Emily the Strange, the counter-culture icon and “symbol of female empowerment” is to make it’s way to the big screen with Dark Horse Entertainment prexy Mike Richardson producing what will be an origin tale.
I know extremely little (actually nothing) of this character but I have seen young females wear the character’s merchandising on their bags, coats, clothing etc.
Usually they are located in and around comic book shops.
I will let The Hollywood Reporter do the work on this one…
Skateboarder Rob Reger created the character among a multitude of designs he was printing up for stickers, T-shirts and skateboards in Santa Cruz in the early 1990s. The Emily design took off, with Reger’s company, Cosmic Debris, going on to become a multimillion dollar business with toeholds in fashion, books and comics, toys, school supplies, and accessories. The character, often seen with four cats, has also become a figure for female empowerment and anti-conformity. Reger has remained the creative director behind the character and is one of several artists who work on “Emily.”
It’s not yet know if the film will be a live-action or animated, Richardson is willing to hear pitch’s from the director they final choose for either argument.
