Hot on the heels of a very successful story about a girl with black hair, black clothes, and a goth aesthetic… comes another such story. Emily the Strange, who was created by Rob Reger and Cosmic Debris 30 years ago, is getting the animated movie treatment from Warner Bros. and Bad Robot.
Emily began her existence as skateboard art designed by Nathan Carrico, but her empire is much larger now, spanning everything from clothes to comics to novels to games. According to the official Emily the Strange website, she is “a sharp-witted and rebellious young woman with a taste for invention, philosophical musing, scientific experimentation, and radical artistry. When she’s not tinkering in the lab or grinding rails at the skatepark, she’s curled up with her four black kitties, Mystery, Miles, Neechee, and Sabbath.”
Pamela Ribon, who has worked on animated movies including Moana and Nimona, is writing the Emily script; the movie will be executive produced by Trevor Duke-Moretz (The Miseducation of Cameron Post) and creator Reger. In a statement quoted by The Hollywood Reporter, Ribon said, “I’ve always been drawn to Emily’s risk-taking, genre-bending attitude and style. I mean, brains and bangs? There’s nobody cooler. This one’s going to be so much fun.”
