Following the astronomical success of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, Mattel and Sony are eyeing their subsequent toy-related mission: a movie bringing the basic View-Grasp into the highlight.
In line with a press release from Mattel Movies, the View-Grasp film might be a live-action household journey story. Escape Artists, the manufacturing firm behind films like The Pursuit of Happyness and Fences, is about to supply.
“View-Grasp has lengthy been a window to the wonders of the world, sparking creativeness in children and adults alike,” mentioned Todd Black, one of many Escape Artists producers on board. “Teaming up with Mattel Movies offers us the possibility to honor that legacy whereas creating a wholly new journey for right now’s viewers. We are able to’t wait to convey this treasured toy’s sense of exploration to the massive display.”
2023’s Barbie, which starred Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, revamped a billion {dollars} on the field workplace and was nominated for Greatest Image. Whereas it’s unlikely that director Greta Gerwig will pursue a sequel movie anytime quickly, Mattel had additionally been engaged on a possible Polly Pocket film from Lena Dunham starring Lily Collins. Nevertheless, Dunham has since dropped out of the mission, leaving its standing in limbo.
Elsewhere, a brand new film centered on the American Lady Dolls remains to be within the works, whereas a “grounded and gritty” Sizzling Wheels film from acclaimed director J.J. Abrams can also be on the way in which.
Abrams isn’t the one director inquisitive about exploring the darkish aspect of beloved youngsters’s properties; Mattel’s in-development Barney film from Daniel Kaluuya has been described as an “A24-type” film that might be “surrealistic” within the vein of Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze.
