No stranger to dolls with an attitude, M3GAN and M3GAN 2.0 director Gerard Johnstone will direct a live-action Monster High movie, based on Mattel's toy line of the same name.
Reporting the news today, Deadline confirm that plot details are still under wraps, but that Johnstone directs for Mattel, Universal Pictures and Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road.
Introduced back in 2010, the Monster High line of dolls includes horror themed girlies that attend the titular fictional high school. Among them are Draculaura (daughter of Dracula), Frankie Stein (daughter of Frankenstein’s monster), Clawdeen Wolf (daughter of the Werewolf) and Cleo de Nile (daughter of the Mummy).
Alongside the dolls, the Monster High franchise also includes an animated web series, TV specials, movies, and books, as well as a spin-off series of toys based on fairytale characters. Horror-themed Monster High collections have included dolls based on Beetlejuice, The Shining, It, Gremlins 2: The New Batch and more. There's also a M3GAN one, of course.
Robbie Brenner, President and Chief Content Officer of Mattel Studios and producer of Johnstone's Monster High has this to say:
“Gerard’s unique vision and genre-blending style make him the perfect fit for this film. This is exactly what we’re building at Mattel Studios as we continue to work with top talent to tell fresh, unexpected stories from our rich portfolio of brands. Monster High is a fan-favorite franchise with endless storytelling potential, and we are thrilled to reimagine it in a monstrously exciting way with Gerard at the helm.”
Johnstone's M3GAN 2.0 hits theaters on June 27. Keep an eye out for more Monster High updates as we get 'em.
