Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot are teaming up for a full-length animated feature to bring the eerie icon Emily the Strange to the big screen. Bad Robot is producing with brand creator Rob Reger, who is set to executive produce alongside Trevor Duke-Moretz. Pamela Ribon (Nimona, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Moana), nominated for an Academy Award for her animated short film My Year of Dicks, is writing the screenplay.
“Both the creative and executive teams we have in place for the movie are incredible,” said Reger. “Everyone shows up with a keen perspective along with an understanding and respect for the unique connection Emily the Strange has with our ‘real world.’ Emily celebrates all that is weird and different, which in turn makes the strange and unusual in all of us, feel a little less alone. Bringing to life Emily’s universe and many mythologies we have created over the years is truly one of Emily’s best nightmares come true.”
Ribon shared, “I’m so excited to be part of the team giving Emily her first feature film! Animation is the perfect medium for her wild and wonderful inventions and adventures, and from the partnership between Bad Robot and Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, she’ll truly get to soar. I’ve always been drawn to Emily’s risk-taking, genre-bending attitude and style. I mean, brains and bangs? There’s nobody cooler. This one’s going to be so much fun.”
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With her striking black, white and red aesthetic and witty observations about society, Emily and her four black cats represent a raw, punk rock, independent spirit that has resonated with millions of fans around the world for more than three decades. The mischievous and sharp-witted Emily subscribes to the D.I.Y. philosophy of “think for yourself, do it yourself, be yourself,” and encourages her many followers to be all they can’t be, get lost in imagination, and stay strange.
“Emily is an enduring pop-culture icon of individuality and empowerment, and Pamela Ribon has a singular and iconic voice. What an honor it is for us as Warner Bros. Pictures Animation to partner with Bad Robot, Rob [Reger] and Trevor [Duke-Moretz] in bringing Emily the Strange to the big screen,” said Warner Bros. Pictures Animation President Bill Damaschke.
John Agbaje, SVP of Animation for Bad Robot, added, “At Bad Robot, we are looking to push the boundaries of what’s possible in animation. Emily, a character who refuses to be defined by others, is the perfect opportunity to do just that. We’re thrilled to add her world to our feature animation slate. The team assembled has so much passion for Emily the Strange, what she’s represented so far, and what she will mean to future generations.”
Emily’s first full-length feature film is an exciting next step in the incredibly successful multimillion-dollar Emily the Strange universe of characters, books, comics, games, clothing and merchandise. “After years of dreaming, we are thrilled to have Emily’s world finally come to life with Bad Robot, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation and Pamela Ribon,” said Duke-Moretz.
Pamela Ribon is represented by CAA, Atlas Literary, and Goodman Genow Schenkman Smelkinson + Christopher, LLP.
Cosmic Debris and Rob Reger are represented by Verve and attorney Roger Armstrong, with Emily the Strange licensing by Striker.
Trevor Duke-Moretz is represented by Knol Hanly.
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