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Emily Tennant is starring as Abby in the new Hallmark Channel original movie Holiday Hotline and you might be curious to know more about her life!

Skydance Sports, the media company’s JV with the NFL, has made some key appointments to its creative and production leadership across film and television, hiring Nancy Cotton and Sandino Moya-Smith as, respectively, EVP, Television, and SVP, Feature Film. Both were previously at Amazon MGM.

Margot Robbie has lined up an exciting new production project following the blockbuster success of Barbie.

Mattel Films, ShadowMachine, Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions and Anthony Ramos are teaming up to develop an animated, feature-length film based on Bob the Builder, the long-running and beloved animated children’s series.

blockbuster first release, “Barbie,” Mattel Films is prepping some 14 live-action films, including movies based on Hot Wheels, Magic 8 Ball, Polly Pocket, Rock ‘Em Sock ’Em Robots and UNO.“Saturday Night Live” has already spoofed the idea of an American Girl doll movie. In April, the NBC sketch comedy show aired a parody trailer with Ana de Armas in which a handful of American Girl dolls from disparate eras of history are brought into modern day but keep dying of cholera.“Come for the fun,” the trailer announces.

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Former head of drama development at Disney’s 20th Television Michelle Mendelovitz has been named head of Mattel Television Studios. In her new role, Mendelovitz will oversee the development, production, and distribution of Mattel’s slate of episodic content on broadcast and streaming globally.

Following the massive success of its live-action Barbie, Mattel Films has tapped Robbie Brenner as President. She had been Executive Producer of Mattel Films since 2018.

McKinley Franklin editor Leaders from Mattel, YouTube, Universal Pictures, Google, Amazon and more gathered at Variety’s Entertainment and Technology summit, presented by City National Bank, to breakdown the future of marketing in the entertainment space. Panels included conversations with the leading experts on artificial intelligence, fan-focused growth on social media platforms such as YouTube and TikTok and the massive future of online gaming. Here are a few of the key takeaways from a day of lively discourse.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director In a recent interview with Rolling Stone to promote his directorial effort “Shortcomings,” actor and comedian Randall Park criticized Hollywood for taking the wrong lessons from a massive blockbuster like Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie.” The Margot Robbie-led comedy has earned over $1 billion at the worldwide box office, but Park said making more movies about toys should not be the industry’s takeaway. “I feel like, just in general, this industry is taking the wrong lessons,” Park said. “For example, ‘Barbie’ is this massive blockbuster, and the idea is: Make more movies about toys! No.

Following Barbie’s explosive box office success, Mattel is ready to make its iconic toys part of a cinematic universe.  

Barbie pretty much took over the world. Sure there was the movie itself and the very impressive media tour that showcased Barbie high-fashion, but even on a local level, Barbie was everywhere. From your hair tools to your shoe choice, and even winter oodies, Pink was in and we couldn't escape.

It’s no longer just a Barbie world — Mattel’s Polly Pocket toy is now getting the live-action blockbuster treatment.

hit theaters, that a Polly Pocket movie was in the works, with Lena Dunham writing and directing, and Lily Collins as both producer and star. Two years later, the project is still…in the works! But given how long it took Barbie to get to the big screen, that might not be a bad thing.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent After dominating the box office and breaking records with “Barbie,” Mattel has officially arrived in Hollywood. In 2018, after a tumultuous period of declining toy sales, Mattel brought in a new CEO, businessman Ynon Kreiz, who had a vision to turn the storied toy company into an IP-driven machine, essentially creating a Mattel cinematic universe. Now, with the immense success of “Barbie,” the path is clear for Mattel to make whatever they want — and they already have a ton of projects in the works with A-list partners attached.

EXCLUSIVE: Mattel is putting gas in the tank of its Warner Bros-Bad Robot movie Hot Wheels with writers Dalton Leeb and Nicholas Jacobson-Larson boarding to pen the live-action adaptation of the 54-year old racing car toy.

A live-action movie based on the Matchbox die-cast toy vehicles is in development at Skydance Media and Mattel.

Wilson Chapman editorAnother iconic Mattel brand is racing off the toy shelves and onto the big screen. Mattel Films and Skydance Media are developing a live-action film based on the Matchbox vehicles toy line.Created in 1953 by automotive expert Jack Odell, Matchbox are a series of die-cast vehicle models that take their name from the fact that they can fit inside a matchbox.

reports Variety.In a 2021 interview, the 31-year-old Aussie actress said that taking on a live adaptation “comes with a lot of baggage … and a lot of nostalgic connections. But with that comes a lot of exciting ways to attack it.”“People generally hear ‘Barbie’ and think, ‘I know what that movie is going to be,’ and then they hear that Greta Gerwig is writing and directing it, and they’re like, ‘Oh, well, maybe I don’t.’”Warner Bros.

EXCLUSIVE:  Marcy Kelly has signed on to partner with Mattel Films to write across their upcoming film slate.

Mattel, which has been led by entertainment veteran Ynon Kreiz since 2018, posted strong fourth-quarter results Wednesday that were ahead of Wall Street analysts’ expectations.

If you’re not aware, Amazon is looking to acquire MGM Studios for a massive $8.45 billion and means that future films could be heading directly to their streaming service Prime Video. This will likely lead to more commercially viable projects that will be cooked up at the studio, and a new MGM pic sounds like it meets that criteria.

Lily Collins is set to play Polly Pocket!

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaSince 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.

Game of Thrones star Kit Harington has opened up about his “gender fluid” upbringing.The actor, reflecting on the roles he wishes to explore in his future projects, told The Telegraph about his childhood alongside his brother and their mother, former playwright Deborah Jane Catesby.The actor said he “idolised” his mother as a child, and explained how Catesby taught her sons about gender politics from a young age.“I asked for a Mighty Max and she bought me a Polly Pocket,” Harington said.

Kit Harington’s mom didn’t impose any strict gender binaries in her household.

Kit Harington is opening up about his childhood and how he was brought up in a “gender fluid” environment.

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