“Hot Off The Main Stage at Mipcom, Mattel Studios President Robbie Brenner Caunght Up with The Hollywood Reporter About the Company’s Epic Slate. Mattel’s UpComing Projects Include A Polly Pocket Live-Action Film with Reese WitharsPoon’s Hello Sunshine Attached and Lily Collins Starring as Well As Travis Knight’s Masters. Camila”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
Mattel’s Upcoming Projects Include a Polly Pocket LIVE-STATION FILM WITH REESE WITHERSPOON’s Hello Sunshine Attached and Lily Collins Starring as Well As Travis Knight’s Masters of the Universe with Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes and Idris Elba Coming June 2026 from Amazon Mgm. Elsewhere, Ayo Edebiri Has Penned a Barney Movie Script for A24, Produced by Daniel Kaluyuya, and Wicked Helmer Jon M. CHU IS ALSO WORKING ON A LIVE-Action Hot Wheels Movie at Warner Bros. Sam Hargrave, Meanwhile, is Currently Shooting A Matchbox Film with John Cena and Jessica Biel at Apple.
On Monday, Mattel Genered More Buzz With The Announcement of a Magic 8 Ball TV Series, Directed by The Sixth Senses‘s M. Night Shyamalan and Brad Falchuk (Glee, American Horror Story) Writing.
“HE HAD RAISED HIS HIS HAND AND HE GOT INTRODUCED TO SOME OF THE MATTEL IP, AND HE responed to that,“ Said Brenner, Previously Executive Producer of Mattel Films AHEAD OF HERE. 2023, About Getting the Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Aboard.
“We Met and Kicked It AROUND AND WE STARTED TALKING AND Marinating on It, and It Just Kind of Evolved from there. He is Truly Wonderful,“ She Told Thr. “I DON’T’T THINK HEVER GETS INVOLVED WITHING THAT HE DOESN’T Feel Really Passionate About. He have had Serious CONVICATION, AND HIS TUOUGHTS AnTHING ARHING INNESSED IN HIS MO.
While Brenner Couldn’s Reveal Explicit Details About What Form A Magic 8 Ball Series Will Take, She Did Confirm She’s Read Falchuk’s Pilot Script. “HE WAS SUCH A BIG Get,” She Added About Falchuk. “He’s a wonderful writer and world creator and i THINK EVERYONONE’S INTRIGUED by the 8 Ball. We All Want To Know Our Destiny Is
Durying Her Mip Headliner SESSION TUESDAY MORNING IN CANNES, BRENNER ALSO DisCUSED A COUNPLE OF HER BIGGGGESEAWAWAYS About the Hotly Anticipated Masters of the universe Adaptation. “I WENT AND VISITED THE SET LAST YEAR, AND OUT OF ALL The MOVIES THAT I’VE WORKED ON IN MY ENTIRE LIFE – EVEN Barbie – It was [the biggest]. IT WAS MASSIVE. I Think We Took Over Two or Three Sound Stages. This was on eight back lats… [Characters] Walking AROUND THAT ARE EIGHT-FEET TALL. There is thesee crazy characters in this movie. ”
“I Just Actuly Got to See a Director’s Cut of the Movie,“ She Added, “and and [I was] Absolutely Blown Away. That will be our second theatrical movie… i think is a perfect compl Barbie. I Think People Are Going to Be So Excited. IT IS SO MUCH FUN AND FEELS SO DIFFERENT. ”
Mattel Famously Saw ImMense Success With Greta Gerwig’s 2023 Blockbuster Hit That Went On to Not Only Gross Over $ 1.4 Billion at the Global Box Office, But Become a Cultural Phenomenon and Land Eight Oscar Nominations. Brenner Says This Proof of Concept “Blew The Doors Open” for Mattel in Hollywood.
“I Think People Realize, ‘Okay, Mattel is Here.’ We’re a force, ”she said. “Everything is not going to be Barbiebut at the Same Time, We Mean Business. We Want To Tell Great Stories. ” On Challenges Ahead, Brenner Confessd There Isn’s Anything She’s Overly Conceerned About. I Feel Like We Just Have Incredible Opportunity with All of this IP. Now, with Mattel Studios Having Television and Film Sit Under One Umbrella and One EcoSystem, There’s Endless Posibilities. ”
“[There is] ENTHUSIASM, I THINK, FOR Taking Such A Bold Swing with Barbie And Being Rewarded for It, “Added Brenner.“ Because People Realize We Can Laugh at Ourselves. Everything dosn’t have to be so series. ”
The Exec Admitted that Leading the Jam-Packed Slate Is An Experience Akin to Having A Lot of Pots-Some Simmering and Other Boiling Over-On the Stove. Among Those in The Pipeline Are A Live-action Feature Film Based on Their American Girl Dill Line and Rock ‘Em Sock’ Em Robots with vin diesel at universal. She Decklined to Choose A Favorite.
“I’m very Excited about Polly Pocket. It is Really Fun, ”Brenner Began.“ I’M Excited About Barney, Hot Wheels – Who woldn’s be excited about work with jon M. chu and jj abrams? “I love vin diesel… and American Girl – The Way Into The Story Is So Good and So Unoxpectioned. ”
Brenner Boasts A Background in Indie Film Production Having Worked on 2013’s Oscar Hit Dallas Buyers Club. She Started Out As A Partner at Firm and Went to Miramax for Nine Years, Honing Her Talent-Scotting Skill That’s Now in Motion at Mattel. “I Worked at Miramax in the Heyday of Pulp fiction an Reservoir dogs an Shakespeare in LoveAll of thesee Unbelievable Movies, “Said the Mattel Chief.“ So What I Respond to Is Storytelling and Different, Exciting Voices. ”
“I DON’T THINK IS ACCIDENT THAT THE PAST [few] years, if you look at all the best pictures, whres Anora Won Last Year and Everything everywhere all at once an Parasite”Said Brenner,“ I Mean Those ALL VERY INDIE FILMMAKER-DRIVEN, Polarizing Stories. Anora – That movie just really resonated with people. You Felt for Her. You Were Emotionally Connected to Her. I Feel Before I Think About Anything in Life. My Emotions Tell Me and Guide Me. ”
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