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Jul 2023
21m 18s

Mattel’s Filmmaking Strategy

The Motley Fool
About this episode

Mattel has 45 films in development. A cinematic take on UNO could be coming to a theater near you. 

Mary Long caught up with New Yorker writer Alex Baracsh to discuss his recent piece, “After ‘Barbie,’ Mattel Is Raiding Its Entire Toybox”. They discuss:

- How Mattel is becoming an IP company. - Why “The Last of Us” broke the curse of bad video game adaptations. - If big budget movies really need characters that audiences already know.

Companies mentioned: MAT, HAS, DIS 

Host: Mary Long Guest: Alex Barasch Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl

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