Despite Mattel's massive toy movie push, Barbie isn't getting a Dunham-directed friend
Bad news for everyone hoping to get a second wear out of all the doll-themed outfits they bought last summer. Lena Dunham just announced that she was stepping away from her Polly Pocket adaptation, which was set to star Lily Collins . For what it’s worth, Mattel hasn’t canceled the project altogether—it just won’t be moving forward with Dunham, and the company wished her the best in a statement to The A.V. Club . They also clarified that Collins was still attached.
And I just—I felt like, unless I can do it that way, I’m not going to do it. I don’t think I have that in me.” While she’s best known for Girls, Dunham has also written and directed multiple features like Catherine Called Birdy and Sharp Stick, both of which our staff considers pretty underrated. “I feel like the next movie I make needs to feel like a movie that I absolutely have to make. No one but me could make it. And I did think other people could make Polly Pocket,” she continued.
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