Miss Piggy is Getting a Disney Movie Produced by Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone
Miss Piggy, who evolved from a chorus pig to a feminist icon, is set to star in her own Disney movie. Golden Globe-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence announced she is co-producing the film along with fellow Oscar-winner Emma Stone.
Announcement and Production Details
Lawrence revealed the news on the Las Culturistas Podcast:
“I don’t know if I can announce this, but I’m just gonna. Emma Stone and I are producing a Miss Piggy movie.”
The script is being written by Cole Escola, known for his role in the award-winning Broadway comedy Oh, Mary!
Possible Acting Roles
When asked if she and Stone would act in the film, Lawrence said:
“I think so. It’s [expletive] up that we haven’t been in a movie together already.”
Origin of the Project
Lawrence explained on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon that the idea came during the pandemic lockdown and the height of “cancel culture.”
“She said, ‘Miss Piggy is a feminist icon. It would be so funny if Miss Piggy got canceled,’” Lawrence recalled. “Now that is not the plot necessarily, but it got the wheels turning.”
Miss Piggy’s Background
Miss Piggy first appeared as a chorus pig on The Muppet Show in the mid-1970s and gained a bigger role throughout the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is well-known for her dramatic and on-again, off-again relationship with Kermit the Frog, the lead character of The Muppets.
Source: Deadline
Author’s Summary
This new film celebrates Miss Piggy’s evolution into a feminist icon and marks Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone’s first collaboration as producers, with potential acting roles.