Final 12 months, it was introduced that Lena Dunham could be directing a film primarily based on beloved kids’s toy Polly Pocket, and now she’s providing an replace.
Whereas selling her new Prime Video film, “Catherine Referred to as Birdy”, Dunham mentioned the place she’s at with the Polly Pocket film, with Lily Collins (“Emily in Paris”) hooked up to star because the tiny doll named for with the ability to match into one’s pocket.
Talking with The Hollywood Reporter, Dunham revealed she’s simply finishing her second draft of the screenplay, which is able to reportedly concentrate on a younger woman who forges a friendship with tiny Polly.
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In keeping with Dunham, “now we have plenty of enjoyable with the concept of what occurs when a small individual encounters an enormous world.”
Dunham additionally teased simply how small Colllins’ character will probably be.
“Let’s simply say Polly Pocket was at her finest when she was the unique teensy tiny ’90s dimension,” Dunham hinted. “They made her slightly larger now, which I help, due to choking hazards. However I’m writing ’90s tiny.”
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In the meantime, Dunham declared how anxious she is to see that different film primarily based on a well-liked Mattel doll, director Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie”, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.
“I simply need that film on the planet and I wish to be watching that proper now,” Dunham mentioned. “I want we had been at a screening of ‘Barbie’ proper now.”