Current:Home > InvestListen Up, Dolls: A Barbie V. Bratz TV Series Is In the Works -Nova Finance Academy
Listen Up, Dolls: A Barbie V. Bratz TV Series Is In the Works
View
Date:2025-04-17 14:36:15
It's time to step inside these rival dollhouses.
An upcoming CBS Studios TV series—based on the book You Don't Own Me: How Mattel V. MGA Entertainment Exposed Barbie's Dark Side—will examine the lives of Barbie inventor Ruth Handler and Bratz creator Carter Bryant, a rep for CBS Studios confirmed to E! News.
The TV show comes in the wake of renewed interest in the dolls following the Barbie movie, which featured insight into Handler's real life. In the movie, the late Barbie founder, played by Rhea Perlman, tells Barbie (Margot Robbie) about her daughter Barbara Handler, now 82, as well as jokingly touches on her troubles with the IRS.
These topics and more will explored in the adaptation of You Don't Own Me, according to Deadline, which first reported the project. The series will also shed a light on Bryant's invention of Bratz, which were released in 2001 and spurred a yearslong court battle between Mattel, the company behind Barbie, and Bratz manufacturer MGA Entertainment.
The tension centered around who owned the copyright to Bratz, according to Reuters.
Mattel claimed that Bryant, a former Mattel designer, drew sketches of the Bratz dolls while he still worked at the company, according to Reuters. However, MGA said that Bryant drew up the Bratz designs in 1998, when he had been on hiatus from Mattel.
In 2008, a jury sided with Mattel. However, the decision was overturned and in 2011 a new set of jurors sided with MGA, according to the Los Angeles Times.
As for where Bryant is now? Celebrating both Bratz and Barbie.
"As proud as I am for creating the #bratz#pinkiecooperandthejetsetpets#sugarplanet#shopkinsdolls, I'm equally as proud and LUCKY that I got to be on the Barbie design team," he wrote on Instagram July 18. "I even got my own featured Barbie. So excited for her renaissance, I really am, and can't wait to see the movie."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (4)
Related
- Apple iOS 18.2: What to know about top features, including Genmoji, AI updates
- Kristin Cavallari Says Custody Arrangement With Ex Jay Cutler Has Changed
- Liberty, Aces are at the top of the WNBA. Which teams could unseat them?
- Tallulah Willis Shares “Forever” Memories of Dad Bruce Willis Amid His Health Battle
- 'Squid Game' without subtitles? Duolingo, Netflix encourage fans to learn Korean
- Opinion: Pete Rose knew the Baseball Hall of Fame question would surface when he died
- A 'Ring of fire' eclipse is happening this week: Here's what you need to know
- Larry Laughlin, longtime AP bureau chief for northern New England, dies at 75
- Former Danish minister for Greenland discusses Trump's push to acquire island
- Fantasy football waiver wire: 10 players to add for NFL Week 5
Ranking
- Bodycam footage shows high
- WNBA playoff games today: What to know about Tuesday's semifinal matchups
- Jay Leno says 'things are good' 2 years after fire, motorcycle accident in update
- Sydney Sweeney's Expert Tips to Upgrade Your Guy's Grooming Routine
- South Korean president's party divided over defiant martial law speech
- Judge in Michigan strikes down requirement that thousands stay on sex offender registry for life
- WNBA playoff games today: What to know about Tuesday's semifinal matchups
- What is distemper in dogs? Understanding the canine disease, symptoms and causes
Recommendation
Whoopi Goldberg is delightfully vile as Miss Hannigan in ‘Annie’ stage return
Alaska will not file criminal charges in police shooting of 16-year-old girl holding knife
Is there such thing as healthy coffee creamer? How to find the best option.
A chemical cloud moving around Atlanta’s suburbs prompts a new shelter-in-place alert
What to watch: O Jolie night
Texas set to execute Garcia Glen White, who confessed to 5 murders. What to know.
As SNL turns 50, a look back at the best political sketches and impressions
Wildfires in California have burned 1 million acres so far this year. Heat wave poses more risk