Miss Piggy is getting a Disney movie, produced by Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone

Miss Piggy is Getting a Disney Movie

Miss Piggy, once a chorus pig and now a feminist icon, will star in her own Disney movie. Golden Globe winner Jennifer Lawrence revealed she is co-producing the film alongside Academy Award winner Emma Stone.

Production and Script

Lawrence shared the news during an interview on the Las Culturistas Podcast:

“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 is being written by Cole Escola, known for the Broadway comedy Oh, Mary! When asked about appearing in the movie, Lawrence said,

“I think so. It’s [expletive] up that we haven’t been in a movie together already.”

Origins of the Movie Idea

During an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Lawrence explained that the idea came about during the pandemic lockdown amid the rise of cancel culture. She said,

“She said, ‘Miss Piggy is a feminist icon. It would be so funny if Miss Piggy got canceled.’ Now that is not the plot necessarily, but it got the wheels turning.”

Miss Piggy’s Background

Miss Piggy started as a chorus pig on The Muppet Show in the mid-1970s, later becoming a major character by the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is famously known for her tumultuous relationship with Kermit the Frog, the franchise’s lead character.

Author's summary: Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone are producing a Disney movie about Miss Piggy, inspired by her feminist icon status and conceived during the pandemic's cancel culture climate.

MassLive — 2025-11-08