Tag: Mattel

Controversy as Wicked Dolls Have the Wrong Website Printed on the Box

Wicked may be making a play for the male audience. The adaptation of the popular Broadway play that was an adaptation of the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire will arrive in theaters on November 22, 2024, and it’s been surprisingly mired in contr...

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Barbie’s Success Means More Mattel Movies

A host of other Mattel properties are getting ready to go party with Barbie. Variety exclusively reports that, upon Barbie’s massive success, Mattel is preparing fourteen of their IPs for the movie treatment. CEO Ynon Kreiz, who took over Mattel in 2018, has had a vision for a “Mattel Cinematic ...

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REVIEW: Barbie (2023)

This week saw the release of the highly-anticipated Barbie. The world’s most famous and iconic fashion doll hit the market in 1959 and changed the toy industry forever. I loved Barbies as a kid, and I still do. I collect dolls, and when this movie was announced, I was initially very skeptical....

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Netflix’s Live-Action Masters of the Universe Movie Canceled

The Power of Grayskull is no longer with Netflix. Variety exclusively reports that a live-action Masters of the Universe movie the streamer had been developing is no longer happening. The film was to be directed by Adam and Aaron Nee, the brothers who helmed last year’s The Lost City, and star Kyl...

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Is Barbie a Feminist Manifesto?

Simu Liu recently sat down with ScreenRant’s Joe Deckelmeier and the subject of Barbie came up. When asked about his relationship with Barbie prior to working on the film, Liu had this to say: “I didn’t really have a relationship with Barbie in the past. I don’t know about you, but I gre...

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Barbie Sounds Like Another Woke Lecture

Hollywood isn’t just ruining boys’ fun; they’re coming for the girls now, too. In an interview with Fandango, the cast of Barbie talked about what audiences can expect from the new movie based on the iconic Mattel doll. It’s one of those things that’s simultaneously surprising and not surp...

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