Muppets Icon Miss Piggy Lands Her Own Movie With A-List Co-Stars Emma Stone And Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence says she and Emma Stone are finally teaming up — on a Miss Piggy-led Muppets movie. The iconic diva, created by Jim Henson Company's Bonnie Erickson in 1974, is ready for her close-up.
Jennifer Lawrence just casually dropped the kind of news you do not expect on a comedy podcast: she and Emma Stone are finally teaming up, and their first project together is a Miss Piggy movie. Yes, that Miss Piggy. Honestly, this combo makes a weird amount of sense.
The reveal (and the quote)
On the Las Culturistas podcast with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, Lawrence said she and Stone are producing a Muppets movie centered on Miss Piggy, with Tony-winning actor Cole Escola writing the script. Lawrence even acknowledged she might be jumping the gun by saying it out loud:
"I don't know if I can announce this, but I'm just going to. Emma Stone and I are producing a Miss Piggy movie, and Cole is writing it."
Will they also show up on screen? Lawrence's take: probably. Her words were, "I think so... We have to."
What we know so far
- Project: A Muppets movie about Miss Piggy
- Producers: Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone
- Writer: Cole Escola (yes, that one)
- Reveal: On the Las Culturistas podcast
- Casting: Lawrence says they likely plan to act in it too
- Everything else (plot, dates, studio specifics): not announced yet
Why Miss Piggy is kind of perfect for this
Miss Piggy has been a superstar since designer Bonnie Erickson created her for The Muppet Show in 1974. Decades later, she is still the definition of a glam, chaos-friendly diva with a black belt in self-confidence. Pairing that energy with Lawrence and Stone (and Escola's sensibility) could be a delightful kind of unhinged. In a good way.
Lawrence and Stone's not-so-random friendship
They have never shared a project before, but they became close thanks to Woody Harrelson. He worked with Lawrence on The Hunger Games films and with Stone on the Zombieland movies, and apparently played friend-matchmaker. Bonus overlap: both won Best Actress Oscars in their 20s. So the long-rumored team-up finally has a target, and it is a felt icon.
About that Death Becomes Her chatter
Lawrence also addressed the rumor that she is doing a remake of the Meryl Streep/Goldie Hawn cult classic Death Becomes Her. Short version: not a thing, at least not yet. She called it fan casting, then added she would absolutely do it if it ever became real.
Where they are right now
Lawrence next pops up in the comedy-drama Die My Love with Robert Pattinson, due out November 7. She is also attached to star with Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's upcoming mystery thriller What Happens at Night. Stone, meanwhile, was most recently seen in Yorgos Lanthimos' black comedy Bugonia and Ari Aster's Western thriller Eddington.
Bottom line: Lawrence basically soft-announced a Miss Piggy movie produced by her and Stone, written by Cole Escola, with a strong hint they will appear in it too. No dates or details yet, but if you are keeping tabs, this one just jumped to the top of the curiosity list.