Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone, and Cole Escola Team Up for ‘Miss Piggy’ Movie
Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone, and Cole Escola are collaborating to produce a film centered on the iconic Muppets character, Miss Piggy. The project is in early development at Disney, which owns the rights to the Muppets franchise.
Miss Piggy, the temperamental diva puppet who debuted in the 1970s on Jim Henson’s “The Muppet Show,” has never before been featured in a standalone movie. Lawrence and Stone will act as producers, while Escola, a Tony winner for the Broadway play “Oh, Mary!,” will write the screenplay.
“I don’t know if I can announce this but I am just going to … Emma Stone and I are producing a Miss Piggy movie and Cole is writing it,” Lawrence revealed on the podcast Las Culturistas, hosted by Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers.
When asked if Lawrence and Stone would star in the film, Lawrence replied playfully, “I think so. We have to… It’s messed up [that we haven’t done a movie together].”
Lawrence further explained the film’s inspiration during her appearance on the Tonight Show. She shared that Stone came up with the idea 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.”
This new take on Miss Piggy promises a fresh and timely approach to the beloved character.
Author’s summary: Jennifer Lawrence, Emma Stone, and Cole Escola are developing a new Miss Piggy movie, combining star power and fresh writing to bring the iconic puppet to the big screen for the first time.