fizzled. Since first launched in 1986, greater than 32 million American Girl dolls have been sold.
Following its blockbuster first release, “Barbie,” Mattel Movies is prepping some 14 live-action movies. AP
“They’re historically accurate toys and accessories that feature elaborate and immersive backstories uniquely suited to bring to screen,” Beer said in a press release. “I’m so excited to inform a story that tackles the problems of girlhood in an actual and compelling way.”
