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Amazon MGM Studios Developing Live-Action Teddy Ruxpin Film

The project followed a bidding war and is pitched with a family tone likened to Sonic the Hedgehog meets Elf.

Overview

  • Seven Bucks Productions, led by Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia, will produce alongside Story Kitchen’s Dmitri M. Johnson and Michael Lawrence Goldberg.
  • Chris Hazzard and Mike Fontana are writing the script, with Timothy I. Stevenson attached as executive producer.
  • Kimberly Bialek is overseeing the film for Seven Bucks, and key creative details remain under wraps in early development.
  • No director, cast, production timeline or release date has been announced by the studio.
  • Created by Ken Forsse and launched by Alchemy II in 1985, Teddy Ruxpin sold over eight million units and expanded into a multibillion-dollar franchise.