With Barbie having made the 2023 box office into her Dream House, Mattel is looking back into the toy box for its next blockbuster. The toymaker is now set to adapt its popular American Girl doll line into a Paramount feature. Deadline reports that an American Girl film is in the works, with Lindsey Anderson Beer set to write and produce. Anderson Beer is coming … Continue reading An ‘American Girl’ Movie is in Development!!
While Barbie is aiming to become one of the biggest movies of the summer, Mattel is slowly looking for a way to expand their presence on the big screen. Greta Gerwig‘s delightful comedy about the world’s most famous doll trying to figure out who she is has been drawing plenty of attention to itself over the last few months, prompting the company to start thinking … Continue reading ‘Hot Wheels’: J.J. Abrams Provides Update on Movie Adaptation!!
Writers Dalton Leeb and Nicholas Jacobson-Larson have boarded Mattel’s live-action adaptation of Hot Wheels, Deadline has reported. Last year April, it was announced that JJ Abram’s Bad Robot and Warner Bros Discovery set to produce the long gestating project. With the addition of Leeb and Jacob-Larson the wheels are finally rolling on the feature. Mattel’s Hot Wheels, first introduced in 1986 is the world’s number-one-selling … Continue reading ‘Hot Wheels’: Dalton Leeb and Nicholas Jacobson-Larson to Write Movie Adaptation!!
Film adaptations of toy brands are all the rage these days. Ever since the success of the Lego Movie, it has felt like every film studio has been snatching up all the major toy brands. Now, according to Deadline, Warner Brothers and Mattel have announced their next live-action collaboration based around the Hot Wheels franchise. J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot will produce the project. The Hot … Continue reading ‘Hot Wheels’: J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot to Produce Live-Action Film!!
Warner Bros. is revving Hot Wheels once again. The studio has hired rising screenwriting duo Neil Widener and Gavin James to pen the script for the live-action feature take on the iconic Mattel toy cars. Mattel’s Robbie Brenner is producing. Widener and James got the gig by winning a bake-off where the studio asked several scribes to come up with a treatment. Widener and James … Continue reading ‘Hot Wheels’: Neil Widener and Gavin James to Pen Movie Adaption!!
The beloved ’90s kids series Wishbone is getting a feature adaptation, as Oscar winner Peter Farrelly has signed on to produce a live-action movie about the iconic Jack Russell terrier for Universal Pictures and Mattel Films, the studio announced Wednesday. Wishbone ran on PBS from 1996 through 2001 and followed an adorable dog as he whisked viewers into some of the most famous and cherished … Continue reading ‘Wishbone’: ’90s Dog led Series Set for Movie Adaptation from Producer Peter Farrelly!!
When last we spoke of Space Jam 2, currently active NBA star / aspiring actor LeBron James had signed on to star in the sports-comedy sequel directed by Justin Lin. (And Michael Jordan thought that Blake Griffin should star instead.) Screenwriter Andrew Dodge (Bad Words) is onboard to pen the script … and that’s the sum total of available info. Until today! Lin was in attendance at the ongoing TCA 2017 event to … Continue reading Don’t Expect ‘Space Jam 2’ Anytime Soon!!
Filmmaker Justin Lin first broke out with his Sundance indie Better Luck Tomorrow, but soon made the jump to blockbuster territory with The Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Lin would stick with the Fast & Furious franchise for a while, honing his skills by directing the next three films in a row, departing after Fast & Furious 6. But Lin simply made the move … Continue reading Justin Lin to Direct Netflix Black Panther Drama ‘The Stand Off’!!!
Ever since its debut in 1982, Knight Rider has had a tough time finding a new audience despite a number of attempts. There was a pair of made-for-TV movies in the 90s that were based on the series starring David Hasselhoff, followed by attempts at new series in 1997’s spin-off Team Knight Rider and 2008’s modern reboot. However, it looks like yet another a new series is in the works with Justin … Continue reading ‘Knight Rider’ Reboot Coming With ‘Fast and Furious’ Helmer Justin Lin!!
Mattel Entertainment is testing the cinematic waters for one of their toy properties this fall with the live-action October 14th release of Max Steel, a movie which just lost its appeal for a kid-friendly PG rating; it will be rated PG-13 for “some sci-fi action violence.” Not to be deterred, however, the toy company that has found relative success over the last decade or so with animated adaptations of … Continue reading Justin Lin to Direct a ‘Hot Wheels’ Movie for Legendary!!
