By Peter.
Hold onto your feather boas—Miss Piggy, the sassy swine who’s been karate-chopping her way into hearts since the ’70s, is finally snagging her very own feature film, with Oscar queens Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone riding shotgun as producers. And get this: The duo might just crash the puppet party on-screen too.
Lawrence spilled the glittery beans on Wednesday’s episode of the Las Culturistas podcast (Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ campy confessional), blurting out: “I don’t know if I can announce this, but I’m just gonna… Emma Stone and I are producing a Miss Piggy movie.” The script? Penned by Tony-winning playwright Cole Escola, fresh off their Broadway smash Oh, Mary!, who’s channeling that diva energy into Piggy’s first lead gig.
The idea sparked during pandemic brainstorms, Lawrence dished on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon later that night: A lockdown gab with a pal about how hilariously chaotic it’d be if Piggy got “canceled”—not the full plot, mind you, but the hook that lit the fuse for a feminist-fueled frolic centering the glamazon Muppet as Hollywood’s ultimate boss babe. “There’s never been a Miss Piggy-starring movie,” she marveled, crowning her a “feminist icon” who’s equal parts ego, elegance, and elbow drops.
As for Lawrence and Stone (BFFs since their Easy A/Hunger Games era), this could mark their long-overdue on-screen collab. “It’s like really dark that we haven’t done a movie together,” Lawrence quipped on the pod, hinting they’d “have to” pop up in the flick. Stone’s the self-proclaimed “Muppet head” (total stan), while J-Law’s owning her role as the “ideas guy.”
Piggy’s Glow-Up Timeline
- Mid-1970s Debut: Pops up as a bit player on The Muppet Show, but her diva swagger (and that Kermit crush) quickly steals the spotlight.
- Film Flings: Co-stars in Muppet classics like The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984 wedding to Kermie, anyone?), but always ensemble, never solo.
- 2026 Vibes: Disney’s greenlighting this early-stage gem—Piggy’s pandemic-era pivot to unapologetic queen status? Chef’s kiss.
Dropping right as The Muppet Show toasts its 50th anniversary in 2026 (cue the Sabrina Carpenter-hosted special), this feels like karmic chaos. Escola’s Oh, Mary! roots even teased a Piggy-Mary Todd Lincoln crossover—talk about meta Muppetry. With Lawrence’s Die, My Love promo buzz and Stone’s Bugonia fresh off the press, expect this porcine powerhouse to oink its way to glory. Moi? Already booking front-row seats—that’s showbiz, darling.
