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Mattel Films. Mattel Films is the film production division of Mattel originally formed on October 16, 2013, as Mattel Playground Productions as part of Mattel Global Brands, a unified media structural and strategy unit. [1]
- October 16, 2013; 9 years ago
- Film production
- El Segundo, California, U.S.
- Mattel
Jan 25, 2024 · Mattel is planning to adapt 45 of its toys into movies, from Barney to Hot Wheels. Find out the details, cast, and release dates of the upcoming Mattel films.
- American Girl Doll. With more than 14 American Girl movies already out, it makes sense that Mattel would dip back into this well as it seeks to build franchises.
- Barney. Seeing as Barney & Friends was a hit TV show before the giant purple dinosaur became a toy, it also makes sense to give him the big-screen treatment.
- Christmas Balloon. If you're thinking, "I've never heard of this toy," that's because this movie isn't based on a specific toy. The new movie will be based on a true story that involved a little girl in a Mexican border town tying her Christmas list to a helium ballon in the hope that it will reach Santa.
- Hot Wheels. In something akin to the Fast and Furious series, Mattel has teamed up with Warner Bros. (the studio behind Barbie) to launch a live-action movie based on the tiny toy cars.
Mattel Films’ and Amazon MGM Studios’ live-action feature film Masters of the Universe, based on the iconic franchise, will be released exclusively in theaters worldwide on June 5, 2026. Travis Knight is directing the film, with Chris Butler writing the screenplay (initial draft written by David Callaham, and Aaron and Adam Nee).
- Beginnings
- Films
- Mattel Creations Absorption
In 2013, it was announced that the multinational toy manufacturing company Mattel had created an in-house studio division known as Mattel Playground Productions. Based out of the company’s headquarters in El Segundo, California, the division was meant to create original entertainment, based on brands that the company owned, for various platforms. T...
The film side of the division was lead by Julia Pistor who served as producer and executive producer of feature films. Pistor previously served as head of the film division HIT Movies, a film division of the children's entertainment company HIT Entertainment, which got bought out by Mattel. Theatrical films announced under Playground Productions in...
In January 2016, Voss left the division for the monthly mystery-box subscription service Loot Crate to be chief creative officer. That same year on March 31, Mattel Playground Productions was absorbed into Mattel Creations, a division that would bring three of their internal content production units together, with the other two being HIT Entertainm...
Jul 27, 2023 · Deadline reported in 2020 that Mattel Films is teaming up with Forster's production company 2Dux² to turn Thomas the Tank Engine into a movie that is a mix of live-action and animation.
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Oct 16, 2023 · Mattel, the toy company behind Barbie, Hot Wheels, and more, is expanding its cinematic universe with 45 films in the works. Learn how Barbie became a box office hit and what other Mattel properties are coming to the big screen.
