Miss Piggy Returns: The Diva Gets Her Spotlight (and the Silver Screen)

By Alexus Mosley

Move over, Hollywood leading ladies! The original diva is making her return. Miss Piggy, the fearless frog-kicking, spotlight-stealing icon of the Muppets universe, is finally getting her own feature film, and it’s set to bring haute couture, cultural commentary, and unapologetic pink power to the big screen.

Announced recently by Jennifer Lawrence on her Las Culturistas podcast, Lawrence revealed that she and longtime friend and collaborator Emma Stone will produce the film, with Tony-winning writer Cole Escola (known for Oh, Mary!) penning the script.  

Since her debut in the 1970s as a supporting Muppet character, Miss Piggy has always done more than just steal scenes; she rewrote them. Glamorous, ambitious, dramatic, and smart, she became a pop culture symbol long before that phrase was overused. The move to give her a solo film is a novelty and a reclamation.

If Barbie taught us anything, it’s that legacy brands (if handled with heart, humor, and intention) still have punch. Miss Piggy’s solo film doesn’t just mark her return. It declares her arrival.

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