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Lena Dunham is not toying round with a film about Polly Pocket.
The “Ladies” star revealed in a brand new interview with the New Yorker revealed on Tuesday that she is not hooked up to the “Polly Pocket” movie from Mattel, after engaged on a script for 3 years.
CNN previously reported that Dunham was set to put in writing and direct the movie, simply one in every of Mattel’s initiatives that had been greenlit after the unprecedented success of “Barbie” final yr. “Emily in Paris” actor Lily Collins was hooked up to star on the time.
Dunham mentioned her resolution to depart the undertaking, partly, needed to do with Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” which she praised as a movie with mass attraction that was additionally “completely and divinely Greta.”
“Except I can do it that manner, I’m not going to do it,” Dunham added. “I don’t suppose I’ve that in me. I really feel like the following film I make must really feel like a film that I completely need to make. Nobody however me might make it. And I did suppose different individuals might make ‘Polly Pocket.’”
When reached by CNN, a Mattel spokesperson mentioned, “Polly Pocket is in energetic growth, and we look ahead to sharing updates on the undertaking quickly. Lena is a outstanding author and creator and we want her all the perfect!”
Polly Pocket is a toy line of dolls and equipment that grew to become in style within the Nineteen Eighties, that includes a small doll and her home that comes out of a make-up compact.
Different function motion pictures within the works from the toy large embody “Scorching Wheels” and “Barney.”
CNN’s Elizabeth Wagmeister contributed to this report.