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Lena Dunham Is No Longer Making the Polly Pocket Movie


Everything we know about this entry in Mattel’s toy cinematic universe.

Fresh off the success of Barbie(and coasting off the viral “ celebs playing Uno ” moment), Mattel Films head Robbie Brenner spoke to Variety about its upcoming slate in July 2023. The upcoming films include Daniel Kaluuya’s Barney movie that will have Being John Malkovich vibes, J.J. Abrams’s “grounded and gritty” Hot Wheels flick, a “PG-13 thriller” based on Magic 8-Balls, and a Polly Pocket movie originally helmed by Lena Dunham, who has since left the film, and starring Lily Collins. “We have a lot of fun with the idea of what happens when a small person encounters a big world,” Dunham told TheHollywood Reporter in 2022, teasing a character the size of the ’90s dolls the film is based on.

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