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The live-action 'Polly Pocket' film has found its star!
By Rachelle / 25 Jun 2021 (Friday)
Emily in Paris star Lily Collins is tapped to play Polly Pocket in a feature film that will be written and directed by Lena Dunham (creator of Girls)!
Since she first captured kids’ hearts in the late 1980s, Polly Pocket has inspired playsets, dolls, web series and television shows. She’s roller-skated, snowboarded, shopped, sang, and exhibited a captivating can-do attitude.
The film version of the popular micro-doll line joins a long and intermittently distinguished cadre of toys-to-movies that includes Transformers,The Lego Movie and Battleship. Mattel Films, the film division of the toy company, is working with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) on the movie, as well as with Lena Dunham’s production company Good Thing Going. The film will center on a young girl and a pocket-sized woman who form a friendship.
Collins will put her own spin on Polly, and will produce the film in addition to playing the title role. She said:
As a child who was obsessed with Polly Pocket, this is a real dream come true and I can’t wait to bring these tiny toys to the big screen.
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