Sony & Pop Mart Make ‘Labubu’ Movie Official; Steven Levenson Joins As Co-Writer

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Steven Levenson, Paul King and Kasing Lung

Steven Levenson, Paul King and Kasing Lung Camila Falquez/Courtesy

POP MART and Sony Pictures Entertainment person made it charismatic that a Labubu movie is successful nan useful based connected nan former’s The Monsters universe. As antecedently announced, Wonka and Paddington multi- BAFTA-nominated filmmaker, Paul King, is directing. He’ll beryllium co-writing nan book pinch Steven Levenson. The task remains successful early development, a operation of live-action and CGI.

The task was announced astatine nan Paris extremity of The Monsters world accumulation circuit celebrating their 10th anniversary. 

Kasing Lung will service arsenic an Executive Producer and nan producers will beryllium King, Michael Schaefer, known for The Martian, and Wenxin She, known for A Beautiful Day successful nan Neighborhood and Wish Dragon. Brittany Morrissey will beryllium overseeing for Sony Pictures.

Lung, who was calved successful Hong Kong and raised successful nan Netherlands, and first brought Labubu and The Monsters to life successful a bid of image books collectively known arsenic The Monsters Trilogy successful 2015.

Levenson is an award-winning screenwriter and playwright. His activity includes Dear Evan Hansen, which earned him a Tony Award, tick tick… BOOM!, for which he received a WGA Award nomination, and Fosse/Verdon, which garnered him an Emmy Award nomination.

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